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Spacehog is an England|English rock band formed in 1994. Their music is heavily influenced by David Bowie , Queen (band)|Queen , and T.Rex (band)|T.Rex .

Members

Royston Langdon a.k.a. "Ray Sprinkles" (born Royston William Langdon, May 1, 1972) at the Internet Movie Database About the band. – bass guitar|bass and Singing|vocals

Antony Langdon a.k.a. "Tone Down" (born Antony Chester Langdon, May 14, 1968) at the Internet Movie DatabaseAbout the band. – rhythm guitar and vocals

Jonny Cragg a.k.a. "Corky" (born July 18, 1966 or 1968)About the band. Possibly July 18, 1966, according to USA People Search – Drum kit|drums

Richard Steel a.k.a. "Rich" (born November 12, 1968)About the band. – lead guitar

Timo Ellis - Multi-instrumentalist

History

Though all the band members hail originally from Leeds , England , the band formed in New York City in 1994 when Antony Langdon met Cragg by chance in a café where Cragg had a job killing rats . Soon after, Langdon's brother Royston joined the band, and Spacehog was born. When the band's original guitarist left the band, Cragg called his friend Richard Steel to join. The band signed in 1994 with Seymour Stein to Sire Records .

On October 24, 1995, Spacehog released their debut album, Resident Alien . It went Music recording sales certification|gold on the Billboard charts , selling over 500,000 copies and spawned the hit single and video "In the Meantime" as well as the single "Cruel To Be Kind". "In the Meantime" received heavy video and radio play, and featured as background music to BBC 's Match of the Day Football (soccer)|football programme. The band's second album, The Chinese Album , was released on March 10, 1998. Though it did not sell as well as Resident Alien , the band's popularity continued to increase as Spacehog opened for more popular acts like Pearl Jam and Supergrass . The Chinese Album featured a more "artsy" sound, with the Pink Floyd -like piano on the opening track and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. contributing vocals to the song "Almond Kisses".

After the band was dropped by Elektra Records , Spacehog signed with upstart label Artemis Records and released its third album, The Hogyssey , on April 10, 2001. The album continued the band's neo-glam approach and featured the singles "I Want to Live" and "At Least I Got Laid", as well as a funk version of Richard Strauss 's " Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra ". The band joined The Black Crowes and Oasis (band)|Oasis on the Tour of Brotherly Love in support of the album, which proved to be the band's final major tour outing.

Royston Langdon married actress Liv Tyler in 2004 and they had one child. They separated in 2008.

Arckid

Antony, Royston, and Christian Langdon then pooled their resources to form Arckid . By June 2006, they had recorded eight songs with Bryce Goggin at Trout Studios in Brooklyn. Jonny Cragg, now sporting a moustache, joined The Twenty-Twos as their drummer post-Spacehog, but has since rejoined the Langdon brothers in Arckid.

At the end of November 2006 Antony Langdon left Arckid on good terms and had devised an alter ego known as "Louis Arogant". This project was near completion as a record entitled Victoria : an homage to Langdon's love for his wife, the director Victoria Clay de Mendoza. The album was intended to release at end of 2007, but was never released. He also continued in the production of his television work. Also in the works was an album by Antony Langdon and Joaquin Phoenix. The project was called This Lady is a Tramp and was being mixed by Paul McKenna with help from Creation Records founder Alan McGee and the Charlatans’ Tim Burgess.

Antony Langdon was briefly replaced in Arckid by Your Vegas guitarist Mat Steel, who subsequently left Arckid after they shot their first video to rejoin Your Vegas. Pete Denton of Cube and Kid Symphony fame joined Arckid for a short period of time. Richard Steel accompanied the three members of Arckid on stage during the Hilfiger Sessions NY and the 2007 Lollapalooza gigs.

Reunion

In July 2008, Spacehog reunited to play two shows, the first at the Viper Room and the second at Troubador. Drummer Jonny Cragg posted on the Arckid MySpace page that Spacehog will be reuniting and begin work on a new record. In July 2009, Spacehog reunited at Spaceland in Los Angeles.Jon. , LA Snark.com, 21 November 2009.

''I'm Still Here

In 2010, Spacehog guitarist Antony Langdon gained notoriety for his role in the controversial mockumentary starring Joaquin Phoenix '' I'm Still Here (film)|I'm Still Here ''. Langdon, who was one of Phoenix's assistants as well as a musical partner, staged a falling-out with the actor during the documentary's filming and is shown (in the film's most shocking scene) defecating on the troubled actor in retaliation for an earlier argument. In an earlier part of the film, there is a similarly shocking scene involving Langdon getting out of the shower.

Langdon's time in Spacehog is not mentioned in the film, but a clip of the band performing on television is shown. Royston Langdon is also credited for one of the film's songs.

As It Is on Earth

On September 17, 2011, Spacehog announced the completion of their latest album, As It Is on Earth , on their MySpace page. They also recently introduced a fifth member, multi-instrumentalist Timo Ellis, from the NYC band The Netherlands (thenetherlands.tv)

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions				Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Title	Details	US	CAN cite web	UK	AUS	Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Resident Alien Release date: 1995 Label: Sire Records\|Sire Formats: Compact disc\|CD , Compact cassette\|Cassette
The Chinese Album Release date: 1998 Label: Sire Formats: CD
The Hogyssey Release date: 2001 Label: Artemis Records Formats: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

Hamsters of Rock (Sire, 1996)

4 Future Tracks (Artemis, 2001)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart peak positions									Album
Year	Title	US cite web	Main. Rock	Mod. Rock cite web	UK	CAN cite web	CAN Alt. cite web	AUS	NZ	SWE	Album
1996	In the Meantime (Spacehog song)>In the Meantime "	32	1	2	29	33	6	40	45	36	Resident Alien
	"Cruel to Be Kind"	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Space Is the Place"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	"Mungo City"	—	19	21	82	—	—	—	—	—	The Chinese Album
1998	"Carry On"	—	—	—	43	—	—	—	—	—	The Chinese Album
2001	"I Want to Live"	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Hogyssey

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