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lead too short|date=May 2010Refimprove|date=September 2007Infobox musical artist | name = Spacehog| image =| caption =| alt =| background = group_or_band| origin = Leeds , England , United Kingdom | genre = Alternative rock , glam rock , space rock | years_active = 19942002, 2008present| label = Elektra Records|Elektra , Sire Records|Sire , Artemis Records|Artemis | associated_acts = Arckid | website = http://www.myspace.com/spacehogmusic myspace.com/spacehogmusic| current_members = Royston Langdon Antony Langdon Jonny Cragg Richard Steel Timo Ellis 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)Allmusic|class=artist|id=royston-langdon-p171615|pure_url=yes AllMusic http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486052/ Royston Langdon at the Internet Movie Database About the band. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/goatwoman/ray.html Ray Sprinkles bass guitar|bass and Singing|vocals
Antony Langdon a.k.a. "Tone Down" (born Antony Chester Langdon, May 14, 1968) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486018/ Antony Langdon at the Internet Movie DatabaseAbout the band. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/goatwoman/ant.html Tone Down rhythm guitar and vocals
Jonny Cragg a.k.a. "Corky" (born July 18, 1966 or 1968)About the band. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/goatwoman/jonny.html Jonny CraggPossibly July 18, 1966, according to USA People Search Drum kit|drums
Richard Steel a.k.a. "Rich" (born November 12, 1968)About the band. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/goatwoman/rich.html Rich lead guitar
Timo Ellis - Multi-instrumentalist http://www.spacehog.com/bio/
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 cafι 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
main|ArckidAntony, 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.cite news | last=Kaufman | first=Gil | title=Former Spacehog Takes A Shot With Velvet Revolver | url= http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/07/30/former-spacehog-takes-a-shot-with-velvet-revolver/ | publisher= MTV | date=2008-07-30 | accessdate=2008-07-31 In July 2009, Spacehog reunited at Spaceland in Los Angeles.Jon. http://www.lasnark.com/2009/11/21/spacehog-spaceland/4459 Spacehog reunites at Spaceland, 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, http://www.spin.com/articles/joaquin-phoenix-quits-acting-pursue-music Joaquin Phoenix Quits Acting to Pursue Music 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.cite news | title=Joaquin Phoenix movie turns Spacehog guitarist into exhibitionist | url= http://shortformblog.com/music/joaquin-phoenix-spacehog-im-still-here/ | publisher=ShortFormBlogcite news | url= http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/is_that_the_guitarist_from_spa.html | title=Is That the Guitarist From Spacehog Pooping on Joaquin Phoenix? | work= New York Magazine
New album
On September 17, 2011, Spacehog announced the completion of their latest album, As It Is on Earth , on their MySpace page.cite news | url= http://www.myspace.com/spacehogmusic | title=MySpace They also recentlywhen? |date=February 2012 introduced a fifth member, Netherlands|Dutch -born multi-instrumentalist Timo Ellis.
Discography
Albums
Resident Alien (Sire, 1995) United States|US #49 Gold, United Kingdom|UK #40, Australia|AUS #50, http://australian-charts.com/search.asp? cat=a& search=spacehog Australian Album Charts Canadian Albums Chart|CAN #27cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php? & file_num=nlc008388.8484& type=1& interval=50& PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Top Albums/CDs - Volume 63, No. 9, April 15, 1996 |publisher= RPM (magazine)|RPM |accessdate=2010-10-17 Platinumcite web|url= http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx? st=& ica=False& sa=Spacehog& sl=& smt=0& sat=-1& ssb=Artist|title=Gold Platinum Database: Spacehog|publisher= Canadian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=2011-09-02
The Chinese Album (Sire, 1998) #126 United Kingdom|UK
The Hogyssey (Artemis, 2001) US Top Independent Albums #21
EPs
Hamsters of Rock (Sire, 1996)
4 Future Tracks (Artemis, 2001)
Singles
Year
Title
Chart peak positions
Album
US cite web
Main. Rock
Mod. Rock cite web
UK http:/ / www.zobbel.de/ cluk/ CLUK_S.HTM UK Charting, Search for: "Spacehog"
CAN cite web
CAN Alt. cite web
AUS http:/ / australian-charts.com/ search.asp? cat=s& search=spacehog Australian Charting
NZ http:/ / charts.org.nz/ search.asp? cat=s& search=spacehog New Zealand Charting
SWE http:/ / swedishcharts.com/ search.asp? cat=s& search=spacehog Swedish Charting
1996
In the Meantime "
32
1
2
29
33
6
40
45
36
Resident Alien
"Cruel to Be Kind"
29
"Space Is the Place"
145
1998
"Mungo City"
19
21
82
The Chinese Album
"Carry On"
43
2001
"I Want to Live"
23
The Hogyssey
References
Reflist
External links
twitter|spacehogisback
myspace|spacehogmusic
http://spaceoddities.net Space Oddities: Sundry Spacehog, Arckid and Brothers Langdon
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p169573
Spacehog Category:English rock music groups Category:Music in Leeds Category:Musical groups established in 1994 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2002 Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2008 Category:Glam rock groups Category:Musical quartets Category:Elektra Records artists Category:English alternative rock groups Category:Sire Records artists
