Artist · chart history
Quickspace
Band London United Kingdom Active 1994–2005
Quickspace formed in 1994 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 2005. Quickspace has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1996–1998. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Friend”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #24. The station that charted Quickspace most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.
Quickspace rose out of the wreckage of Th' Faith Healers. Soon after that band broke up, Tom Cullinan put a new group together in London at the end of 1994, calling it Quickspace Supersport, with Sean Newsham on bass, Wendy Harper on vocals and guitar, Max Corradi on drums and Barry Stillwell on keyboards. Their first single, "Quickspace Happy Song #1", came out in March 1995 on their own Kitty Kitty Corporation label.
The Faith Healers' relentless, chugging drive was still in there, but now it was shot through with post-punk, krautrock and space rock, and people started filing them under post-rock. They fell in with Sebadoh and Stereolab and toured the UK with both later in 1995, put out "Found A Way" on Love Train and the Superplus EP on Domino that October, and cut a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1. Then three of the founding members walked out over labels and money, and the band went briefly quiet.
The self-titled album of 1997 carries "Friend", a woozy, warm singalong that rides its groove until it goes hypnotic, and "If I Were A Carpenter" followed in 1998. Ed Grimshaw and Roxanne Stephen were also part of the band's story, and Quickspace finally wound down in 2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Quickspace on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friend | 1 | #24 | – | 1996 | |
| 2 | If I Were A Carpenter | 1 | #39 | – | 1998 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 39 | If I Were A Carpenter | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1998 |
| 1996 | 24 | Friend | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996 |
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