Spacehog

Spacehog were four Brits living in New York City who, in 1994, decided the '90s needed a heavy dose of 1970s glam. Royston Langdon sang and played bass, Antony Langdon handled rhythm guitar, Richard Steel took the leads and Jonny Cragg sat behind the kit, and together they cooked up a racket that sounded like alternative rock had raided an old wardrobe trunk: Bowie, Queen, T. Rex and Slade all over the place, with a streak of space rock and a Britpop smirk.

Sire put out Resident Alien in 1995, and "In the Meantime" was the one that broke through, a big, swooning, spaced-out anthem with more drama in it than a whole rack of flannel. On stage they laid it on thick: the Langdons dressed up like the Spiders from Mars, Steel soloed with one boot planted on his monitor, and Cragg twirled his sticks and set his gong on fire.

The Chinese Album followed in 1998 with "Mungo City", but some critics had already stamped them a one-hit wonder, and the label stuck harder than the band deserved. They made 3 studio albums by 2001, regrouped in 2006 and cut one more, with Timo Ellis joining the fold in 2012.

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