Spacemen 3 -vs- Loop FIGHT!!

Er, I mean two days...

I probably LOVE both about evenly.

Prefer Spacemen 3, but really just for The Perfect Prescription - maybe my single favorite late-80s U.K. record. If it weren't for that album, it'd be closer to a dead heat, and I might even go for Loop.

Looking back, the "beef" seems more than a little ridiculous. So, the one band influenced the other. So what? Sound of Confusion is the only Spacemen 3 record that sounds even remotely like Loop, and it's not even that close (though they did later go back to crush Loop at their own game with "Revolution").

Loop's strength was their consistency and economy. While Spacemen 3 went jumped from sound to sound, changing drastically with every album (sometimes successfully, sometimes not), Loop stuck with one very simple thing and refined it to its purest essence. Loop have less going on, and they take much smaller risks, but at least you know what you're gonna get.

I think this has to be Spacemen 3 by a pretty sizeable margin which is no slight agains Loop who are pretty great. But Spacemen 3 were more varied and interesting and prolific (and frankly nothing Loop released tops the Taking Drugs stuff and I'm not even sure that's the best Spacemen 3 album.) Spiritualized vs. Spectrum vs. Main would be a bit closer.

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spacemen all the way. just listen to dreamweapon.

Loop LOOKED Better, loads better. Mmmm, pointy cheslea boots and drainpipes....

I've got to pick Loop for this. I like S3, and can understand why everyone else would vote for them, but "Fade Out" totally rocks in a way that s3 never could manage.

spacemen 3 just never did it for me. loop.

You are kidding me. As if this is even a competition. The first time Robert even took acid, Spacemen 3 gave it to them!

so it's like vampires, like loop are less powerful vampires because spacemen 3 made them and if we find whoever gave spacemen 3 their acid that band would be even better wow

Sonic Boom was way cool, but if I remember rightly the rest of Spacemen 3 were in various dreadful Midlands goth bands before they met him.

They sound much more different to each other than I remember, but for the obvious Suicide influence.

The Darkside were awful, too.

So in essence, just a quick fun poll to settle this legendary feud the ILM way

First, you gotta spell "FITE!" the ILM way, Stephen!

Bahaha - I was just thinking the same thing Myonga! But then I was like "well I don't want to offend Stephen..."

First, you gotta spell "FITE!" the ILM way, Stephen!

HAHAH i had it that way at first, then changed it last minute. oops!

Loop rocked harder.

Yes, much harder. But unfortunately, they also rocked worse.

Hey, I'm afraid that'll do for me.

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Two to one sez...

I couldn't decide.

this offering from sonic Boom and Jim Dickinson looks interesting. Anybody heard it?

This is kinda like voting for velvet underground against iggy/stooges? no? I love em both.

Sigh. I wish I could say I'm surprised...

2 to 1, i agree.

is that spacemen 3 book worth reading?

^ i also wanna know about the booK!

is that spacemen 3 book worth reading?

Yes! (and I'm not just saying that because I'm mentioned in the acknowledgements)

"...and special thanks to Elvis Telecom for all the pedals."

Loop's "Sunburst" proves why Spacemen 3 can go suck it. I would like to thank Crut for making me fully aware of this fact.

Loop's "Sunburst" proves why Loop were fucking great. But Spacemen 3 were better.

Tonight (4 June) in London

Spectrum at Electrowekrz
Loop at Heaven

And why do I never find out about these things until the day after?

(Oh well, I couldn't have gone to either, anyway.)

Loop are playing tonight as well fwiw

at heaven?