Will Carruthers | Taking Drugs

Playing the Bass with 3 Left Hands tells the story of one of the most influential, revered and ultimately demented British bands of the 1980s, Spacemen 3. In classic rock n roll style they split up on the brink of their major breakthrough.
As the decade turned sour and acid house hit the news, Rugby's finest imploded spectacularly, with Jason Pierce (aka Jason Spaceman) and Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) going their separate ways. Here, Will Carruthers tells the whole sorry story and the segue into Spirtualised in one of the funniest and most memorable memoirs committed to the page.
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[@hughjanus7539]

Wish I still had the pencil Nancy Regan gave me in elementary school. When new it read "TOO COOL TO DO DRUGS". As I used it and wore it down by sharpening it began do read "COOL TO DO DRUGS", then "DO DRUGS", etc... Reminds me of how the 80's wore down and how happy I was to hear Spacemen 3 for the first time.

[@chrismorrison2805]

I am reading it now and I am ether laughing or astonished on each page. Carruthers is an honest and unsentimental chronicler who seamlessly weaves his own inner personal narrative with a detailed account of the cultural atmosphere at the time including the historical, political, philosophical and hypocritical variables that consumed England in the 1980's and continue to now. As a huge Spacemen 3 fan as well as a Spiritualized and Spectrum fan, the observations of Pete and Jason are fascinating but equally as intriguing is the author's description of recording and playing music with a band he admires. The Hell's Angels story was so funny and yet endearing at the same time that I practically pissed me self laughing while crying at the same time. I can't believe Will has thankfully lived to tell the tale. And he does it with remarkable ease. "YOU GOTTA OPEN UP YOUR MIND AND LET EVERYTHING COME THROUGH!"

[@NJB73]

It’s one of the best snap shots of a time,place and situation I’ve ever read!!! What a brilliant writer,more please!!!!!!

[@enlightenedtours791]

really enjoyed the book, looking forward to the next one

[@dethkon]

I’m going to buy Will’s book.

[@canItouch]

Do. You won't regret it. A cracking read

[@sheldondrake8935]

easily the most significant band of my life. If i ever get a tattoo it's be an SP3 logo...near the heart

[@studiocorax8790]

Read the book recently, best since several years.

[@markteasdale2579]

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[@enlightenedtours791]

really enjoyed the book, looking forward to the next one