Sonic Boom - Angel

Debut solo single from the other main man in Spacemen 3, released in 1989 on Silvertone (who I'm sure were concentrating their marketing budget on another band at this time).

I spent nearly 20 years believing that Sonic Boom was the son of Mr Kipling (he of 'exceedingly good cakes' fame) after having been told this nugget of information by two different 'reliable' sources. It made sense - real name was Pete Kember, Kember / Kipling - not that much of a difference, eh? Pete Kipling = not very rock'n'roll. How else did such a smackhead afford all of his guitars? Heir to the Kipling empire, that's how.

.. and so it went on, and I used to tell this to other Spacemen 3 types I met along the way - "you mean you didn't know? oh aye - makes sense, doesn't it?" FUCKING HELL WHAT WAS I THINKING??

Anyway, the tunes? Aye - much better than the stuff he started peddling after this. All that EAR stuff was a bit hard to get into, and the last time I saw him he was in a right old state - on his own at Stereo in Glasgow, loads of old keyboards and knobs, kept hassling the sound guy for no apparent reason. Sounded pish, although I was informed that a later full-band Spectrum show was 'back on form'. They're playing ATP in December so will check 'em out and we'll see...



Sonic Boom - Angel
1 - Angel
2 - Angel (Extended Mix)
3 - Help Me Please (Drum Mix)

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