1990's music collectively sucked. Space Hog broke that "mold." As a musician and guitarist, I love that Les Paul and Rickenbacker bass thing, using vintage amps. Great look too. The Peter Sellers look, aviator sunglasses, studded leather guitar straps, the "trans" audience. The song delivers a postive and introspective message, something we all need still in 2024. David Bowie approved? Yes.
I saw Spacehog & Toadies open for RHCP on the One Hot Minute tour. It’s amazing to look back & realize how uniquely cool that tour was, all things considered. Spacehog absolutely ROCKED on stage that night. 🤘🏻
Saw Spacehog in Fort Lauderdale in a club called the Edge in like 1995 with a small band opening for them called Foo Fighters. Wonder what happened to those guys?
I was guitar tech for their opening act at a ft Lauderdale club call the edge in95 the band I was with was Marry Me Jane. after the show we went next door Screaming J Hawkins 60th Birthday Party Spacehog were Great
I've loved this song since the day it came out. It's so great. ..and I never knew it was tracked at Bearsville! My dad recorded there in the 70s and Jeff Buckley's "Grace" was recorded there too.
Sweet,who’s your dad?(I never thought I’d say that un ironically🤪) Faith No More recorded their fifth album there and of course many Todd Rundgren albums
Love this long format. Great video. One other suggestion I would add with this kind of video is to talk more about the roles of the members, not just their primary instrument but other instruments, who writes the music, who writes the lyrics, the roles of each guitarist if there's more than one, stuff like that.
I was really into all four of their albums. Very solid catalog. I think I annoyed most of the people at the record store I worked at by playing them constantly. Their 2013 album was great.
In the meantime. Played again and again at the Hard Rock Cafe, in , Miami Florida around 97/98 and l carried that tune with me . Where the lands are green and the skies are blue 🔵
This is a band I still love and listen to to this day. They released four solid and criminally underrated albums that I'm very grateful for. I'm proud to have helped support their Kickstarter for their last album, too! Wish they'd reunite again. ❤
Thank you for always being respectful to the artists you cover. There's always a handful of commenters turning up their noses and dismissing artists as one-hit wonders or flash-in-the-pans. It's a bizarre attempt at an insult, considering most artists would kill for people to know their name, much less have a hit song or two. You're a class act, Sid. 👍
Thanks! I never really give my opinion on the artists in my video even on artists I’m not necessarily the biggest fans of. I’m just here to tell stories and hopefully people find some joy in that
When I first heard" In the meantime" it was towards the end, that I thought that it was a song from Guns and Roses. I was about 8 or so then, and I've loved that song ever since.
I love this channel! I’ve noticed, though, that all the stories are ‘sad’ or ‘bizarre’ or ‘tragic.’ I’d like to see something like ‘the perfectly reasonable story of A Band.’
Years ago I was at a fundraising event in Chicago. It was bike the drive. At the end of teh ride there were bands a d games and all that sorts of stuff. One of the bands was setting thier levels using In the Mean Time. I stopped everything I was doing and made a bee line for the band shell. I was just looking at them and the whole bad stops, looks at me and goes 'how can we help u'. I said ITMT is one of my favorite songs of all time and Space Hog doesn't get anywhere near the level of respect it deserves. They said no one has ever recognized the song. I couldn't believe gaht was true. They gave me a guitar pick and it's still one of my favorite music moments ever.
Thanks a lot for doing this! Spacehog has been one of my favorite bands since 95. As annoying as it is when I tell someone I'm a fan of them and they say In The Meantime, at least they had a hit I guess. Royston confirmed the Velvet Revolver rumors in a live stream with fans during the lockdowns. He said it never came together due to musical differences. Also, he recently released a new solo record called "President Alien" where he redid all of the Resident Alien stuff 🤘
@@rnrtruestories Ian Astbury would've been a really intriguing choice but I think those guys realized that there's not another Scott Weiland and as big of a fan of Royston's that I am I can't picture him singing Sucker Train Blues haha
i was pretty into them a couple of years ago and it was super cool when i saw another teen around my age wearing a spacehog logo t-shirt at a skatepark. there are still fans 30 years later!
Royston is one of the most talented vocalists and musicians of the past 30 years. It's a fucking crime that he isn't a billionaire due to his work. The first Spacehog album was literally 100% hits. You could release any song on it and fucking kill. "I Wanna Live" from the 3rd album should've been huge as well. But it's hard to keep momentum going after your second album doesn't do well.
It's a shame because The Chinese Album is probably better than Resident Alien and Resident Alien was fantastic all the way through. So was As It Is on Earth - that's a severely underrated album. I don't listen to the Hogyssey much.
@@jessehenthorn59 how mungo city isn't more popular is beyond me but most of the stuff on the Chinese Album is great, I'd agree its a better Album than Resident Alien, takes a bit to grow on you though. There's also I want to live which again how is it not played to death on the radio. Space Hog is beyond criminally underrated.
My brother worked at a High End Sunnies store in Brooklyn for a couple years, it started with M. They made him go down in the basement and seal up ratholes. He thought he'd be selling 1000$ sunglasses but he mostly made deliveries and rat patrol.
My wife worked radio promotions for their label when they broke. Later she became a music lawyer and represented Richard in his later band Morningwood.
Their first album, Resident Alien, is good, but I honestly liked their 2nd a album, The Chinese Album, much better. They're both great albums and worth checking out tho!!!
I was thinking of the Helmet song, didn't remember this one at all. Thanks for the memories! Never knew anything about the band. Dude married Liv Tyler? She can whisper that Elfin magic in my ear anytime!
18 minutes about Spacehog? F yeah! I have listened to Resident Alien 100's of times. Randomly got it on CD for 3 bucks in the late 90s and it lived in my cars for several years. Then it got scratched to hell... remember that shit? lol
I’m 14 and found them on accident from a Spotify mix. I actually love the song and I’m learning it on bass. No clue how that guy played that riff and sang at the same time!!!
One time I was tripping acid and wanted some tunes to vibe out to, Sun Hits the Sky of course, Five and a half mins later I experienced the Pumping on your Stereo video for the first time 😵💫😵💫
I met the band as a hotel front desk man during their morning checkout. They were Super nice! An obnoxious housekeeper ended our 5 minute conversation by calling Howard Stern the king of jews. The lead singer could not have been nicer.
Resident Alien is an insanely great album, start to finish. I hope they are getting some serous backend royalties lately cuz there's been quite a few popular shows and movies that have made hem relevant again by using, "In the Meantime. " People will look back on that song and talk about it being one of the defining sounds of mid 90's.... But believe it or not, there are a few songs on Resident Alien that are even better than the lead single.
No mention of their manager David Sonenberg? He was a big part of standing them up in the business. David took me to their Resident Alien release party at Don Hills.
I originally hated that song. To me, it sounded so damned derivative. To some degree, I still think it is, but I will say overall it's a halfway decent tune. Still not even remotely close to being one of my favorites, but I don't exactly hate it anymore either. But yeah they were really stupid for squandering their money so early. Not smart when your primary songwriter is currently going through writer's block in trying to come-up with songs for their next album.
Sad commentary on our society that no one commenting is disturbed by the rape allegation. I loved "In the Meantime" back in the day myself, but I feel for the radio DJ's claim.
I saw these guys at one of those rock stations all day concerts festival things. They played early in the afternoon and they were freaking awesome. Listened to the record, sadly not nearly as good.
"In The Meantime" is probably my favorite 90's alt song ❤❤
The first time I heard "In The Meantime", I thought it was a new Bowie tune and loved it! Still love SpaceHog even though we're all old AF.
Lean into being old af. It's very liberating.
It does have that sound. Which is why Royston is “Celebrating David Bowie” w Rundgren, Belew, etc.
Same here, the similarity in the lead vocals too David Bowie is uncanny.
True, it's so fucking Bowie! Love that gender bending glam stuff, and this is coming from me, an OG 1980's metalhead. Epic stuff.
@@pablodelsegundo9502 Wise words in deed ! :)
I talked with Royston on twitter, such a cool dude. Loved Spacehog, that retro glam sound just hit different in the 90s. Meantime still slaps
1990's music collectively sucked. Space Hog broke that "mold." As a musician and guitarist, I love that Les Paul and Rickenbacker bass thing, using vintage amps. Great look too. The Peter Sellers look, aviator sunglasses, studded leather guitar straps, the "trans" audience. The song delivers a postive and introspective message, something we all need still in 2024.
David Bowie approved? Yes.
Saw them on the tour of brotherly love at the Greek theater in LA. They opened then Black Crowes and finally Oasis. Great show!
Wow that's quite an evening of music.
One of the best one-hit wonder songs from one of the coolest band names ever.
Thank you, True Stories. :)
Our pleasure!
Not quite one hit. I remember Mungo City got decent play on MTV.
Tjat bass line from "In the Meantime" is so freaking amazing!! I fell in love with them the first time I heard it lol.
agreed!
I saw Spacehog & Toadies open for RHCP on the One Hot Minute tour. It’s amazing to look back & realize how uniquely cool that tour was, all things considered. Spacehog absolutely ROCKED on stage that night. 🤘🏻
Damn!!! What a great show that would have been
the last good rhcp album 😢
@@poindextertuneswell that sure is a hot take
@@reginageorge8080seriously. Everyone knows the Red Hot Chili Peppers have no good albums
We love Spacehog 🤗. Just did a cover 🤘
In the meantime gets played every time i have a few drinks. Great song.
Good choice. I go with the Stone Roses, the first album.
Saw Spacehog in Fort Lauderdale in a club called the Edge in like 1995 with a small band opening for them called Foo Fighters. Wonder what happened to those guys?
😂
Nice.
I was guitar tech for their opening act at a ft Lauderdale club call the edge in95 the band I was with was Marry Me Jane. after the show we went next door Screaming J Hawkins 60th Birthday Party Spacehog were Great
The Foo Fighters still exist.
I've loved this song since the day it came out. It's so great. ..and I never knew it was tracked at Bearsville! My dad recorded there in the 70s and Jeff Buckley's "Grace" was recorded there too.
Sweet,who’s your dad?(I never thought I’d say that un ironically🤪) Faith No More recorded their fifth album there and of course many Todd Rundgren albums
Love this long format. Great video. One other suggestion I would add with this kind of video is to talk more about the roles of the members, not just their primary instrument but other instruments, who writes the music, who writes the lyrics, the roles of each guitarist if there's more than one, stuff like that.
I was really into all four of their albums. Very solid catalog. I think I annoyed most of the people at the record store I worked at by playing them constantly. Their 2013 album was great.
Cruel to be Kind is in my top 5 songs of the 90’s. Love that Tune.
There were some bangers on that album
I LOVED that album. Never forget crossing the desert at night to it.
I’ve been playing this song a lot lately! Enough for my wife to say “really again Tony?!?” Lol.
It’s a great song imo. Love that bass line
@@rnrtruestories I was literally gonna say that about the bass line too!!!
Got all the albums when they came out. Still a fan. Alot of interesting news in this doc, and things i didnt know. Good work
Great video....BTW congratz on 500k subs man!
Thanks a ton!
In the meantime. Played again and again at the Hard Rock Cafe, in , Miami Florida around 97/98 and l carried that tune with me . Where the lands are green and the skies are blue 🔵
Can we agree the skies are blue
Omg so excited you did this one!! Still can’t get over how good their one song is!!!
Thanks
This is a band I still love and listen to to this day. They released four solid and criminally underrated albums that I'm very grateful for. I'm proud to have helped support their Kickstarter for their last album, too! Wish they'd reunite again. ❤
Loved this one, Sid. Always wanted to know more about this band, as I loved the single, 'In The Meantime '. Thanks!❤
You’re welcome!
Thank you for always being respectful to the artists you cover. There's always a handful of commenters turning up their noses and dismissing artists as one-hit wonders or flash-in-the-pans. It's a bizarre attempt at an insult, considering most artists would kill for people to know their name, much less have a hit song or two. You're a class act, Sid. 👍
Thanks! I never really give my opinion on the artists in my video even on artists I’m not necessarily the biggest fans of. I’m just here to tell stories and hopefully people find some joy in that
When I first heard" In the meantime" it was towards the end, that I thought that it was a song from Guns and Roses. I was about 8 or so then, and I've loved that song ever since.
Great content as always! I really enjoyed this one! I listen to spacehog quite a bit and play them on the sound system whenver i go out
I was on a big binge of their music when I was working on this one.
Tripping Daisy and Spacehog show would have been amazing to attend. Two of the most underrated bands of the ‘90s.
I opened for Tripping Daisy in the early 90s in Providence RI. Nice guys.
I love this channel! I’ve noticed, though, that all the stories are ‘sad’ or ‘bizarre’ or ‘tragic.’ I’d like to see something like ‘the perfectly reasonable story of A Band.’
Sounds like you need to start a channel on Xian rock bands.
Oh. Fuck’m Bucky.
Years ago I was at a fundraising event in Chicago. It was bike the drive. At the end of teh ride there were bands a d games and all that sorts of stuff. One of the bands was setting thier levels using In the Mean Time. I stopped everything I was doing and made a bee line for the band shell. I was just looking at them and the whole bad stops, looks at me and goes 'how can we help u'. I said ITMT is one of my favorite songs of all time and Space Hog doesn't get anywhere near the level of respect it deserves. They said no one has ever recognized the song. I couldn't believe gaht was true. They gave me a guitar pick and it's still one of my favorite music moments ever.
Thanks a lot for doing this! Spacehog has been one of my favorite bands since 95. As annoying as it is when I tell someone I'm a fan of them and they say In The Meantime, at least they had a hit I guess. Royston confirmed the Velvet Revolver rumors in a live stream with fans during the lockdowns. He said it never came together due to musical differences.
Also, he recently released a new solo record called "President Alien" where he redid all of the Resident Alien stuff 🤘
There were some high profile rumoured replacements for Scott in vr - Ian astbury, Lenny Kravitz, Corey Taylor, Sebastian Bach
@@rnrtruestories Ian Astbury would've been a really intriguing choice but I think those guys realized that there's not another Scott Weiland and as big of a fan of Royston's that I am I can't picture him singing Sucker Train Blues haha
i was pretty into them a couple of years ago and it was super cool when i saw another teen around my age wearing a spacehog logo t-shirt at a skatepark. there are still fans 30 years later!
epic jam definitely one of my all time favorite non metal/punk/hip hop/reggae/country/blues/jazz/R&B songs of all time
I worked on their follow up single video
It was partially filmed in an empty airplane hanger at JFK
In the meantime is a fkn classic
Love that bass line!
@@rnrtruestories can you do a video on "The Yardbirds"?
Royston is one of the most talented vocalists and musicians of the past 30 years. It's a fucking crime that he isn't a billionaire due to his work.
The first Spacehog album was literally 100% hits. You could release any song on it and fucking kill.
"I Wanna Live" from the 3rd album should've been huge as well. But it's hard to keep momentum going after your second album doesn't do well.
😂
It's a shame because The Chinese Album is probably better than Resident Alien and Resident Alien was fantastic all the way through. So was As It Is on Earth - that's a severely underrated album. I don't listen to the Hogyssey much.
@@jessehenthorn59 how mungo city isn't more popular is beyond me but most of the stuff on the Chinese Album is great, I'd agree its a better Album than Resident Alien, takes a bit to grow on you though. There's also I want to live which again how is it not played to death on the radio. Space Hog is beyond criminally underrated.
First album. Thanks I'm going there. Their hit always kicked my ass so I'll check it out in more detail
My brother worked at a High End Sunnies store in Brooklyn for a couple years, it started with M. They made him go down in the basement and seal up ratholes. He thought he'd be selling 1000$ sunglasses but he mostly made deliveries and rat patrol.
First heard this song on Letterman. The World’s Most Dangerous Band. Loved it Ever Since then.
Never understood why they were so dismissive of their 3rd album. It’s definitely my favorite of theirs. Clever hooks, witty lyrics, and sounds great…
Royston didn't like how it was produced but I agree, some great songs on that album!
My wife worked radio promotions for their label when they broke. Later she became a music lawyer and represented Richard in his later band Morningwood.
Saw them with Black Crowes and Oasis in 2001. They were great from what I remember.
Great video. Thank you
The 3rd LP is astounding! These guys are so much better than just that one song.
Seen Spacehog with RHCP, when I was 14!
3:07 That straight faced delivery was awesome. 😅😅
Their first album, Resident Alien, is good, but I honestly liked their 2nd a album, The Chinese Album, much better. They're both great albums and worth checking out tho!!!
I was thinking of the Helmet song, didn't remember this one at all. Thanks for the memories! Never knew anything about the band. Dude married Liv Tyler? She can whisper that Elfin magic in my ear anytime!
Love your content. Keep it up!
Thanks
Great song
18 minutes about Spacehog?
F yeah! I have listened to Resident Alien 100's of times. Randomly got it on CD for 3 bucks in the late 90s and it lived in my cars for several years.
Then it got scratched to hell... remember that shit? lol
First time i heard "meantime" i thought it was an early 1980s tune i had somehow missed.
Zeros (the b-side of in the meantime) is an amazing song and it deserved much more air play
I’m 14 and found them on accident from a Spotify mix. I actually love the song and I’m learning it on bass. No clue how that guy played that riff and sang at the same time!!!
It was played recently on a national NFL game as bumper music.
Good one.
Always like the Baseline in that song
*bassline
Love from the 652 crew__
In the Meantime is fantastic, but The Last Dictator, Only A Few, Shipwrecked, and Starside are almost perfect songs as well.
Speaking of Supergrass....
They up soon?
On my to do list
One time I was tripping acid and wanted some tunes to vibe out to, Sun Hits the Sky of course,
Five and a half mins later I experienced the Pumping on your Stereo video for the first time 😵💫😵💫
It’s truly one of the biggest crimes in rock that The Chinese Album never got the cred it did
Worked with Richard Steele's mother, she was so proud of him and the group
I met the band as a hotel front desk man during their morning checkout. They were Super nice! An obnoxious housekeeper ended our 5 minute conversation by calling Howard Stern the king of jews. The lead singer could not have been nicer.
This is cool ! 😊
Oooh oooh ooh ooh ahh ohh ooh ooooooh
“…the rats would be high on downers.” Lol😂
They played a thunderbird bass, I love that bass and it would have to be an og 60's bass too
I like that performance of in the meantime on tfi friday where he eats the microphone, cracks me up everytime!
Resident Alien is an insanely great album, start to finish. I hope they are getting some serous backend royalties lately cuz there's been quite a few popular shows and movies that have made hem relevant again by using, "In the Meantime. " People will look back on that song and talk about it being one of the defining sounds of mid 90's.... But believe it or not, there are a few songs on Resident Alien that are even better than the lead single.
We love the all, the all of you
No mention of their manager David Sonenberg? He was a big part of standing them up in the business. David took me to their Resident Alien release party at Don Hills.
I saw them at the Whiskey a Go Go. Liv was there. Great show.
I saw these guys open for Tripping Dasieys at the metro in Chicago back in 95!
I can’t understand why The Chinese Album didn’t blow up. That album was absolute gold.
loved that band
I originally hated that song. To me, it sounded so damned derivative. To some degree, I still think it is, but I will say overall it's a halfway decent tune. Still not even remotely close to being one of my favorites, but I don't exactly hate it anymore either. But yeah they were really stupid for squandering their money so early. Not smart when your primary songwriter is currently going through writer's block in trying to come-up with songs for their next album.
2:30 Why is the drummer Charlie from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
Sad commentary on our society that no one commenting is disturbed by the rape allegation. I loved "In the Meantime" back in the day myself, but I feel for the radio DJ's claim.
What is more sad is that no one knows what you are talking about. Care to elaborate?
I really like their sound.
4 albums 1 hit off the first is a tough go
Do you have a video about the album Caledonia by Cro Magnon?
Also, how long is it going to take youtube to send you a gold play icon?
I don’t. Haha thanks
Singer looks like Scott Weiland
If this Episode is 18 minutes, then the upcoming Killing Joke Episode should be 18 hours.
The “cowriting” credit on track one of the second album is just from a sample. Not a collaboration
The only song from them i remember is "Mungo City'
Good song
A song off their 2nd album, The Chinese Album. That whole album kicks ass!!
@@risenfromyoutubesashesagai6302
I'll check it out
I find it hard to believe that men of that age , especially being big music fans, had never heard of HiFi record label.
Well they hadn’t according to reporting at the time
@@rnrtruestories that might partially explain why they disappeared quickly and are hardly a footnote in the history of rock and roll
I dig the jacket!
Thanks! One of my favourites
Resident Alien is a fantastic album. . . "LAST dictator" is the song's name :)
The Chinese Album is not bad.
Dope jacket
thanks.
Velvet Goldmine is a good movie. Don’t take it seriously but it’s pretty cool.
In the Meantime got popular because of that bass line
Spacehog were a great live act and should've been a huge band with an international reputation, if for a while, anyway.
In the meantime was one of the best songs of the 90s and also the worst music video of the 90s
Zeroes is underrated. And the chinese album was pretty good too!
Their drummer was living the Charlie Kelly lifestyle jfc.
I thought that a space hog was a person who takes up a lot of room😂
Hoggessy was a fantastic album front to back.
Cool band. Cruel to be kind off Resident Alien is another great tune.
Wtf did not know Jonny Cragg got accused of sexual assault?? He has been active on IG and it was cool interacting with him a bit but wtf.
I always thought this was some B side guns and roses song until about 2020 when i saw the video ! great song glad it"s not AXEL !
I saw these guys at one of those rock stations all day concerts festival things. They played early in the afternoon and they were freaking awesome. Listened to the record, sadly not nearly as good.
In the Meantime is a classic
1:30 this makes it seems like putting on makeup is fckn crazy.😂