Sterling Roswell is a British

United Kingdom

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 musician, and best known as being a former member of Spacemen 3

Spacemen 3

Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music was "colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s; instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia"...

. Real name: Stewart Roswell.

Career

Roswell joined Spacemen 3 in 1987 as drummer, and performed on the albums The Perfect Prescription

The Perfect Prescription

1989 re-issue Adds b-sides from the "Take Me To The Other Side" single as bonus tracks:1995 re-issue Adds two tracks from the "Walkin' With Jesus" single and the Transparent Radiation EP as bonus tracks:...

and Performance.

After leaving Spacemen 3, he joined The Darkside

The Darkside

The Darkside were an indie rock band formed in 1989 by former members of Spacemen 3. After releasing two studio albums they split up in 1993.-History:...

 in 1989 - alongside Spacemen 3 bandmate Pete Bain - and recorded three albums with the band.

He then moved to Rome, Italy, where he worked with film maker Massimo Di Felice. He subsequently relocated to London and released an AAA

Association of Autonomous Astronauts

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 associated 'space pop' single on the 'Mint' label subsidiary of Jungle Records

Jungle Records

Jungle Records is a British-based record label formed in 1982, specializing in classic punk rock, post punk, gothic and alternative releases.They recorded albums by Johnny Thunders such as 'Copy Cats' and 'Que Sera Sera' and are licensors of the classic Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers tape...

.

In 2004 he issued the solo album the Psychedelic Ubik under his own name on Mint/Jungle records.

He later went on to form the Sterling Roswell Blues Band, and is currently in The Gimps

Recent recording credits include: produced the Transparency LP with Sky Saxon

Sky Saxon

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 of The Seeds

The Seeds

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 on Jungle Records

Jungle Records

Jungle Records is a British-based record label formed in 1982, specializing in classic punk rock, post punk, gothic and alternative releases.They recorded albums by Johnny Thunders such as 'Copy Cats' and 'Que Sera Sera' and are licensors of the classic Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers tape...

. Guests percussion on Geraint Watkins' Dial 'W' For Watkins on Proper Records, keyboards on Tres Chicas

Tres Chicas

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'Bloom Red & the Ordinary Girl' on Yeproc Records and guitar with 'The Odeon Beat Club' on Beatclub Recordings.

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/sterlingroswell
• http://www.myspace.com/roswellsterling
• http://garagepunk.ning.com/profile/sterlingroswell
• http://www.jungle-records.demon.co.uk/bands/sterling.htm