Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a musician and singer-songwriter best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and as a solo artist. His career was plagued by drug addictions coupled with mental health problems, and is described by a biographer as man who "neither died young nor had a chance to find his way out. " During his tenure in the public eye, he had a profound impact on the outsider music and psych-folk genres.

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  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a musician and singer-songwriter best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and as a solo artist. His career was plagued by drug addictions coupled with mental health problems, and is described by a biographer as man who "neither died young nor had a chance to find his way out. " During his tenure in the public eye, he had a profound impact on the outsider music and psych-folk genres.
  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence war ein amerikanischer Rockmusiker, Mitglied der Bands Jefferson Airplane und Moby Grape. Sein von Drogen, Alkohol und Schizophrenie geprägter Lebenslauf wird oft mit dem von Syd Barrett verglichen – nicht selten ist die Rede von Genie und Wahnsinn, die dicht beieinander liegen. 1965 wurde Spence Schlagzeuger bei Jefferson Airplane. Nach dem ersten Album verließ er die Gruppe, um bei Moby Grape die Gitarre zu spielen. 1968 kam es im Studio zu wüsten Szenen – angeblich soll Spence Kollegen mit einer Axt bedroht haben. Er wurde in eine Anstalt eingewiesen, wo Schizophrenie diagnostiziert wurde. Nach seiner Entlassung nahm er 1969 das Soloalbum Oar auf, das ein kommerzieller Misserfolg wurde. Er verfiel zusehends seiner Krankheit, unterstützt durch exzessiven Drogen- und Alkoholkonsum. Zuletzt lebte er in einem Heim in der Nähe von San José, Kalifornien. Skip Spence starb 1999 an Lungenkrebs, wenige Tage vor der Veröffentlichung des Tribute-Albums More Oar mit Beitragen von Robert Plant, Beck, Tom Waits und anderen.
  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence oli kanadalainen laulaja ja lauluntekijä. Spence oli aluksi kitaristina Quicksilver Messenger Service yhtyeessä, jonka jälkeen hän toimi rumpalina Jefferson Airplanessa. Jefferson Airplanen ensimmäisen levyn jälkeen hän lähti yhtyeestä ja oli perustamassa yhtyettä Moby Grape. Toisen levyn tekemisen aikana Spence riehui kirveen kanssa hotellihuoneessa LSD:n vaikutuksen alaisena. Tämän jälkeen hän oli kuusi kuukautta sairaalassa jossa diagnosoitiin skitsofrenia. Spence julkaisi ainoaksi jääneen sooloalbuminsa Oar vuonna 1969. Henkisesti sairaana ja alkoholisoituna hän eli loppuaikoina asunnottomana ympäri San Josea ja Santa Gruzta. Spence kuoli 1999 keuhkosyöpään 52 vuotiaana.
  • Alexander Lee « Skip » Spence (18 avril 1946 – 16 avril 1999) était un musicien, chanteur et auteur, né à Windsor, Canada. Spence a été guitariste dans une des premières formations de Quicksilver Messenger Service, avant de devenir le batteur de Jefferson Airplane. Après un album avec Jefferson Airplane, il quitte le groupe pour cofonder Moby Grape, au sein duquel il reprend la guitare. Spence souffrait de schizophrénie. Ainsi, en 1968, alors qu'il enregistrait le second album du groupe, Wow, Spence, en plein trip de LSD, a démoli un studio new-yorkais à la hache et a subséquemment été interné six mois dans un hôpital psychiatrique. A sa sortie, il enregistra, en six jours, dans un studio de Nashville, tous les instruments de son unique album solo, Oar (1969), album de folk psychédélique, l'album le moins vendu de l'histoire Columbia Records. A l'époque, seul le critique Greil Marcus rendra grace à ce disque. Sa maladie mentale et son alcoolisme ont empêché Spence de poursuivre sa carrière musicale, et il vécut la majeure partie de sa vie comme un sans domicile fixe à Santa Cruz, en Californie. Les contributions musicales de Spence après Oar furent anecdotiques : l'un des rares enregistrements connu est Land of the Sun, qui fait partie de la bande originale du long métrage de la série X-files. En 1982, il participe à la formation de The Dinosaurs avec Barry Melton, Peter Albin et John Cipollina. Le 5 juillet 1982, les Dinosaurs donnent leur premier concert au Marin County Fair à San Rafael,avec comme invités Mickey Hart de Grateful Dead,Peter Albin, Peter Walsh (guitare) et Bean Balanka (saxophone). Un disque hommage à Oar, intitulé More Oar: A Tribute to Alexander "Skipe" Spence, a été enregistré avec des participants de premier choix : R.E.M. , Robert Plant, Tom Waits, Beck, Mudhoney. Spence mourut à 52 ans, d'un cancer du poumon, dans l'indifférence générale quelques semaines avant la sortie de ce disque.
  • Nacque a Windsor, Ontario, Canada, dove visse fino alla fine degli anni cinquanta, quando i genitori decisero di trasferirsi a San Jose, California. La sua carriera fu minata dalla dipendenza da droghe sommata a problemi di salute mentale. Un biografo lo descrisse come un uomo che "né morì giovane né ebbe la possibilità di trovare una via d'uscita". Durante il suo periodo d'attività sotto gli occhi dell'opinione pubblica, ebbe un forte influenza sulla musica alternativa e, principalmente sul folk psichedelico.
  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence foi um músico e compositor do Canadá. Spence foi guitarrista em uma das primeiras formações do Quicksilver Messenger Service antes que Marty Balin o recrutasse para a bateria do Jefferson Airplane. Após somente um álbum com a banda, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, ele a deixou para co-fundar o Moby Grape, novamente como baterista. Spence sofria de esquizofrenia. Em 1968, durante gravações do segundo álbum da banda, Wow/Grape Jam, Spence tentou destruir o quarto de hotel de um colega de banda com um machado de incêndio, estando sob efeito de LSD, sendo condenado a seis meses de detenção em um hospital. Após sua saída, lançou seu único álbum solo Oar. Entretanto, sua condição mental e o alcoolismo o retiraram da carreira na música.
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  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a musician and singer-songwriter best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and as a solo artist. His career was plagued by drug addictions coupled with mental health problems, and is described by a biographer as man who "neither died young nor had a chance to find his way out. " During his tenure in the public eye, he had a profound impact on the outsider music and psych-folk genres.
  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence war ein amerikanischer Rockmusiker, Mitglied der Bands Jefferson Airplane und Moby Grape. Sein von Drogen, Alkohol und Schizophrenie geprägter Lebenslauf wird oft mit dem von Syd Barrett verglichen – nicht selten ist die Rede von Genie und Wahnsinn, die dicht beieinander liegen. 1965 wurde Spence Schlagzeuger bei Jefferson Airplane. Nach dem ersten Album verließ er die Gruppe, um bei Moby Grape die Gitarre zu spielen.
  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence oli kanadalainen laulaja ja lauluntekijä. Spence oli aluksi kitaristina Quicksilver Messenger Service yhtyeessä, jonka jälkeen hän toimi rumpalina Jefferson Airplanessa. Jefferson Airplanen ensimmäisen levyn jälkeen hän lähti yhtyeestä ja oli perustamassa yhtyettä Moby Grape. Toisen levyn tekemisen aikana Spence riehui kirveen kanssa hotellihuoneessa LSD:n vaikutuksen alaisena.
  • Alexander Lee « Skip » Spence (18 avril 1946 – 16 avril 1999) était un musicien, chanteur et auteur, né à Windsor, Canada. Spence a été guitariste dans une des premières formations de Quicksilver Messenger Service, avant de devenir le batteur de Jefferson Airplane. Après un album avec Jefferson Airplane, il quitte le groupe pour cofonder Moby Grape, au sein duquel il reprend la guitare. Spence souffrait de schizophrénie.
  • Nacque a Windsor, Ontario, Canada, dove visse fino alla fine degli anni cinquanta, quando i genitori decisero di trasferirsi a San Jose, California. La sua carriera fu minata dalla dipendenza da droghe sommata a problemi di salute mentale. Un biografo lo descrisse come un uomo che "né morì giovane né ebbe la possibilità di trovare una via d'uscita".
  • Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence foi um músico e compositor do Canadá. Spence foi guitarrista em uma das primeiras formações do Quicksilver Messenger Service antes que Marty Balin o recrutasse para a bateria do Jefferson Airplane. Após somente um álbum com a banda, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, ele a deixou para co-fundar o Moby Grape, novamente como baterista. Spence sofria de esquizofrenia.
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