{{short description|English singer-songwriter & guitarist (born 1965)}} {{about|the British musician|the Canadian musician|Jason Pierce (drummer)|those of a similar name|Jason Pearce (disambiguation)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Jason Pierce | image = Spiritualized 2009.05.29 007.jpg | caption = Jason Pierce, 2009 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Jason Andrew Pierce | alias = J. Spaceman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|11|19}} | death_date = | origin = Rugby, England | instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion, banjo, dulcimer, autoharp, harmonica | genre = Alternative rock, space rock, neo-psychedelia, art rock, experimental rock | occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter | years_active = 1982–present | label = }}
'''Jason Andrew Pierce'''<ref>{{Cite web | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140530233725/http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=PRS&cae=177155259&keyID=593326&keyname=PIERCE+JASON+ANDREW&querytype=WriterID | title=Songwriter/Composer: PIERCE JASON ANDREW | archive-date=2014-05-30 | url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=PRS&cae=177155259&keyID=593326&keyname=PIERCE+JASON+ANDREW&querytype=WriterID}}</ref> (born 19 November 1965 in Rugby) is an English musician. Currently the frontman and sole permanent member of the band Spiritualized, he previously co-fronted the alternative rock band Spacemen 3 with Peter Kember from 1982 until 1991. He has worked under the name '''J. Spaceman'''.
==Music== In between his work with Spiritualized and Spacemen 3, Pierce has been active with a network of free jazz players and improvisers, collaborating with artists, including Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dr. John, Primal Scream, Daniel Johnston and Yoko Ono.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
In 2006, Pierce released his first solo album, ''Guitar Loops'', a limited release on Coxon and Wales's Treader record label. Also in 2006, he composed the original score for an art installation called "Silent Sound"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.silentsound.info/|title=Silent Sound|date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720093013/http://www.silentsound.info/|archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> by British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. The live performance at St. George's Hall in Liverpool was recorded and released as a limited edition signed and numbered CD. A second performance of Silent Sound took place in 2010 as part of the AV Festival, at Middlesbrough Town Hall. A second limited edition, a signed and numbered CD, was released.
Between 6 and 8 February 2007, Pierce performed in a series of benefit concerts for the HOPING Foundation for Palestinian children.
He provided some of the soundtrack for Harmony Korine's 2007 film ''Mister Lonely''.
In July 2008, Pierce sat down for an interview with NPR before a concert at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Both the interview and the concert can be heard on the NPR website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2008/07/25/92754720/spiritualized-recorded-live-in-concert|title=Spiritualized in Concert|work=NPR |access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref>
He released a collaboration with Matthew Shipp entitled ''Spaceshipp'' on the Treader label in 2008.
Pierce has worked on various solo projects, including the remixing of singles by LFO, Global Communication, and the 22-20's.
His song "Lay It Down Slow" was used for the finale of the hit US drama series ''Prison Break''.
In 2015, he played guitar on the Ariel Pink song "Dayzed Inn Daydreams".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-ariel-pink-15791 |title=Ariel Pink – 'Pom Pom'|website=NME |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409233358/http://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-ariel-pink-15791 |archive-date=9 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Personal life == Jason lives with his partner and two children in the East End of London.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/jason-pierce-on-drugs-and-mortality-khfx8bsjr90|title=Jason Pierce on drugs and mortality|website=The Times|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref>
In the 1990s, Pierce was in a relationship with Kate Radley, who was also a member of Spiritualized. In 1995, Radley married Richard Ashcroft, the then lead singer of the Verve.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/spiritualized-the-verve-and-1997s-biggest-secret-love-triangle/|title=Spiritualized, The Verve, and 1997's Biggest Secret Love Triangle|website=Vice.com|date=16 June 2017 |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref>
Pierce was seriously ill with pneumonia in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1506094/spiritualizeds-pierce-recovering-after-brushes-with-death/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910064735/http://www.mtv.com/news/1506094/spiritualizeds-pierce-recovering-after-brushes-with-death/|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2014|title=Spiritualized's Pierce Recovering After Brushes With Death|first=James|last=Montgomery|publisher=MTV News|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> Both his lungs had filled with liquid; the {{convert|5|foot|11|in|cm}}-tall musician's weight plunged to {{convert|7|stone|kg lb}} and his heart stopped beating twice.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/nov/17/popandrock12|title=Dave Simpson interviews Jason Pierce|first=Dave|last=Simpson|date=17 November 2006|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref>
In an early 2012 interview,<ref>{{cite interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SlXFoZKSms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912223946/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SlXFoZKSms|last=Pierce|first=Jason|interviewer=Billy Goodman|archive-date=12 September 2020|url-status=bot: unknown|title=Spiritualized on Embracing Pop, Undergoing Chemo|date=13 March 2012|via=YouTube|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> Pierce mentioned he had been under chemotherapy during the recordings of the 2012 Spiritualized album, ''Sweet Heart Sweet Light''. He does not specify the diagnosis for this treatment, but he jokes about it, saying that these are drugs he does not recommend to anybody.
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