Jason Pierce, born 19th of November 1965,(or J Spaceman) is the sole permanent member and leader of Space-rock group Spiritualized, and one half of the creative duo behind Spacemen 3(the other half was Pete Kember, otherwise known as Sonic Boom), who pioneered the shoegazing style back in the eighties. Jason writes, composes and performs on all the Spiritualized albums, and has also recently released a solo album, Guitar Loops. Jason was seriously ill with pneumonia in 2006