Though all the band members are from
Leeds,
West Yorkshire, Spacehog was formed in
New York City. Antony Langdon met Jonny Cragg by chance in a café where Cragg supposedly had a job killing rats. Soon after, Langdon's brother Royston joined the band, and Spacehog was born. The band's original guitarist, Robert Curreri, was asked to leave the band, and Cragg's friend Richard Steel replaced him in 1994. The band signed in 1994 with
Seymour Stein to
Sire Records. On 24 October 1995, Spacehog released its first album,
Resident Alien. and married in
Barbados on 25 March 2003. In December 2004, she gave birth to their son, Milo William Langdon. On 8 May 2008, the couple confirmed through representatives that they would be separating but remain friends.
Arckid Antony, Royston, and Christian Langdon then pooled their resources to form Arckid. By June 2006, they had recorded eight songs with Bryce Goggin at Trout Studios in Brooklyn. Jonny Cragg joined The Twenty-Twos as their drummer post-Spacehog, but has since rejoined the Langdon brothers in Arckid. At the end of November 2006, Antony Langdon left Arckid on good terms and had devised an alter ego known as "Louis Arogant". This project was near completion as a record entitled
Victoria: an homage to Langdon's love for his wife, the director Victoria Clay de Mendoza. The album was intended to release at the end of 2007 but was never released. He also continued in the production of his television work. Also in the works was an album by Antony Langdon and
Joaquin Phoenix. The project was called
This Lady Is a Tramp and was being mixed by Paul McKenna with help from
Creation Records founder
Alan McGee and
the Charlatans’
Tim Burgess. Antony Langdon was briefly replaced in Arckid by
Your Vegas guitarist Mat Steel, who subsequently left Arckid after they shot their first video to rejoin Your Vegas. Pete Denton of Cube and Kid Symphony fame joined Arckid for a short period of time. Richard Steel accompanied the three members of Arckid on stage during the Hilfiger Sessions NY and the 2007
Lollapalooza gigs.
Reunion In July 2008, Spacehog reunited to play two shows, the first at the
Viper Room and the second at Troubador. Drummer Jonny Cragg posted on the Arckid
MySpace page that Spacehog would be reuniting and would begin work on a new record. In July 2009, Spacehog reunited at
Spaceland in Los Angeles. In March 2025, Spacehog announced it was reforming for a US tour with fellow Brits
EMF.
''I'm Still Here'' In 2010, Spacehog guitarist Antony Langdon gained notoriety for his role in the controversial
mockumentary ''
I'm Still Here'', starring
Joaquin Phoenix. Langdon, who was one of Phoenix's assistants as well as a musical partner, staged a falling-out with the actor during the documentary's filming and is shown defecating on the troubled actor in retaliation for an earlier argument. In an earlier part of the film, there is a similarly shocking scene involving Langdon getting out of the shower. Langdon's time in Spacehog is not mentioned in the film, but a clip of the band performing on television is shown. Royston Langdon is also credited for one of the film's songs. The film's cinematographer,
Magdalena Górka, sued director
Casey Affleck for multiple complaints. She alleged Antony Langdon, who worked as the camera assistant, was one of the crew members who subjected her to "routine instances" of sexual harassment.
As It Is on Earth On 17 September 2011, Spacehog announced the completion of a new album,
As It Is on Earth, on their MySpace page. Despite this, it wasn't released until over a year later on 16 April 2013. Their first album in over a decade, it was released on the band’s own Hog Space Records and distributed by
Redeye Distribution. The album continues the band's glam-influenced sound, with "fist-pumping" anthems ("Gluttony"), reminiscent of David Bowie and Queen, and slower ballads ("Cool Water"). Joe Gross of
Rolling Stone rated the album three out of five stars, finding it a breath of fresh air from bands like
the Lumineers and
Animal Collective. == Musical style ==