Royston William Langdon (born 1 May 1972) is an English musician who is the lead singer and bassist of the English-American

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band

Spacehog Spacehog are an English rock band formed in 1994 in New York City. Their music is heavily influenced by David Bowie, Queen (band), Queen, and T.Rex (band), T. Rex. The band's best known single is In the Meantime (Spacehog song), "In the Meantim ...

Early life

Langdon was born on 1 May 1972 in

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. When he was young, he and his older brother Antony joined the

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choir; the two of them would later found Spacehog in 1994, with Antony playing rhythm guitar in the band. Langdon wanted to become a photographer and artist and dreamed of attending

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. At the age of 16, he was kicked out of school. Shortly after Spacehog was formed, Langdon came to New York City, where he met

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; the two became friends, and Goggin would later produce Spacehog's best known song, " In the Meantime".

Personal life

From 25 March 2003 to April 2008 he was married to actress

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, with whom he has a son, Milo William Langdon (born 14 December 2004).

References

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