About the Website
Information about the website at which you stare.The Webpeople
SpaceTheBand.com is run by husband and wife team Paul and Donna Wolfenden. Both can be contacted through the forums or with an email.Paul 'PabUK' Wolfenden
Paul is in his mid-20s and a graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University where he received a degree in I.T. The nickname PabUK is descended from school where it was just Pablo or Pab, with the UK suffix added later to make it a little more exclusive in the vastness of the internet. Paul started listening to Space in 1997 after girlfriend Donna lent the Neighbourhood single to him. He was instantly hooked and ended up borrowing her entire collection for several months! He first went to see Space live at Exeter University in 1998. Working on this, his 4th Space website design, allowed him to combine two of his loves - Space and computers. Paul is responsible for the design of the website, the code that powers it and a lot of the content.Donna 'Eiteews' Wolfenden
Donna is also in her mid-20s and is also a graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University where she too received a degree in I.T. Her nickname is simply another word spelled backwards - see? She first caught the Space bug at her best friend's house in 1996 where she heard 'Me and You Vs the World'. She then went out and got the album Spiders and has been collecting Space items ever since. Her collection now consists of almost everything by Space ever released, and even a lot that wasn't. She first saw Space live at Exeter University in 1996. Donna is responsible for the website content and formatting tasks that Paul can't be bothered to do, as well as making the tea. ;)History
2002: SpaceFans.org.uk
It all started in January 2002 after the free Unity Theatre Space gig in Liverpool. Paul & Donna noticed there was a lack of fansites that were both plentiful in content and well designed, and the official website was by now several years out-of-date. They set out to really put Space on the web by creating SpaceFans.org.uk. With a lot of hard work and determination the site soon grew into the biggest Space website there was. When the official website disappeared off the internet for good SpaceFans.org.uk even became the semi-official outlet for all the latest Space news.2002-2003: SpaceTheBand.com v1 / v2
It was only natural that a new improved website was developed as the content and scope of SpaceFans.org.uk outgrew the design. A new and improved website was launched as SpaceTheBand.com in September 2002. That design remained for well over a year until another complete redesign was done in January 2004 to once again improve the look and content. Sadly, due to irreconcilable differences with the band's management, the website was taken offline only 10 days after this latest design had gone up.2005: SpaceTheBand.com v3
Fast-forward to August 2005 and word was spreading that Space had split-up. Paul decided this was the excuse he had been waiting for to bring back the website. Initially he planned to put back up the website exactly as it was the day it was taken down 18 months earlier. Then he decided to tackle a small design issue that had always bugged him. Then another. Then another. Within days 'put back up the site' had turned into 'completely redesign the site and overhaul all the content'. Donna wasThanks
Thanks to all the Space fans who visit our site and participate in the community. Thanks to the band that inspired us to work so hard on this website in the first place. Finally thanks also to all the companies and individuals whose software we use in designing and maintaining this website.Special Thanks
Marc FisherTested the latest site design before it went live and contributed some missing information.
Dave Palmer (Yorkie)
Maintained a dialogue between the site and band and contributed content from 2002-2004.