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Love And Rockets (Album) by Love And Rockets

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Love And Rockets Were A Post-Punk Band Which Formed In 1985 In Northampton England Daniel Ash Guitar/vocals David J Bass/vocals And Kevin Haskins Drums - All Former Members Of English Post-Punk Pioneers Bauhaus. Taking Their Name From The Renowned Underground Comic Book Created By Los Bros Hernandez Jaime And Gilbert Hernandez Their Music Is A Mixture Of Goth Glam Psychedelia Soul And Pop. The Band Is Best Known For Their Singles "Ball Of Confusion" 1985 A Temptations Cover "No New Tale To Tell" 1987 "So Alive" 1989 And "No Big Deal" 1990 . L&R's First Album Was 1985's Trippy Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven Seventh Dream Was Followed In Quick Succession By 1986's Express Which Featured A Cover Of Ball Of Confusion Which Became A Club Hit. 1987's Earth * Sun * Moon And 1989's Eponymously Titled Release Love And Rockets All On Beggar's Banquet . Love & Rockets Was Met With Cries Of Sellout Due To The Overly Slick So Alive The Band Toured Stadiums Following The Hit Single And The Group Disbanded. Tracks Recorded For An Abandoned EP Swing Were Added To A Reissue Of Love & Rockets In 2002. After Working On Solo Albums They Reformed Recorded Material For Hot Trip To Heaven Which Infused Dance/electronica Elements Into Their Sound. Fearing The World Wasn't Prepared For It Yet In 1992 They Waited Until 1994 To Release It. A Fire Destroyed The Studio They Were Working In And All Material Was Scrapped. The Next Album Sweet F.A. Features One Of Daniel Ash's Charred Guitars On The Front Cover. The Final Album Lift Was An Epic Dance/electronic Swan Song Owing Much To Producer Doug DeAngelis Who Was Given Honorary L&R Member Status. After The Lift Tour They Disbanded Again In 1999 To Work On Solo Projects And To Reform Bauhaus For A Series Of Tours. L&R Reunited In 2007 At Coachella. Plans For A 2009/2010 Release Fell Through As The Band Went Their Separate Ways Again. On 23 January 2023 Love And Rockets Announced A Reunion For An Appearance At The Cruel World Festival In Pasadena California On 20 May 2023 The Band's First Concert In 15 Years. They Later Announced A 2023 U.S. Tour In Support Of Their Appearance At Cruel World. A Bauhaus Reunion Was Aborted In 2022 After Peter Murphy Forced The Band To Cancel The Tour As He Entered Rehab. Daniel Ash Said That The 2023 Tour Would Be The Band's Final.

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Love And Rockets Is The Fourth Studio Album By English Alternative Rock Band Love And Rockets Released In 1989 By Beggars Banquet Records On Cassette Vinyl And Compact Disc. Love And Rockets Dismissed Earth Sun Moon's Folk Sound In Favour Of A Stronger Rock Sound. Hints Of The Band's Former Psychedelic And Gothic Rock Sound Remain. Chief Songwriters Daniel Ash And David J Had Begun Concentrating Strictly On Their Own Material Rather Than Writing Together On Earth Sun Moon. The Album Featured Love And Rockets' Biggest Hit The Ash-Penned "So Alive". The Song Was A Surprising Number 3 Hit On The Billboard Hot 100 And Stayed At Number 1 For Five Weeks On The US Modern Rock Chart. Because Of The Popularity Of The Single In The US Love And Rockets Became The Band's Best-Selling Album In America. It Did Very Well In Canada As Well Being Certified Platinum There In 1989 Largely On The Strength Of "So Alive" Which Was A #1 Single. After The Release Of The Album The Band Embarked On A Long Worldwide Tour. Afterward Instead Of Recording A New Album And A Follow-Up Single To "So Alive" J And Ash Both Focused On Their Solo Careers Continuing In The Directions Represented On This Album. They Each Released Two Solo Albums After The Break With Drummer Kevin Haskins Working Primarily With Ash Before Returning As A Band To Record Hot Trip To Heaven In 1994. In 2002 The Album Was Remastered And Expanded Into A Double Album. The Bonus Tracks Featured A Single Remix Three B-Sides All Five Songs From The Aborted Swing! EP And A Radio Session. The Swing! Project Was To Be An Outlet For Some Of The Band's Eccentric Output But The Material Was Never Released Except For "Bad Monkey" Which Ended Up On The Glittering Darkness EP In 1996. "The Purest Blue" Is A Radical Reworking Of "Waiting For The Flood" From Earth Sun Moon And "**** Jungle Law " Was Later Reworked As "Bad Monkey" Recorded As Part Of The Swing! Project. David J – Vocals Bass Guitar Harmonica Guitars Bass Feedback Keyboards
Daniel Ash – Vocals Guitars Saxophone Bass Guitar Fuzz Bass Keyboards
Kevin Haskins – Drums Keyboards Samples Vibraphone Guitar Feedback Percussion

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