Love and Rockets
Background information
Origin	England
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Gothic rock College rock
Years active	1985 – 1999
Label(s)	Beggars Banquet RCA American Red Ant
Associated acts	Bauhaus Tones on Tail
Members
Daniel Ash Kevin Haskins David J

Love and Rockets were an alternative rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash (guitars, saxophone, and vocals), David J (bass and vocals) and Kevin Haskins (drums, synthesizers). Former Bauhaus vocalist, Peter Murphy, had embarked on a solo career. Ash and Haskins had recorded and performed in another band Tones on Tail during the interim. Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply, goth) is a genre of rock music that originated during the late 1970s. ... College rock was a term used in the USA to describe 1980s alternative rock before the term alternative came into common usage. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... Bauhaus are an English Goth rock band, formed in Northampton in 1978. ... Tones On Tail was a musical side project created by Daniel Ash of Bauhaus along with Bauhaus roadie Glen Campling in 1982. ... Daniel Ash is an innovative, textural guitarist for Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, and solo projects. ... Kevin Haskins also known as Kevin Michael Dompe (b. ... David J in concert in 2006. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Bauhaus are an English Goth rock band, formed in Northampton in 1978. ... Daniel Ash is an innovative, textural guitarist for Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, and solo projects. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... David Jay Haskins (usually credited as David Jay or David J) is a British alternative rock musician. ... Kevin Haskins also known as Kevin Michael Dompe (b. ... Photo of Peter Murphy from a 2006 Bauhaus concert. ... Tones On Tail was a musical side project created by Daniel Ash of Bauhaus along with Bauhaus roadie Glen Campling in 1982. ...

Despite their previous band's status as gothic rock icons, Love and Rockets moved away from that genre, as demonstrated by their first minor hit being a cover of the Motown classic "Ball of Confusion," though the genesis of that song is unsurprisingly quite disguised. Their first album release, Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (1985), leaned more towards psychedelic music and Beatle-esque pop. Their second release, Express (1986), continued in that vein. It included the dance hit "Yin and Yang (the Flowerpot Man)." The 1987 follow up Earth, Sun, Moon had a folkier sound and spawned the minor hit "No New Tale to Tell." Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply, goth) is a genre of rock music that originated during the late 1970s. ... Motown Records, Inc. ... Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven is the debut album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1985 on Beggars Banquet. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, psychedelic techno, and others. ... Express is the second album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1986 on Beggars Banquet. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Earth, Sun, Moon is the third album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1987 on Beggars Banquet. ...

In 1989 the band released a self-titled album that presented a more AOR sound. The second single from the album was the T. Rex-inspired song "So Alive." It became a surprise hit, reaching No. 3 on the American singles chart, a feat no Bauhaus-related band or artist has achieved before or since. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Love and Rockets is the fourth album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1989 on Beggars Banquet. ... Album Oriented Rock, abbreviated AOR, was originally an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock music artists rather than singles releases. ... T. Rex (originally known as Tyrannosaurus Rex, also occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex), were an English rock band fronted by Marc Bolan. ... Bauhaus are an English Goth rock band, formed in Northampton in 1978. ...

After a grueling tour schedule in support of their big hit, Love and Rockets took a few years off before returning to the studio together. The result was a move to a much more electronic sound that had more in common with the Orb than their rock or goth roots. Their label, RCA Records, dropped them, unable to comprehend the change, and not seeing a follow-up hit to "So Alive." They signed with Rick Rubin's American Recordings to release Hot Trip To Heaven (1994), followed in 1996 by Sweet F.A.. Lift came out in 1998 on Red Ant Records, and the band disbanded in 1999, though the three have reunited with Murphy and reformed Bauhaus since. It has been suggested that Electronica be merged into this article or section. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply, goth) is a genre of rock music that originated during the late 1970s. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... Frederick Jay Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American record producer. ... American Recordings is a Los Angeles-based record label headed by record producer Rick Rubin. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

The band's name was derived from the comic by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, which Gilbert later mocked in his book Love and Rockets X, where there were several different bands named "Love and Rockets" for a period. Love and Rockets (often abbreviated L&R) is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez, sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros Hernandez. ... Jaime (sometimes spelled Xaime) Hernandez (born 1959) is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic Love and Rockets (along with his brothers Gilbert and Mario). ... Gilbert Hernandez (born February 1, 1957), also known as Gilberto Hernandez (pronounced /heel-bear-toe/) or simply Beto (pronounced /beh-toe/), is along with his brothers Jaime and Mario a co-creator of the black and white independent comic Love and Rockets, published by Fantagraphics Books. ...

Discography

Albums

• 1985 – Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (Beggar's Banquet/RCA)
• 1986 – Express (Beggar's Banquet/Big Time)
• 1987 – Earth, Sun, Moon (Beggar's Banquet/Big Time)
• 1989 – Love and Rockets (Beggar's Banquet/RCA)
• 1994 – Hot Trip to Heaven (American)
• 1996 – Sweet F.A. (American)
• 1998 – Lift (Red Ant)
• 2003 – So Alive (Live) (Psychobaby)

Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven is the debut album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1985 on Beggars Banquet. ... Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark owned by RCA Trademark Management S.A. [1], owned by Thomson SA. The trademark is used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson SA, which manufactures consumer electronics like RCA-branded televisions... Express is the second album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1986 on Beggars Banquet. ... Earth, Sun, Moon is the third album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1987 on Beggars Banquet. ... Love and Rockets is the fourth album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1989 on Beggars Banquet. ... Hot Trip to Heaven is the fifth album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1994 on American, after Beggars Banquet dropped the band for not creating a successful follow-up single to So Alive. Hot Trip to Heaven exchanged all of the bands former gothic... Sweet F.A. is the sixth album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1996 on American Recordings. ... Lift is the seventh and final album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1998 on Red Ant. ...

Singles

• 1985 "Ball of Confusion"
• 1985 "If There's a Heaven Above"
• 1986 "Kundalini Express"
• 1986 "Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)
• 1987 "The Light"
• 1987 "No New Tale to Tell"
• 1988 "Mirror People"
• 1988 "Lazy"
• 1989 "Motorcycle"
• 1989 "So Alive" (#79 UK, #3 U.S.)
• 1989 "Rock & Roll Babylon"
• 1989 "No Big Deal" (#82 U.S.)
• 1994 "This Heaven"
• 1994 "Body and Soul"
• 1996 "The Glittering Darkness"
• 1996 "Fever"
• 1996 "Sweet Lover Hangover"
• 1998 "Resurrection Hex"
• 1998 "Holy Fool"
• 1998 "RIP 20 C."