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Love And Rockets
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LOVE AND ROCKETS NEWS
May 2003
Sorted!During the first week of June Beggars Banquet release SORTED! The BEST of LOVE AND ROCKETS on both CD and DVD.
Back in the mid-Eighties, when the USA alternative scene was just that, Love And Rockets were on of the leading lights. They were a band that followed their own trajectory, from the legendary Bauhaus through Tones On Tail and solo work to the dance club success of their 1985 debut single, Ball Of Confusion. They released the darkly psychedelic “Seventh Dream Of Teenage heaven” album followed by “Express”, the album that bassist David J summed up in 3 letters - L.S.D.
As in the Sixties, the acid fallout led to a softer, more acoustic feel for their “Earth.Sun.Moon” album which again topped the alternative charts. The wider commercial breakthrough came with their eponymous fourth album and the hit single “So Alive”.
In the USA these first four albums are available in remastered, expanded versions which feature bonus tracks (and, in the case of Love And Rockets, a bonus CD of the previously unreleased “Swing” sessions.)
Following a five year hiatus the group returned with a near ambient album, “Hot Trip to Heaven”, mostly replacing the expected chain saw guitar sound with loops, textures and beats.
The 1996 album “Sweet F.A.” was a return to a more song based structure under the guidance of Rick Rubin and, after switching to a new label, Red Ant, they released their final album, “Lift” in 1998.
Following a successful USA tour at end of 1999, the band felt the itch for new challenges so split up for the second time to pursue solo careers. |
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