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Northampton, England (1985 – 1999, 2007 – present)

Love and Rockets is a 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 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 , , , and .

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.
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  • boshenta

    i like the songs those aren't in the first 15. what the fuck? they are so perfect

    Wednesday evening
  • SergioFuhr

    I know this band by Buck-Tick, members of b-t are fans (in especial Imai Hisashi) of Bauhaus, peter murphy love and rockets etc. Sorry for my poor lenguaje xD

    13 days ago
  • N3croyeti

    new love .~*<3*~.

    March 2012
  • dalegrett

    Only 1,409,047 plays? What's wrong with you, people? Stop listening to Gaga, Bruno Mars, Band of Horses, Real Estate and all that crap and have some Love and Rockets.

    February 2012
  • ItsLuizzHolmez

    All in my mind is fantastic.

    January 2012
  • bblueredd

    I like it [2]

    January 2012
  • slowpulse-girl

    I want Daniel's babies !

    November 2011
  • Riverter

    I like it

    November 2011
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