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London, United Kingdom (1986 – 1993, 2005 – present)

The House of Love are a British rock band who were primarily active from the late 1980s to early 90s, and reformed in 2005. The band’s original lineup was: Guy Chadwick (vocals, guitar), Terry Bickers (guitar), Andrea Heukamp (vocals, guitar), Pete Evans (drums) and Chris Groothuizen (bass).

Bickers left in 1989 and was replaced by Simon Walker, who in turn was replaced by Simon Mawby in 1992. Andrea Heukamp left the band in 1988, returning briefly in 1991.

From the same genus as Echo And The Bunnymen, My Bloody Valentine and Jesus And Mary Chain, The House of Love arrived on the scene in the late 1980s with a psychedelic, textural rock sound. Songwriter Guy Chadwick provided personal, romantic musings over lush layers of 80s studio bliss, enhanced by Terry Bickers’ guitar-playing.

The band formed in Camberwell, London, England in 1986, and released a series of singles, leading to their debut untitled album on Creation Records in 1988. They then signed to Fontana in a whirl of publicity and money. Things went off the rails at first as their next two singles flopped and work on their new album progressed slowly. Tensions grew between Chadwick and Bickers, exacerbated by drug use, leading to Bickers’s departure in 1989. But the resulting album (again officially untitled but usually referred to as the ‘Butterfly’ album after its cover design) went top 10; and a remake of their early single

Shine On caught the retro guitar-pop fashion in the wake of the Stone Roses and was a moderate hit.

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1	Shine On	471
2	I Don't Know Why I Love You	192
3	Christine	189
4	Beatles and the Stones	108
5	Destroy The Heart	102
6	Never	73
7	Hope	67
8	Road	62
9	Man to Child	54
10	Blind	52
10	Crush Me	52
12	Sulphur	50
12	Feel	50
14	Happy	49
15	Fisherman's Tale	48

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PFGrifter

live at the bbc is a scorcher

last month
Hillaryfair

<3

December 2011
fine_sue

'the house of love will tear us apart' )

November 2011
indieopa

house of love forever!

November 2011
Saii-

more Indie Pop then Shoegaze

November 2011
selrigu

pffff nooot shoegaze

November 2011
RussellChap

Great tunes with Bickers playing brill guitar...Chambers vocals work well...Basically Four & Five great songs is all the achieved, still they're better than Oasis or Ride...

October 2011
mk741

1 million plays achieved.

July 2011
Hutsmod

criminally overlooked

June 2011
imgoingfishing

CHRISTINE

June 2011
Versenwald

Just watched the upside down documentary, why was that the first I'd ever heard of this band? Simply amazing

May 2011
PartySanCTG

Jesus, would it have killed them to have Andrea sing more vocals, and add numerals to their album titles like Led Zeppelin?

April 2011
andyisdead

their sound is so pop... and they are so unknown...

March 2011
drownedinsound2

Jill ? The Church might aswell be T.H.O.L.? They are both shit hot..!!

January 2011
eyesaresmiles

Fantastic up to 88, pretty average thereafter. The perfect example of a band that signed to a major and immediately lost the magic. And that remake of Shine On. Catastrophy. But that one album is a killer.

January 2011
fakehead

Could just as well be listening to The Church... heh!

January 2011
sebreflex

Wow!!!!!!

October 2010
Hellraiser917

Great Band..!

October 2010
OliverTho

+++++

September 2010
RHiscox

Great band. That ackward time between The Smiths and The Stone Roses. http://teenshoegaze.blogspot.com/2009/04/spy-in-house-of-love.html

September 2010