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Love, Da Capo-era. Left to right: Alban Pfisterer, Arthur Lee, Ken Forssi, Bryan Maclean and John Echols.
Love, Da Capo-era. Left to right: Alban Pfisterer, Arthur Lee, Ken Forssi, Bryan Maclean and John Echols.
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Genre(s) Folk rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock, baroque pop, protopunk
Years active 1966 - 1973, sporadically thereafter
Former members
Arthur Lee (deceased)
Bryan MacLean (deceased)
Johnny Echols
Ken Forssi (deceased)
Michael Stuart
Alban Pfisterer
Paul Martin

Love was an American rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. BAROQUE POP is a style of music developed in the mid 1960s (often compared to Sunshine Pop, which was a commercial answer to Baroque Pop i Arthur Lee ( March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was the frontman songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles rock band Love Bryan MacLean ( September 25 1946 - December 25, 1998) was an American Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter For the American Civil War general see John Echols. Johnny Echols (born February 21, 1947 in Memphis Tennessee is an American singer/songwriter Kenneth Raymond Forssi, known as " Kenny " early in life and then " Ken " (born March 30, 1943, died January 10, Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer (b 1946, Geneva, Switzerland) was the drummer and keyboardist with the American 1960's rock band Love. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. They were led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Arthur Lee and the group's second songwriter, guitarist Bryan MacLean. Arthur Lee ( March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was the frontman songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles rock band Love Bryan MacLean ( September 25 1946 - December 25, 1998) was an American Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter One of the first racially diverse American pop bands, their music reflected different influences, combining elements of rock and roll, garage rock, folk and psychedelia. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Today, the band's critical reputation exceeds the limited success they experienced during their time, their 1967 album Forever Changes being held in particularly high regard. Forever Changes is the third album released by the Los Angeles -based band Love. The band's influence extends beyond the realm of 60s psychedelia to such punk and post-punk bands as Television Personalities and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s The Television Personalities are an English group with a varying line up The Jesus and Mary Chain are an Alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1984 William Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain wore a Love t-shirt in his band's video for "Head On" from their Automatic album. William Reid may refer to William Reid (footballer (1884&ndash1964 Scottish international footballer William Reid (VC (1921&ndash2001 Automatic is the third album by Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain. The Damned covered "Alone Again Or" on the album "Anything. The Damned are an English band formed in London in 1976 notable for being the first Punk rock band from England to release a single (" New Rose " an "Alone Again Or" is a song originally recorded in 1967 by Love, the psychedelic folk-rock baroque-pop band from Los Angeles, USA. Anything was The Damned ’s seventh studio Album, released in 1985 "

Contents

History

1963-1966

Lee, who had lived in Los Angeles since the age of five, had been recording since 1963 with his bands, the LAG's and Lee's American Four. He'd also produced a single, "My Diary", for Rosa Lee Brooks in 1964 which included Jimi Hendrix on guitar. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter [1] A garage-outfit, The Sons Of Adam, which included future Love drummer Michael Stuart, also recorded a Lee composition, "Feathered Fish". However, after viewing a Byrds performance, Lee determined to join the newly minted folk-rock sound of the Byrds to his primarily R'n'B style. The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 Soon after, he formed The Grass Roots with guitarist John Echols (another Memphis native), bassist Johnny Fleckenstein and drummer Don Conka. Byrds roadie Bryan MacLean joined the band just before they changed their name to Love, spurred by the release of a single by another outfit called The Grass Roots. This article is about a US band For other uses see Grass roots (disambiguation.

Love started playing the L. A. clubs in April, 1965 and became a popular act. At this time, they were playing extended numbers such as "Revelation" (originally titled "John Lee Hooker") and getting the attention of such luminaries as the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. The Yardbirds are an English rock band noted for starting the careers of three of rock's most famous Guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck The band lived communally in a house once owned by horror actor Bela Lugosi, and their first two albums included photos shot in the garden of that house. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers Béla Lugosi (October 20 1882 &ndash August 16 1956 was an iconic Hungarian stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American

1966-1968

Signed to the Elektra Records label, the band scored a minor hit single in 1966 with their version of Burt Bacharach's "My Little Red Book". Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Burt Bacharach (ˈbækəræk born May 12, 1928) is an American Pianist and Composer. In the meantime, Lee had dismissed Conka and Fleckenstein, replacing them with Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer and Ken Forssi (from a post-"Wipeout" version of The Surfaris). Their debut album, Love, was released in May 1966, and included "Signed D. Love is the eponymous debut by the Los Angeles -based band Love. C" and MacLean's "Softly To Me". The album sold moderately well and reached #57 on the album charts.

In August, 1966, the single "7 and 7 Is" became their highest-charting at #33. "7 and 7 Is" is a song from the band Love, written by Arthur Lee and recorded on June 201966 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood Two more members were added around this time, Tjay Cantrelli (aka John Barberis) on woodwinds and Michael Stuart on drums. Pfisterer, never a confident drummer, switched to harpsichord.

Their musical reputation largely rests on two albums issued in 1967, Da Capo and Forever Changes. Da Capo is the second album by the Los Angeles -based rock group Love. Forever Changes is the third album released by the Los Angeles -based band Love. Da Capo, released in January of that year, included rockers like "Stephanie Knows Who" and "7 and 7 Is," and melodic songs such as "¡Que Vida!" and "She Comes in Colors". "7 and 7 Is" is a song from the band Love, written by Arthur Lee and recorded on June 201966 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood Gone were the Byrds influences and jangly guitars, replaced by melodically airy art-songs with predominantly jazz and classical influences. Some critics derided it as a one-side album, with the six songs on Side One contrasting markedly with the lack of focus displayed on the other side, which was devoted entirely to the rambling, unfocused, 19-minute "Revelation". Cantrelli and Pfisterer soon quit the band, leaving it as a five-piece once again.

Forever Changes, released in November 1967, is a suite of songs using acoustic guitars, strings and horns that was recorded while the band was falling apart as the result of various abuses. Forever Changes is the third album released by the Los Angeles -based band Love. Producer Bruce Botnick originally planned to record the entire album with session musicians backing Lee and MacLean but after two tracks had been recorded in this way the rest of the band were stung into producing the discipline required to complete the rest of the album in only 64 hours. Writer Richard Meltzer, in his The Aesthetics of Rock, comments on Love's "orchestral moves", "post-doper word contraction cuteness" and Lee's vocal style that serves as a "reaffirmation of Johnny Mathis". Richard Meltzer (born May 11, 1945) was one of the earliest rock Music critics His first book was The Aesthetics of Rock, which evolved The Aesthetics of Rock is a book by Richard Meltzer (born May 10, 1945) John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American Singer of Popular music. Forever Changes included one modest hit single, the MacLean-written "Alone Again Or", while "You Set the Scene" went on to receive airplay from some progressive rock radio stations. "Alone Again Or" is a song originally recorded in 1967 by Love, the psychedelic folk-rock baroque-pop band from Los Angeles, USA. Progressive rock is a Radio station programming format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s in which the Disc jockeys are given wide latitude By this stage, Love were far more popular in the UK, where the album reached #24, than in their home-country, where it could only reach #154.

1968-2006

MacLean, suffering from heroin addiction, soon left the band, as did all the other members except Lee. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative Echols and Forssi also fell prey to the ravages of heroin addiction and disappeared from the scene. Arthur Lee and a reconstituted Love continued to record fitfully until the late 1970s before finally disbanding. The new version of Love, which included Jay Donnellan and Gary Rowles on guitars, Frank Fayad on bass, and George Suranovich on drums as well as Lee, played in a style very different from the band's previous line-up.

After spending six years in prison in the 1990s for firearms offences, Arthur Lee began to play Love's classic songs in concert by reuniting with the members of Baby Lemonade. In the early 2000s, original guitarist Johnny Echols rejoined his partner, Arthur Lee, in this line-up and performed as "Love with Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols". This reformed group toured for several years, frequently performing Forever Changes in its entirety. Forever Changes is the third album released by the Los Angeles -based band Love.

Bryan MacLean died in Los Angeles of a massive heart attack on December 25, 1998, while having dinner with a young fan who was researching a book about the band. He was 52. Arthur Lee died in Memphis, Tenn. , on August 3, 2006, of complications from leukemia. He was 61.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

Singles

Other

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine
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