JELLYFISH ALERT!! Love Bang is the unreleased project that Eric Dover of Jellyfish finished before joining J-fish. Jelly fans will notice many elements of the future sounds of Jellyfish`s "Bellybutton" here(play Song #1 and #3 below for good examples). What "The Rule Of 72" most reminds of bsides the obvious is classic, great Crowded House with more balls, more guitar bite. That sound permeates almost all the digital grooves of this album making it not only a keeper beyond its pedigree. In fact, this album was meant probably to be an album that fit with the then-breaking big Crowded House. Recorded at Ardent Studios at great expense, major labels made offers `substantial ones` but, for whatever reasons, they were not accepted. In fact, one offer to Charisma Records, soon to be the home of Jellyfish, was rejected because their A&R man said they had just signed a band with a very similar sound. File Under "Small World". Anyway,. Love Band is filled with oodles of talent. Lead Singer Tony Brock`s got some serious ability to really hit the high, difficult notes this material demands, while guitarists Eric Dover and Chris Baker play with overwhelming amounts of confidence and chops session players of the time would have been envious of. "As music is a pretty personal experience, only some of it has an immediate presence and connection. Love Bang had/has that with me. Great vocal and guitar melodies combined with just the right sonic edge." - Jody Stephens, Big Star. "If you ever need a reminder of how freakin` cool Not Lame is, get a load of their latest find: Love Bang! Not Lame (describes) it as a ballsier Crowded House full of Beatles and Jellyfish. Judging from the clips they posted, that description seems spot on. And what a great back story. Man, just imagine how many other `almosts` are out there waiting for Not Lame to discover them. This seems to be a required purchase for any self-respecting Jellyfish fanatic, and we know because we are." - Too Poppy blog. Few bands, frankly, were good enough to attack creating and playing material of this type in the early 90s. At the time this was recorded, there was The Odds, Jellyfish, Crowded House, Michael Penn and The Grays. Add Love Bang to the mix of that striking group of talent. Bottom Line: Major Find for not only Jellyfish and Crowded House fans, but fans of well written post-Beatley commercial pop.
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