Love (band)

This article is about the American rock band. For the Japanese pop duo, see Love (Japanese band). For the Japanese idol group, see =Love.

Love
Love in 1967 (L–R: Johnny Echols, Bryan MacLean, Arthur Lee (top), Ken Forssi, Michael Stuart)
Love in 1967 (L–R: Johnny Echols, Bryan MacLean, Arthur Lee (top), Ken Forssi, Michael Stuart)
Background information
Also known asLove Revisited
The LOVE Band
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1965 (1965)–1996 (1996)
  • 2002 (2002)–2005 (2005)
  • 2009 (2009)–present
Labels
Members
  • Johnny Echols
  • Mike Randle
  • David Green
  • Rusty Squeezebox
  • James Nolte
Past membersSee members section
Websitewww.facebook.com/LOVErevisitedband/

Love is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965. Led by Arthur Lee, the band's primary songwriter, they were one of the first racially diverse American rock bands. Their sound incorporated an eclectic range of styles including garage, folk rock, and psychedelia.[2] While finding only modest success on the music charts, peaking in 1966 with their US No. 33 hit "7 and 7 Is," Love would come to be praised by critics as their third album, Forever Changes (1967), became generally regarded as one of the best albums of the 1960s.

The band's classic lineup is considered to consist of Lee, the guitarist and singer Bryan MacLean, the bassist Ken Forssi, the guitarist Johnny Echols and the drummer Donnie Conca, who was replaced by Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer. By 1968, only Lee remained and he continued recording as Love with varied members through the 1970s. MacLean and Forssi died in 1998. Lee died in 2006. Forever Changes was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2011.[6] In recent years, original member Johnny Echols has toured under the title of the Love Band or Love Revisited.[7][8]

  1. ^ Prince, Patrick (March 31, 2011). "New label to release Love's 'Black Beauty'". Goldmine. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Morrison, Craig. "Love – American rock group". Britannica. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  3. ^ Simpson, Dave. "The making of Love's "She Comes In Colors"". UNCUT. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Einarson, John (2001). Desperados: The Roots of Country Rock. Cooper Square Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8154-1065-2.
  5. ^ SPIN Media LLC (October 2006). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. p. 52. ISSN 0886-3032.
  6. ^ "Forever Changes". www.etsu.edu. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "The LOVE band featuring Johnny Echols Farewell UK Tour Summer 2019 -". December 14, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).