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The Love Jones

No Sleep Til Bilston!

About Me

From the birthplace of rock n roll & centre of the universe - Wolverhampton, come five men of no fixed hairstyle who offer something a bit different to the current crop of new wave revivalist arseheads doing the rounds at the moment...
Drawing from literally quite a few influences, The Love Jones create their own innovative brand of power pop touching on everything from bittersweet ballads about orange girlfriends, to claustrophobic introspective kazoofests, to exciting all out twin guitar solo battles - and all in the time it might take you to fold up some washing and make a cup of tea.
The band figured heavily on Channel 4’s 2007 4music website relaunch, appearing on radio and television ads nationally, and secured plenty of remix work as a result - most notably for Seb Fontaine’s “Reflekt”.
The first album was received well by critics and the public at large and the second album is coming along very nicely too thankyou very much. Despite the thrill of listening to The Love Jones in a tamed recorded setting, the real joy comes from spotting this band in the wild, stalking gently so as not to startle them in their natural environment - wowing audiences at pubs, clubs and dedicated music venues across the Midlands. Even festival crowds who only turned up by mistake as slightly lost, confused & bumbling ale tent seekers leave as trusty LJ's devotees
Dont just take our word for it though, have a listen & make up your own mind - available for weddings, bar mitzvahs, childrens parties etc etc...
Contact: [email protected]
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Member Since: 6/21/2005
Band Website: thelovejones.co.uk
Band Members: Russelldinho - Guitar, Voice

The Bonebonger - Guitar

Neddy - Drums, Voice

Mr Pea- Keys, Acoustic Guitar

Rossco- Bass, Voice

Influences: Syd Barrett, Ben Folds Five, The Wonder Stuff, Todd Rundgren, Wings, The Beatles, Joe Jackson, Emitt Rhodes, Imperial Drag,Ween, Bert Jansch, Pentangle, The Coral, The Zutons, Jennifer Gentle, Lucifer Sam..., Imperial Drag, Jellyfish, The Beach Boys, Tom Waits, XTC, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Lee Perry, James Brown, Free, Lake & miscellaneous 70’s cowbell rock....Arthur Hodgson & The Kneecaps, Frank Zappa, Led Zep, Django Reinhardt, Merriman Weir, King Tubby, Davy Graham, Studio One, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, 16 Horsepower, Frank Sidebottom, Stone Roses, Captain Beefheart, Happy Mondays, Slayer, The Smiths, Chick Corea, Primus, Spiritualized, Rain, Snow and other meteorological phenomena, the mighty Tamashek guitar style, Magic, Medicine, Birdsong & Bus Engines, Rabbit, Chatter, Hubbub, Hullaballo & Hoo-Ha.
Sounds Like: Music for break ups, shakeups, washing up & putting on make up
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Oh it’s a great life on the buses...

You might be wondering when we're going to record and release some new material... You might not care, but if you're reading this then we will assume that you do. Well, now that we've finished a summe...
Posted by The Love Jones on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:52:00 PST

Goodnight Sweet Prince

It may have come to your attention that we have five people listed as band members, and six people on our photographs.  Those extra observant people may have noticed that the missing name is Old ...
Posted by The Love Jones on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:48:00 PST

The Shroppadopper Reviewski

We just got reviewed by the Shropshire Review - I think they like us..."I have to commend this debut album from local band The Love Jones.  As someone who firmly believes that the pop genre died ...
Posted by The Love Jones on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:56:00 PST

Mission Implausable

In the last week, we have: 1)   Gathered all the required equipment to record 2)   Built a studio 3)   Got everything working!! 4)   R...
Posted by The Love Jones on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:47:00 PST

Its All Gone Quiet

Yes.  It's all gone quiet on our page.  That's because this week, we retire to The Love Jones Secret Factory at Unit 5 Chapeldale Industrial Estate...Wait For it... Kent - to record some sh...
Posted by The Love Jones on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:39:00 PST

Now Then...

Thanks to everybody who's shown up, whooped, hollered, clapped, drunk, sung and bopped over the last few weeks.  It's very much appreciated you know - it wouldn't be much fun just playing to a co...
Posted by The Love Jones on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:22:00 PST

Wise Words From The Captain

Captain Beefheart's Ten Commandments For Guitarists1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS That's where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. ...
Posted by The Love Jones on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:47:00 PST

We'm Back

Wass gwarnin?  Right then.  The website we had is no longer there.  This is due to it never being updated or anything and the fact that we started pointing a few people here, and thats ...
Posted by The Love Jones on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:52:00 PST