House Of Love

House of Love are an English alternative rock band. Formed in 1986, the band rose to prominence in the UK as a leading indie rock band in 1988 and split up in 1993, eventually reforming a decade later in 2003. The band is best known for its detailed psychedelic guitar sound and for the successful singles "Shine On", "Christine" and "Destroy the Heart". The band took it's name from Anaïs Nin's book A Spy in the House of Love.

Links To Peel
The band did six sessions for Peel's show and Peel mentioned on 14 June 1988 that their records were fine, but their live performances were better:


 * "The House of Love. The odyssey of live. Somehow their records are fine, but they're better live."

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Love In A Car #18
 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Christine #09
 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Destroy The Heart #01

Sessions
1. Recorded: 1988-06-07. Broadcast: 20 June 1988. Repeated: 11 July 1988 2. Recorded: 1988-08-26. Broadcast: 14 September 1988. Repeated: 10 October 1988*The Hedonist / Don't Turn Blue / Safe / Love In Car 3. Recorded: 1989-04-02. Broadcast: 12 April 1989. Repeated: 01 June 1989*In A Room / The Beatles And The Stones / Christine / Loneliness Is A Gun 4. Recorded: 1989-12-12. Broadcast: 01 January 1990. Repeated: 15 February 1990 5. Recorded: 1991-11-05. Broadcast: 15 December 1991. Repeated: 07 March 1992*Into The Tunnel / Fade Away / High In Your Face 6. Recorded: 1992-08-04. Broadcast: 22 August 1992. Repeated: 21 November 1992*Cruel / Burn Down The World / Crush Me
 * Destroy The Heart / Nothing To Me / Plastic / Blind
 * Se Dest / 32nd Floor / 7.45 A M

Other Shows Played Edit
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add further information if known.)

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
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