Gene Loves Jezebel
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Biography
[Edit]Twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston began playing music in 1980 when they formed Slav Arian with guitarist Ian Hudson and a drum machine. Though the Astons grew up in Porthcawl, South Wales, they moved to London in 1981 and renamed the goth-influenced group Gene Loves Jezebel. The trio played several live shows and were quickly signed by Situation 2. In May 1982, the label released Gene Loves Jezebel's demo single, "Shavin' My Neck." The band then added bassist Julianne Regan and drummer Dick Hawkins. Regan left soon after to form All About Eve, leaving Ian Hudson and Michael Aston to alternate on bass until Peter Rizzo joined in 1984. Hawkins also split for a time — replaced by John Murphy and later Steve Goulding — but returned in 1983.
Gene Loves Jezebel released two more singles in 1983 before their debut album, Promise, hit number one in the U.K.'s indie charts. In 1984, the group recorded a John Peel radio session for BBC and toured America with John Cale. After returning to England, Gene Loves Jezebel released the singles "Influenza (Relapse)" and "Shame (Whole Heart Howl)," but then waited a full year before second album Immigrant appeared in mid-1985. (It's not very surprising that the album was recorded with a lineup change, this time drummer Marcus Gilvear instead of Dick Hawkins.) Immigrant also hit number one on the indie charts, but during a tortured American tour, founding member Hudson left, and was replaced by former Generation X guitarist James Stevenson.
The year 1986 brought a contract with Beggar's Banquet and, subsequently, popular-chart success for the group. "Sweetest Thing" hit the Top 75 in England, and the resulting album, Discover (which included a limited-edition live album called Glad to Be Alive), reached the expected indie chart top spot and also did well with college radio in America. Chris Bell became the band's fifth drummer later that year, and Gene Loves Jezebel's fourth album, The House of Dolls, was released late in 1987, yielding a single, "The Motion of Love," that grazed the U.S. charts. The Astons turned their attention to dance with the single "Heartache," but Michael decided to leave the band by mid-1989.
In a small twist of fate, Gene Loves Jezebel gained its highest-charting American single the following year, when "Jealous," the major single from Kiss of Life, reached number 68 in August 1990. Two years later, Jay Aston and co. released Heavenly Bodies, which did well in Europe and on American college radio; the group's American label folded one year later though, and after a few sporadic live shows, Gene Loves Jezebel called it quits.
As early as 1992, Michael Aston had been working with a new band called the Immigrants. Two years later, he re-formed the band as Edith Grove and released a self-titled album. Michael and Jay began working together again that same year, and later recorded two songs with Stevenson, Bell, and Rizzo for a GLJ best-of compilation, released in September 1995. While Jay performed occasional acoustic shows under his own name, Michael played with members of Scenic and released a solo album, Why Me Why This Why Now, in 1995. Gene Loves Jezebel re-formed in 1998 for VII, released in 1999 on Robinson Records. It was followed that same year by both Love Lies Bleeding and Live in the Voodoo City. Giving Up the Ghost appeared in early 2001. The two-disc Anthology, Vols. 1 & 2 arrived in 2006.
Title: Accept No Substitute - Greatest Hits Live
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: How Do You Say Goodbye (To Someone You Love?) - Single
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Genre: Punk, Alternative
Title: Voodoo Dollies: The Best Of Gene Loves Jezebel
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Genre: Alternative Rock, Gothic Rock
Title: Voodoo Dollies - The Best of Gene Loves Jezebel
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Greatest Hits Live: Accept No Substitute (Live) [Disc 1]
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Dog House Sessions (Rare Michael & Jay Demos 1997)
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Genre: Industrial, Rock, Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Pop
Title: The Best Of Gene Loves Jezebel - Voodoo Dollies
Artist: Gene Loves Jezebel
Genre: Electronica, Industrial, Rock, Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Collections
Title: Classic 80s Hits
Title: Valentine's Day
Title: 80's Hits - Totally Bitchin' Album of the 1980s
Genre: Rock
Title: Video Hits - Songs of The '80s
Genre: Rock
Title: Raised On Soft Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: Stripper Anthems
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s & '90s Dance Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: 80s (Re-recorded Versions)
Title: 80's & 90's Jams! Hits of the Decade
Genre: Pop
Title: What a Feeling! Mega 80's Boombox
Genre: Rock
Title: Party Hits Novelty Classics - One Hit Wonders
Genre: Rock
Title: 80's DJ Hits
Title: Classic Power Ballads
Title: #1 '80s Album Ever
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s & '90s Dance Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Superstar Goth Hits
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: 80s Retro Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s Party Hits
Title: 101 Punk & New Wave Anthem
Genre: Alternative
Title: I Love the 80s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Super Ballads (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Soft Hits Of The '80s
Genre: Rock
Title: Top Hits Of '80s Pop (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 '80s Classics (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Soft Rock Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: I Love The '80s
Genre: Rock
Title: S&M - The Masters & Servants Collection
Genre: Rock
Title: Monster New Wave Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 One Hit Wonders (Re-Recorded)
Genre: Pop
Title: #1 '80s Album
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Disco Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: Raised On New Wave
Genre: Rock
Title: Valentines New Wave Collection
Genre: Pop
Title: New Wave '80s Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 150 '80s Hits (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Smash Hits of The '80s & '90s (Re-Recorded)
Genre: Rock
Title: Planet '80s
Genre: Rock
Title: The John Hughes Collection
Genre: Rock
Title: Alternative Club Hits Of The '80s & '90s
Genre: Alternative
Title: Gayties - Gay Pride '80s Hits (Re-Recorded) [Remastered]
Genre: Rock
Title: New Wave Club Hits Of The '80s
Genre: Pop
Title: Gothic Rock 3 - Black On Black (Collection)
Genre: Alternative
Title: Gothic Rock (Collection)
Genre: Alternative
Title: Valentine's Day Collection 2010
Genre: Pop
Title: Valentines For Lovers
Genre: Pop
Title: Gothic Essential Tracks
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is Gothic - the Bat Cave Anthology
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s Darkwave, Goth, New Wave, Synth Pop & Death Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: Ultimate Monster Ballads - Power Ballads
Genre: Rock
Title: Guys of the '80s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Goth Oddity: A Tribute to David Bowie
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Rocky Horror Songs
Genre: Alternative
Title: Alternative Goth Fest
Genre: Alternative
Title: Darkwave Disciples
Genre: Rock
Title: Goths of Whitby Bay
Genre: Alternative
Title: Witchcraft - A Gothic Compilation
Genre: Rock
Title: An Electronic Tribute to The Fixx
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: I Love The '80s (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Genre: Rock
Title: A Salute To The Smiths
Genre: Alternative
Title: Into the Mix IV - The Classix Remixed
Genre: Electronica
Featuring albums
Title: Gothic Rock
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Industrial, Rock, Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Indie
Title: Gothic Rock 3 - Black on Black
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Industrial, Rock, Alternative Rock, Gothic Metal, Alternative, Indie