The House Of Love – The House Of Love

The House Of Love - guitarist and singer Guy Chadwick, lead guitarist Terry Bickers, bassist Chris Groothuizen and drummer Pete Evans - formed in London in 1986. Chadwick had already been working in the music industry for several years, but was inspired to form the band by a performance by The Jesus And Mary Chain.

Their single "Shine On" and their self-titled debut album became indie disco classics. by 1989, the band was a big name and signed to Fontana, part of the PolyGram group. The group's debut album for Fontana, confusingly also titled "The House Of Love", was released in February 1990. Often referred to as "The Butterfy Album" after Trevor Key's distinctive artwork, there was much puzzlement over the album's long gestation period, high expectations and the fact that it was produced by five different people. Years later, it sounds assured and convincingly commercial indie, brimming with ingenuity and melody.

The re-recording of their calling card "Creation", "Shine On", gave them a UK Top 20 hit and Beatles And The Stones pointed the way to the softer side of Oasis a few years later.