New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets

It's been nearly a quarter of a century since one of the most celebrated and influential bands of our generation, Love and Rockets, formed. In 1985 Daniel Ash (guitars, saxophone, vocals), David J (bass, vocals), and Kevin Haskins (drums, synthesizers) departed from being gothic rock icons with the highly coveted Bauhaus and merged sparkling new wave disco dust influenced T.Rex boogie, rockabilly, punk, folk, proto-rave, and psychedelia into one big ball of confusion.

So, it's only natural that similar minded, multi-facted artists - including legends such as Frank Black, Flaming Lips, Stephen Perkins (Janes Addiction), Dandy Warhols, and newer buzzworthy acts like A Place to Bury Strangers, Snowden, War Tapes and Blaqk Audio - pay their respect to a band whom has influenced their style so profoundly.

In addition to already established musicians going on record for New Tales to Tell, super-groups were were formed left and right. Dance-techno meets cabaret-goth on "Yin and Yang and the Flowerport Man," headed by Halloween Jack and including members of Jane's Addiction (Stephen Perkins), Guns N' Roses (Gilby Clarke) and Alice Cooper (Eric Dover). They other notable super-group includes MJ Keenan (Maynard from Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer), Thomas Froggatt (She Wants Revenge) and Mark Chaussee (Marilyn Manson/Danzig/Fight) performing "Holiday on the Moon" from the album Express.

Influences appear in ever art form on New Tales to Tell. Lending his talent is artist Shepard Fairey, who designed the cover art for this tribute album.