I must be listening to the butterfly album for 25 years now and it never grows old. I cant understand the complaints (besides the odd crap lyric, perhaps) about it upthread
― tayto fan (Michael B), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link
I never dug "Babe Rainbow" tho except for "Feel"
Chadwich was what, pushing 60 when the first House of Love record came out? That might've hamstrung their ability to be popular darlings.
So what is he now, 85?! Cmon.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 22 July 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
'Shine On' remains an absolutely killer single.
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Wednesday, 22 July 2015 22:04 (eight years ago) link
Is there any truth to the story of one member of the band being thrown out of a moving car circa their initial breakup?
― beamish13, Saturday, 17 October 2015 04:55 (eight years ago) link
That's Terry Bickers. November 30, 1989. After a gig at Bangor University the previous night, the group were travelling back along the M48. Bickers had been off his tits on mushrooms the previous night, and the rest of the band and crew were sick of him. In the van, Bickers was shouting dialogue from the Exorcist, then started setting fire to banknotes. When they stopped at Aust services, Pete Evans punched Bickers six times in the face, then announced he was leaving the House of Love. He was persuaded to stay only when assured Bickers would be left at the services, and was no longer in the band. But no one was thrown from a moving vehicle.
― Roaming gang of aggressive circlepits (ithappens), Saturday, 17 October 2015 13:43 (eight years ago) link
did you guys see this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG-W4JZXUz8&t=45s
The House Of Love: The Making Of 'The House Of Love' [Album Stories]
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Thursday, 15 November 2018 23:13 (five years ago) link
No, but I can't wait to watch it! What a lovely band that no-one I know knows.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 November 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
it's not wildly exciting tbh, but it's good to see them alive and well and it's nice that there's enough interest in them to warrant such a thing. apparently there's like a 5-disc version of the s/t coming out to mark the 30th anniversary, which is probably way more HOL than i really need. and they toured the uk earlier this month, which i totally missed
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Friday, 16 November 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Well this'll do:
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-house-of-love-burn-down-the-world-8cd-box-set/
DISC ONETHE HOUSE OF LOVE (PLUS)1 Hannah2 Shine On3 Beatles And The Stones4 Shake And Crawl5 Hedonist6 I Don’t Know Why I Love You7 Never8 Someone’s Got To Love You9 In A Room10 Blind11 32nd Floor12 Se DestBONUS TRACKS13 Never (Chocolate Factory Demo)*14 Beatles And The Stones (Chocolate Factory Demo)*15 In A Room (Chocolate Factory Demo)*16 Se Dest (Chocolate Factory Demo)*17 Someone’s Got To Love You (Chocolate Factory Demo)*18 Waiting In Water (Chocolate Factory Demo)*19 Man To Child (Live)*20 Nothing To Me (Live)**previously unreleasedDISC TWOBABE RAINBOW (PLUS)1 You Don’t Understand+2 Crush Me3 Cruel4 High In Your Face5 Fade Away6 Feel7 The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes8 Burn Down The World9 Philly Phile10 Yer EyesBONUS TRACKS11 Burn Down The World (Eel Pie Reference Mix)*12 Cruel (Eel Pie Extended Reference Mix)*13 Feel (Eel Pie Extended Reference Mix)*14 Yer Eyes (Eel Pie Reference Mix)15 Crush Me (Demo)**previously unreleasedDISC THREEAUDIENCE WITH THE MIND (PLUS)1 Sweet Anatomy2 Audience With The Mind3 Haloes4 Erosion5 Call Me6 Shining On7 Portrait In Atlanta8 Corridors9 Hollow10 All Night Long11 Into The Tunnel12 You’ve Got To FeelBONUS TRACKS13 Train Song*14 Into The Tunnel (Alternate)*previously unreleasedDISC FOURA SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE (PT 1)1 Safe2 Marble3 D Song ’894 Scratched Inside5 Phone6 Cut The Fool Down 7 Ray8 Love II9 Baby Teen10 Love III11 Soft As Fire12 Love IV13 No Fire14 Love V15 Shake and Crawl (Demo Version 2)16 No Fire (Demo)17 Hannah (Demo)18 Destroy The Heart (Live 1989)19 Christine (Live 1989)20 Man To Child (Live 1989)DISC FIVEA SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE (PT 2)1 No Fire (Promo Mix)2 Safe (B-Side Version)3 Secrets4 I Can’t Stand It5 Clothes6 Rouge7 Phone (B-Side Acoustic Mix)8 Scratched Inside (B-Side Mix)9 Marble (B-Side Mix)10 Never (12″ Version)11 The Spy12 I Don’t Know Why I Love You (7″ Version)13 Rosalyn14 Allergy15 Glorify Me16 Beatles And The Stones (Single Mix)17 Purple Killer Rose18 Tea In The Sun19 Pink Frost20 Let’s Talk About YouDISC SIXA SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE (PT 3)1 It’s All Too Much2 Strange Brew3 Sweet Anatomy (Alternate Version)4 Kiss The Fountain5 Third Generation Liquid Song6 The Last Edition Of Love7 Love 108 Skin 2 Phase 29 Shine On (Acoustic)10 Hope (Acoustic)11 Hannah (Acoustic)12 I Don’t Know Why I Love You (Acoustic)13 Crush Me (Acoustic)14 The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes (Acoustic)15 Phillyphile (Acoustic)16 Fade Away (Acoustic)17 Baby Teen (Radio Edit)18 I Don’t Know Why I Love You (7″ Drip Of Rockman Mix)19 Who by Fire20 Rock Your Baby21 Fall In Love With MeDISC SEVENLIVE IN LEICESTER (1990)1 Hannah2 I Don’t Know Why I Love You3 In A Room4 Beatles And The Stones5 Nothing To Me6 Road7 Plastic8 Love In A Car9 Se Dest10 Never11 Hope12 Salome13 Shine On14 Christine15 Man To Child16 Destroy The Heart17 I Can’t Stand ItAll tracks previously unreleasedDISC EIGHTLIVE IN LONDON AND NEW YORK (1991-1992)1 Phone (London)2 Hannah (London)3 Love 2 (London)4 High In Your Face (New York)5 You Don’t Understand (New York)6 Burn Down The World (New York)7 Christine (New York)8 Feel (New York)9 Hannah (New York)10 Shine On (New York)11 The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes (New York)12 Cruel (New York)13 I Don’t know Why I Love You (New York)All tracks previously unreleased
DISC TWOBABE RAINBOW (PLUS)1 You Don’t Understand+2 Crush Me3 Cruel4 High In Your Face5 Fade Away6 Feel7 The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes8 Burn Down The World9 Philly Phile10 Yer EyesBONUS TRACKS11 Burn Down The World (Eel Pie Reference Mix)*12 Cruel (Eel Pie Extended Reference Mix)*13 Feel (Eel Pie Extended Reference Mix)*14 Yer Eyes (Eel Pie Reference Mix)15 Crush Me (Demo)**previously unreleased
DISC THREEAUDIENCE WITH THE MIND (PLUS)1 Sweet Anatomy2 Audience With The Mind3 Haloes4 Erosion5 Call Me6 Shining On7 Portrait In Atlanta8 Corridors9 Hollow10 All Night Long11 Into The Tunnel12 You’ve Got To FeelBONUS TRACKS13 Train Song*14 Into The Tunnel (Alternate)*previously unreleased
DISC FOURA SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE (PT 1)1 Safe2 Marble3 D Song ’894 Scratched Inside5 Phone6 Cut The Fool Down 7 Ray8 Love II9 Baby Teen10 Love III11 Soft As Fire12 Love IV13 No Fire14 Love V15 Shake and Crawl (Demo Version 2)16 No Fire (Demo)17 Hannah (Demo)18 Destroy The Heart (Live 1989)19 Christine (Live 1989)20 Man To Child (Live 1989)
DISC FIVEA SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE (PT 2)1 No Fire (Promo Mix)2 Safe (B-Side Version)3 Secrets4 I Can’t Stand It5 Clothes6 Rouge7 Phone (B-Side Acoustic Mix)8 Scratched Inside (B-Side Mix)9 Marble (B-Side Mix)10 Never (12″ Version)11 The Spy12 I Don’t Know Why I Love You (7″ Version)13 Rosalyn14 Allergy15 Glorify Me16 Beatles And The Stones (Single Mix)17 Purple Killer Rose18 Tea In The Sun19 Pink Frost20 Let’s Talk About You
DISC SIXA SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE (PT 3)1 It’s All Too Much2 Strange Brew3 Sweet Anatomy (Alternate Version)4 Kiss The Fountain5 Third Generation Liquid Song6 The Last Edition Of Love7 Love 108 Skin 2 Phase 29 Shine On (Acoustic)10 Hope (Acoustic)11 Hannah (Acoustic)12 I Don’t Know Why I Love You (Acoustic)13 Crush Me (Acoustic)14 The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes (Acoustic)15 Phillyphile (Acoustic)16 Fade Away (Acoustic)17 Baby Teen (Radio Edit)18 I Don’t Know Why I Love You (7″ Drip Of Rockman Mix)19 Who by Fire20 Rock Your Baby21 Fall In Love With Me
DISC SEVENLIVE IN LEICESTER (1990)1 Hannah2 I Don’t Know Why I Love You3 In A Room4 Beatles And The Stones5 Nothing To Me6 Road7 Plastic8 Love In A Car9 Se Dest10 Never11 Hope12 Salome13 Shine On14 Christine15 Man To Child16 Destroy The Heart17 I Can’t Stand ItAll tracks previously unreleased
DISC EIGHTLIVE IN LONDON AND NEW YORK (1991-1992)1 Phone (London)2 Hannah (London)3 Love 2 (London)4 High In Your Face (New York)5 You Don’t Understand (New York)6 Burn Down The World (New York)7 Christine (New York)8 Feel (New York)9 Hannah (New York)10 Shine On (New York)11 The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes (New York)12 Cruel (New York)13 I Don’t know Why I Love You (New York)All tracks previously unreleased
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 April 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
Also touring in the US again, might have to catch them once more after, what, thirty plus years...
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 April 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
All new lineup for the tour though (no Terry Bickers)
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 9 April 2022 23:30 (two years ago) link
Most unjustly neglected song by this unjustly neglected band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpcY9QyEi10
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 10 April 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link
xpost Pity. Guess that'll never happen for me!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 10 April 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link
"Guy Chambers"?
― PaulTMA, Monday, 11 April 2022 01:39 (two years ago) link
Guy-Guy Chadwick-Chambers-Featherstonehaugh
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 April 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
I'm still making my way through Burn Down The World - the live tracks aren't doing much for me, but the new master of the Butterfly album and Babe Rainbow justify pulling the trigger. Current generation a/d converters are so much better now and whoever at Cherry Red managed this made sure to do it right.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 20:00 (one year ago) link
When it works on their end they do top class work. The rarities alone on this one.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
My 16 year old son plays bass and recently took part in a local thing for young bands where they all got to perform three songs each in front of a crowd at a proper venue. They all did a rehearsal the week before and when I asked him how it went, he said some older guy asked him if his bass needed tuning, and he did that typical teenager 'i dunno' shrug so the guy just grabbed it off him and tuned it up anyway.
When we went to the gig, my son pointed to a guy sat at the side of the stage who was being kind of a guitar tech/accompanist, and said that's the guy who tuned my bass. and I looked at this man who was probably 5 or 6 years older than me, just sat there looking really calm and gentle and just enjoying helping out all these young bands, and he looked naggingly familiar like I'd seen his face a hundred times before, but I just couldn't place him at all. Well, not until the organiser walked up to the stage to get his attention and shouted 'hey terry!'
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
Wow! Amazing story.
I'll check out the remasters, but the Butterly CD I have (and the streaming versions) sound pretty amazing already - the album has always shimmered.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 21:03 (one year ago) link
Babe Rainbow is the one for me… they’re not issuing these individually tho, right?
― brimstead, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
Pete Evans punched Bickers six times in the face, then announced he was leaving the House of Love.
They should have changed their name to House of Blows.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
Anyone catch them in New York? I'm psyched for the show here Sunday.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Also, sad news, just learned that Andrea Heukamp, original HoL rhythm guitarist/singer, recently died. I guess after she left the band she moved back to Germany and lived somewhat as a recluse, reportedly spending the last several years cleaning houses. She was found dead at 57. RIP.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 October 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
jesus, that's sad news
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Sunday, 23 October 2022 21:28 (one year ago) link
aw that sucks rip
― nxd, Sunday, 23 October 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
Wow that is rotten.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 October 2022 00:22 (one year ago) link
Is there any particular article or source for that? I'd like to be able to share the news further.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 October 2022 00:23 (one year ago) link
This would be very sad. Andrea Heukamp had been contributing backing vocals to a band in Münster called Loving the Sun.
There was an obituary published in Münster earlier this month for a 57-year-old employee of the city called Andrea Heukamp, so that could well be her.
She sang vocals on what is probably my favourite House of Love track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lut2wm-qtdk
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 24 October 2022 01:53 (one year ago) link
I think I saw it on a Steve Hoffman forum thread, and it came by way of a post from someone claiming to be her cousin in a German Rolling Stone forum:
https://forum.rollingstone.de/foren/reply/11898217/
Google translate says:
Rest in peace Andrea Heukamp. (guitarist and background singer of The House Of Love and girlfriend of Chris Groothuisen)Andrea is my cousin, lived in Munster after she left the band. She started with music in a shared apartment here in Münsterland, that's where she met Chris and they later went to London, founded House Of Love and recorded songs and played concerts. The music business and drugs bothered her, she became seriously ill and withdrew. In Münster she lived a secluded life and in recent years has made a living doing housekeeping jobs. My younger brother was in contact with my her right up to the end, he now arranges everything necessary with a friend/partner of Andrea's.Andrea didn't get in touch last week as agreed, she was found lying dead in her room. A heart attack was probably the cause of death. Andrea was only 57 years old.Take care up there, Andrea. It wasn't so nice for you down here. Bye.
Andrea is my cousin, lived in Munster after she left the band. She started with music in a shared apartment here in Münsterland, that's where she met Chris and they later went to London, founded House Of Love and recorded songs and played concerts. The music business and drugs bothered her, she became seriously ill and withdrew. In Münster she lived a secluded life and in recent years has made a living doing housekeeping jobs. My younger brother was in contact with my her right up to the end, he now arranges everything necessary with a friend/partner of Andrea's.Andrea didn't get in touch last week as agreed, she was found lying dead in her room. A heart attack was probably the cause of death. Andrea was only 57 years old.
Take care up there, Andrea. It wasn't so nice for you down here. Bye.
So I guess there's a chance it's not accurate, but at the same time, no reason to believe it isn't, sadly.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 October 2022 04:20 (one year ago) link
perhaps they are unjustly neglected in 2023. I splurged for the Fontana box and yes it sounds wonderful. I like the butterfly album a lot more now, except for “never”.I don’t really know what to say about this music. I think their records sound fabulous and guy had a real unique sensitive middle aged guy voice. The guitar playing is exquisite and vividly colorful, lush like fresh fruit, the drums hit just right in that British anthemic way…
― brimstead, Friday, 19 May 2023 20:08 (eleven months ago) link
“shine on” really is sheer perfection, whichever version
unjustly neglected perfection!
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:13 (ten months ago) link