Love/Hate

The Profile

Love/Hate are a Los Angeles glam/hard rock band from the Sunset Strip scene, best known for the feral debut Blackout in the Red Room (1990) and the heavier Wasted in America (1992). The classic lineup features Jizzy Pearl (vocals), Skid (bass), Jon E. Love (guitar), and Joey Gold (drums). They opened for Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears tour.

From the reviews: Love/Hate hail from Los Angeles and play streetwise glam/hard rock with occasional thrash and psychedelic edges. The classic quartet is Jizzy Pearl (vocals), Skid (bassist, credited as band leader and principal songwriter/cover artist), Jon E. Love (guitar), and Joey Gold (drums). Blackout in the Red Room (1990) is praised as their anarchic, creative debut; Wasted in America (1992) followed after disputes with Columbia, added weight and experiments, and led to opening slots on Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears tour; I’m Not Happy (1995) blends glam with sharper, sometimes psychedelic detours. Jizzy Pearl infamously staged a crucifixion stunt on the Hollywood Sign’s “Y.”

Love/Hate are a Los Angeles street-glam/hard rock band famed for the Sunset Strip era punch of Blackout in the Red Room (1990). Reviews praise the feral debut, view Wasted in America (1992) as heavier and contested by label pressures, and hail I’m Not Happy (1995) for mixing glam drive with thrash/psychedelic detours. Jizzy Pearl’s rasp, Skid’s leadership on writing, and the Jon E. Love/Joey Gold engine define the sound. They even opened for Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears tour.