LOVE/HATE Black Out In the Red Room LP 1990 Original READ DESCRIPTION Love Hate

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visually graded vinyl VG++ Nothing close to any fingerfelt marks ; Jacket VG+ NO Seam splits but small fraying see pictures, Lyric inner In Fair Condition, two tears on corners see pictures, all text fully readable. Love/Hate is an American hard rock/glam metal band based in Los Angeles. It is currently composed of four members. Vocalist Jizzy Pearl, guitarist Stevie Pearce, bass player Christian Kimmett, and drummer Charles Evans.
History 1985–1988: Unsigned 
Love/Hate was formed in 1985,when Jizzy Pearl (real name Jim Wilkinson) joined Jon E. Love, Skid Rose, and Joey Gold, in a 1980s influenced electronica band called Dataclan, after their previous lead singer walked out while playing in Japan. They lived together in a Los Angeles warehouse called SoulHouse, and in the first year put out a four track EP and played a short and not very well received tour of Mexico. At this time the band had a 'glam' look, wearing make up. 
 In 1986, the band renamed themselves as Love/Hate,from a song they played at the time called Love and Hate. They also changed their look and style to a more gothic image, having been influenced by the release of the album Love by The Cult. For the next couple of years they tried various styles of music and, in an attempt to obtain a record contract, were pitched to many labels.
 In 1987, the band settled on the rock genre, and had some limited success, when one of their songs was used on the soundtrack for Critters 2 and an early version of "She's an Angel" featured in the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Around this time they briefly employed guitarist Tracy G, who would later play in Dio. After seeing a video of a drunken performance, lead singer Jizzy resolved to turn himself around. In early 1988, Skid wrote a new collection of songs, which would later form the bulk of the album Blackout in the Red Room.
 They began performing regularly at the free Monday night 'No Bozo Jam' at Sunset Strip's Whisky a Go Go. This freed them from self-promotion of one-off gigs and they began to collaborate as a band to improve their repertoire of songs. However, the band felt much frustration as at that time many other Sunset Strip bands were being signed by record companies, with glam metal at its height, but Love/Hate were repeatedly overlooked... The band then put together a four track demo engineered by guitarist Jon E. Love, and in December 1988 finally got a record deal with Columbia. 
 1989–1991: Blackout in the Red Room Their debut album Blackout in the Red Room was recorded in 1989 and released on February 22, 1990. It reached No. 154 on the Billboard 200. After a small club tour they supported Dio on an arena tour, their biggest to date. At this time the video for the single "Why Do You Think They Call It Dope?" was receiving good rotation on MTV, chiefly on Headbanger's Ball, and they went on tour with AC/DC to a much better reception. On this tour they first played in the UK. In 1991, they finished touring and started to write material for the second album.