The Lovemakers

For the 1961 Italian film, see The Lovemakers (film).

The Lovemakers
250px The Lovemakers in concert at Talking House Productions' studios, San Francisco, July 2009
Background information
Origin	Oakland, California, United States
Genres	New wave, electropop
Years active	2002–2009, 2014
Labels	Interscope, Talking House, self
Website	http://www.thelovemakers.net/
Members	Scott Blonde Lisa Light Ken Hard Julia Johari
Past members	Jason Proctor Michael Urbano Cary LaScala Gareth Lloyd

The Lovemakers is an electropop/new wave band from Oakland, California. The band was formed in the spring of 2002 by Scott Blonde (guitar, vocals) and Lisa Light (vocals, bass) who are the two core members. Light and Blonde met in 2002 via Blonde's manager, who Light was dating at the time. Shortly afterward Light left her boyfriend, and she began dating Blonde and joined his band Applesaucer. They were forced out of the band, reportedly for making out during practice. Afterward they formed their own band naming themselves The Lovemakers after the Japanese sexploitation film The Weird Lovemakers. They joined with Jason Proctor on keyboards to form the initial lineup.

The Lovemakers released a self-titled record in 2003. A second record, Times of Romance, was released on August 23, 2005 on Interscope Records new imprint Cherrytree. A single, "Prepare for the Fight", was put out in advance of the album's release date. The album also features Josh Freese on drums. In 2006, Proctor departed to return to his day job as a computer programmer full time.

In 2007, The Lovemakers signed to Fuzz, a fledgling San Francisco record label, who released their third album Misery Loves Company on July 24, 2007. The album is an enhanced EP featuring 5 songs and 5 corresponding high-quality music videos. A single, "Whine & Dine", was put out in advance of the release date. For Misery Loves Company and the subsequent touring the band featured Brandon Arnovick on keyboards and Kenneth Hard on drums. At some point Arnovick and Hard departed, and Hard was replaced by Michael Urbano on drums. Urbano recorded drums on all except for one track on Let's Be Friends, but did not play live with the band after that time. On its tour in support of the album, the band featured Cary LaScala on drums and Gareth Lloyd on synthesizer for live performances.

In 2008, The Lovemakers began a production deal with independent music company Talking House Productions (San Francisco) and recorded its fourth album. Talking House Records released the album Let's Be Friends in September 2009 under The Lovemakers' own mark, and the band followed the release with a supporting tour. The label released an advance single called "See What I Wanna See" on August 11, 2009, which was featured by iTunes on its "WHAT'S HOT" list and its "NEW AND NOTEWORTHY" list. Their second single off Let's Be Friends, "Love is Dead", was featured as a Single of Week on iTunes during the week of September 9, 2009.

In December 2009, The Lovemakers announced they would play their last show on New Year's Eve in Oakland at Ghost Town Gallery. This site is near the location of their first performance 7 years earlier.

The band was scheduled to perform a one-time-only reunion show on February 14, 2014 (Valentine's Day) at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. This was followed by a single, Beautiful Master, written and produced by Chris Stein of Blondie, and more shows including a February 13th, 2015 show in San Francisco. They performed August 1st, 2015 at The Ritz San Jose CA.

The Lovemakers reformed in July of 2014. They plan on playing hand-picked shows, and working on new material in the studio.

Discography

Albums

• The Lovemakers (EP) (April 5, 2003)
• Times of Romance (August 23, 2005)
• Misery Loves Company (EP) (July 24, 2007)
• Let's Be Friends (September 15, 2009)

Singles

• "Shake That Ass"
• "Prepare for the Fight"
• "Whine & Dine"
• "Love is Dead (The Lovemakers song)|Love is Dead"

External links

• The Lovemakers official site