![]() Still, Michael seemed to fall back into the swing of things when, two years later, Gene Loves Jezebel returned with Giving Up The Ghost, which the All Music Guide called “a welcome return by a seasoned band that can more than hold its own alongside the acts of 2001 - and perhaps teach them a thing or two.”Īnd, now, 2003 brings us Exploding Girls, released on Aston’s own label, Bless Momma Records. How ironic, then, that the Aston brother who lost the right to use the Gene Loves Jezebel name was Jay. The general consensus was that VIIwas the best Gene Loves Jezebel album since The House of Dolls, while Love Lies Bleeding was, though musically impressive, more of a Michael Aston solo album than anything else. in 1999, Jay’s version of the group released VII, while Michael’s incarnation put out Love Lies Bleeding. and, when they did, things got a little sticky.īoth Michael and his twin brother, Jay, had decided that they both had the right to call themselves Gene Loves Jezebel. It would be over half a decade before Gene Loves Jezebel would come out of retirement. If that wouldn’t have inspired frantic cries of “sell, sell, sell,” what would? A gamble, to be sure.Īnd, yet, their Savage debut, Heavenly Bodies, started to shift decent units courtesy of lead single “Josephina”, so it seemed as though it was a gamble that had paid off - until less than a year later, when Savage went belly-up, taking with it any further chance of the album seeing a greater success. That’s definitely an up.īut, then, the band left Geffen and, in a move seemingly designed to give their management an aneurysm, passed on a chance to sign to Atlantic Records in favor of a brand new label, Savage. You pretty much need to be in for the long haul, or you’re going to have a heart attack watching their ups and downs.įor instance, after Michael departed, Jay Aston kept Gene Loves Jezebel going without his twin brother, released Kiss of Life, and scored the band’s biggest-ever hit, “Jealous”. The thing is, Gene Loves Jezebel has never been a band for casual investors. Hell, most cautious investors would’ve probably felt obliged to trade ’em away back in ’89, when Michael Aston left the band not too long after they released The House of Dolls (featuring “The Motion of Love”). I mean, if you could buy stock in recording artists - and, given the success of Hollywood Stock Exchange, there’s probably already a website where you can - surely there wouldn’t be but so many people out there still holding onto their shares of Gene Loves Jezebel. Is there any reason why anyone shouldn’t put their money behind Gene Loves Jezebel and their new album, Exploding Girls? Even the Mission UK proved they could mount a creative comeback with Aura. The Cult showed they still had muscle with Beyond Good and Evil. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.The Cure returned in full, depressing form with Bloodflowers. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. ![]() Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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