The House Of Love in the Press
The House Of Love have had a lot of press coverage in their time. Here we provide links, by year, to scans of as many of those reviews and articles as we can, in jpg or PDF format. Please note that each link opens in a new tab/window. As ever, if you have any that we’re missing, UK or worldwide, please let us know.
1987
- 24/01/1987 Sounds Birmingham Barrel Organ 1/87(?) gig review
- 02/1987 City Limits features
- 21/02/1987 Sounds Camden Black Horse 15/2/87 gig review
- 28/02/1987 Melody Maker London ULU 18/2/87 gig review
- 21/03/1987 Melody Maker Sidelines ‘Love Letters’ interview
- 05/1987 Melody Maker/NME/Music Week/Record Mirror Shine On single reviews
- 27/06/1987 Melody Maker London Camden Black Horse 12/6/87 gig review
- 04/07/1987 Record Mirror ‘Flesh and Fuzzboxes’ interview
- 06/07/1987 Sounds ‘Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache’ interview
- 26/09/1987 Sounds ‘Licensed to Thrill’ interview
- 10/1987 NME London LSE 19/10/87 gig review
- 10/10/1987 Record Mirror London Cricketers 24/9/87 gig review
- 24/10/1987 NME Real Animal single review
- 31/10/1987 NME London LSE 19/10/87 gig review
- 12/1987 NME ‘Home Sweet Home’ interview
1988
- 1988 ‘An Indie on a Major’ article
- 1988 Creation video compilation review (Stuart Maconie)
- 1988 Guy Chadwick Only Ones quote
- 1988 NME/Melody Maker various cuttings
- 1988 Photos
- 1988 Record Mirror ‘Rock the House’ interview
- 1988 Tower Records TOP magazine Dave Massey interview
- 04/1988 Christine single reviews
- 04/1988 Christine single review (Simon Price)
- 09/04/1988 Melody Maker Sidelines ‘Houses in Motion’ interview
- 30/04/1988 Sounds ‘Personal Services’ interview
- 05/1988 ‘Watch These Acts’ article
- 05/1988 City Limits debut album review
- 05/1988 Debut album banner ad with May/June tour dates
- 05/1988 Debut album reviews
- 05/1988 Ian Gittins ‘Love Struck’ review
- 05/1988 London LSE 28/6/88 gig review (Simon Price)
- 05/1988 NME London LSE 28/5/88 gig review
- 05/1988 Record Mirror London LSE 28/5/88 gig review
- 05/1988 Sounds debut album review (1)
- 05/1988 Sounds debut album review (2)
- 07/05/1988 Melody Maker Christine single review
- 14/05/1988 Melody Maker ‘Torture Chamber’ interview
- 21/05/1988 Melody Maker debut album review
- 21/05/1988 NME ‘Move On Up’ interview
- 22/05/1988 Observer More Music John Peel article
- 06/1988 Dave Henderson debut album review
- 06/1988 German debut album review
- 06/1988 July-October tour dates
- 06/1988 Melody Maker Brighton Escape 7/6/88 gig review
- 06/1988 Melody Maker Indie album chart
- 06/1988 NME album chart
- 06/1988 NME debut album review
- 06/1988 NME Pick of the Past Month
- 06/1988 Record Mirror debut album review
- 06/1988 Record Mirror Indie record news
- 06/1988 Stock It debut album review
- 04/06/1988 NME Manchester Boardwalk 20/5/88 gig review
- 11/06/1988 NME London LSE 28/5/88 gig review
- 07/1988 NME London Camden Falcon 16/7/88 gig review
- 07/1988 City Limits article
- 07/1988 Destroy The Heart single reviews
- 07/1988 Q debut album full page ad
- 30/07/1988 NME London Camden Falcon 16/7/88 gig review
- 30/07/1988 NME ‘The House Of Love Will Tear Us Apart’ front cover
- 08/1988 Destroy The Heart single reviews
- 03/08/1988 London Town & Country Club 7/8/88 news (1)
- 03/08/1988 London Town & Country Club 7/8/88 news (2)
- 10/08/1988 Basingstoke Gazette Caribbean Club 6/8/88 gig review
- 13/08/1988 Melody Maker London Town & Country Club Creation Day 7/8/88 gig review
- 13/08/1988 Melody Maker London Town & Country Club Creation Day 7/8/88 gig review (HOL text only)
- 13/08/1988 NME London Town & Country Club Creation Day 7/8/88 gig review
- 20/08/1988 NME Doing It For The Kids album advert
- 20/08/1988 NME Material World ‘On Holiday with Guy Chadwick’ questionnaire
- 09/1988 Les Inrockuptibles Destroy The Heart single review
- 09/1988 NME Holland mini-tour review
- 09/1988 NME Safe single news
- 07/09/1988 Melody Maker Rayleigh Pink Toothbrush 1/9/88 gig review
- 10/09/1988 NME Brighton Escape Club 30/8/88 gig review
- 17/09/1988 NME singles chart
- 10/1988 Various appearances
- 06/10/1988 London Student Doing It For The Kids album review
- 07/10/1988 City Life interview
- 07/10/1988 Record Mirror London ULU 7/10/88 gig review
- 08/10/1988 Melody Maker Control Zone interview
- 08/10/1988 Melody Maker Guy Chadwick’s Heroes
- 12/10/1988 Melody Maker London ULU 7/10/88 gig review
- 13/10/1988 Edinburgh Evening News ‘Sinister Love’ article
- 15/10/1988 Melody Maker Oxford Polytechnic 6/10/88 gig review
- 14/10/1988 The List article
- 15/10/1988 NME Phonogram news
- 19/10/1988 The Independent Pick of the Day
- 22/10/1988 Coventry Evening News Leicester University 20/10/88 gig review
- 26/10/1988 NME London Boston Arms 27/10/88 news
- 11/1988 International Musician & Recording World ‘Love Story’ interview
- 03/11/1988 City Limits appearance
- 05/11/1988 Melody Maker London Boston Arms 27/10/88 gig review
- 12/11/1988 NME photo
- 12/11/1988 Sounds Fontana news
- 19/11/1988 Music & Media Fontana news
- 12/1988 Fanzine Birmingham Irish Centre 8/12/88 gig review
- 24/12/1988 Melody Maker 1988 review
- 24/12/1988 Melody Maker Guy Chadwick quotes
- 24/12/1988 NME Birmingham Irish Centre 8/12/88 gig review
- 24/12/1988 NME 1988 review
- 24/12/1988 Record Mirror 1988 review
1989
- 03/01/1989 Oldham Evening Chronicle news
- 21/01/1989 Sounds appearance
- 04/02/1989 Melody Maker tour news
- 04/02/1989 NME/Record Mirror tour news
- 10/02/1989 Guardian tour news
- 23/02/1989 Hot Press news
- 23/02/1989 The Independent tour news
- 25/02/1989 Melody Maker tour news
- 25/02/1989 NME tour news
- 03/1989 Record Mirror Huddersfield Polytechnic 1/3/89 gig review
- 03/1989 Sounds Huddersfield Polytechnic 1/3/89 gig review
- 03/03/1989 Melody Maker cover
- 04/03/1989 NME Dublin McGonagles 24/2/89 & Belfast University 25/2/89 gig reviews
- 11/03/1989 Melody Maker Huddersfield Polytechnic 1/3/89 gig review
- 04/1989 Never single regional reviews
- 06/04/1989 London ICA residency support slots
- 08/04/1989 NME Never single review
- 15/04/1989 Melody Maker Never single review
- 15/04/1989 NME Singles of the Week with Guy Chadwick
- 22/04/1989 Daily Record news
- 25/04/1989 Coventry Evening Telegraph interview
- 27/04/1989 Dundee Courier interview
- 27/04/1989 Nottingham Evening Post interview
- 29/04/1989 Dorset Evening Echo interview
- 29/04/1989 South Wales Echo interview
- 29/04/1989 Southampton Evening Echo interview
- 29/04/1989 Yorkshire Evening Post interview
- 06/1989 20/20 London ICA residency preview
- 06/1989 London ICA residency previews
- 06/1989 Snub TV proposal for BBC special
- 06/1989 The Times London ICA residency preview
- 01/06/1989 The Independent London ICA residency preview
- 03/06/1989 Daily Express London ICA residency preview
- 03/06/1989 Melody Maker London ICA residency news
- 03/06/1989 NME appearance
- 03/06/1989 NME humour article
- 03/06/1989 NME London ICA residency news
- 03/06/1989 Sounds London ICA residency preview
- 07/06/1989 Time Out London ICA residency preview
- 08/06/1989 Guardian London ICA residency preview
- 08/06/1989 The Independent London ICA residency news
- 09/06/1989 The Independent London ICA 8/6/89 gig review
- 10/06/1989 Melody Maker London ICA residency news
- 14/06/1989 Time Out London ICA residency preview
- 17/06/1989 NME London ICA 6-10/6/89 gigs review
- 17/06/1989 Record Mirror London ICA 5/6/89 gig review
- 17/06/1989 Melody Maker London ICA 7/6/89 gig review
- 17/06/1989 Sounds London ICA 10/6/89 gig review
- 17/06/1989 Melody Maker Control Zone Terry Bickers guitar info
- 07/1989 Jackie magazine interview
- 07/1989 Sky Never single review
- 08/1989 Record Mirror rumour
- 08/1989 Reading Festival 25/8/89 photos
- 10/1989 Melody Maker tour dates
- 10/1989 NME appearance
- 10/1989 NME tour dates
- 10/10/1989 Blitz Lisbon Colosseum 4/10/89 gig review (in Portuguese)
- 11/1989 Draft Fontana album tracklisting
- 11/1989 Fanclub letter
- 11/1989 Melody Maker Leeds Warehouse 2/11/89 gig review
- 11/1989 NME I Don’t Know Why I Love You single banner ad (1)
- 11/1989 NME I Don’t Know Why I Love You single full page ad
- 11/1989 NME Single of the Week
- 11/1989 NME Leeds Warehouse 2/11/89 gig review
- 11/1989 The Times London Town and Country Club 9/11/89 gig review
- 11/11/1989 Sounds Leeds Warehouse 1/11/89 gig review
- 18/11/1989 NME I Don’t Know Why I Love You single banner ad (2)
- 12/1989 Fontana Fast Facts: A Brief History of The House Of Love
- 12/1989 Melody Maker Shine On single and tour news
- 12/1989 Sounds/NME/Melody Maker Terry Bickers departure news
- 06/12/1989 NME Plymouth Academy 6/12/89 and Bath Pavilion 7/12/89 ad
- 14/12/1989 Filing ticket from Channel 4 Rock Steady TV show, London Galtymore
1990
- 1990 Alternative Press issue 29 interview
- 1990 Beatles And The Stones US promo poster
- 1990 Exit Vol 1 No 3 interview
- 1990 Exit Vol 2 tour news
- 1990 Melody Maker ‘Tanita and Guy’s Psychic Joke Hut’
- 1990 New Direction fanzine Ann Arbor Fontana album review
- 1990 Proposed UK press coverage
- 1990 Spy In The House Of Love album handwritten draft track listing (1)
- 1990 Spy In The House Of Love album handwritten draft track listing (2)
- 1990 unknown US press photo
- 1990 unknown US Fontana album review
- 1990 US Marble single ad
- 1990 US press summary
- 1990 various UK press cuttings
- 1990 WHSmith magazine interview
- 1990 Zig Zag Fontana album review
- 01/1990 ‘Bickers speaks out’ article
- 01/1990 Boy Howdy! ad
- 01/1990 NME Leamington Spa Royal Spa Centre 13/1/90 gig review
- 01/1990 NME Shine On single review
- 01/1990 Shine On promo sheet (signed)
- 01/1990 Tape list (Fontana album reviewers)
- 01/1990 ‘What’s Going On’ news article
- 08/01/1990 Initial worldwide reactions
- 13/01/1990 NME tour news
- 31/01/1990 Brassneck Publicity March 1990 tour dates
- 02/1990 Fontana album reviews various UK
- 02/1990 Les Inrockuptibles interview (in French)
- 02/1990 Melody Maker UK tour dates
- 02/1990 NME Fontana album review
- 02/1990 Southampton Guildhall 5/3/90 gig preview
- 02/1990 various UK press cuttings
- 17/02/1990 Melody Maker Shrink Rap Guy Chadwick Q&A
- 21/02/1990 Time Out Fontana album review
- 22/02/1990 The Guardian Fontana album review
- 23/02/1990 The Independent Fontana album review
- 23/02/1990 The Times Fontana album review
- 24/02/1990 Melody Maker Fontana album review
- 24/02/1990 NME Fontana album review
- 24/02/1990 Sounds Fontana album review
- 25/02/1990 Sunday Correspondent Fontana album review
- 03/1990 Alternative Press issue 28 Doncaster Minsthorpe Secondary School 12/3/90 gig preview
- 03/1990 Beatles And The Stones single ad
- 03/1990 Record Mirror Doncaster Minsthorpe Secondary School 12/3/90 gig review
- 03/1990 London Royal Albert Hall 9/3/90 various gig reviews
- 03/1990 Q Magazine Fontana album ad
- 03/1990 Q Magazine Fontana album review
- 03/1990 QC Quad Fontana album review
- 03/1990 Record Collector article and interview
- 03/1990 Regional promotion schedule
- 03/1990 Request Fontana album review
- 03/1990 Smash Hits Shine On lyrics
- 03/1990 Sound Waves Fontana album review and interview
- 03/1990 The Charger Chronicle Cypress College (California) Fontana album review (incomplete)
- 03/1990 Top Of The Pops Magazine interview
- 03/1990 UK promotion schedule February-April
- 03/1990 UK tour dates
- 03/1990 Village Noize Nine Fontana album review
- 01/03/1990 Billboard and Street Fontana album reviews
- 03/03/1990 Melody Maker Fontana album ad
- 03/03/1990 Record Mirror & Music Week Fontana album reviews
- 07/03/1990 New Mexico Daily Lobo Fontana album review
- 08/03/1990 Evening Standard Metropolis interview
- 14/03/1990 Melody Maker London Royal Albert Hall 9/3/90 gig review
- 14/03/1990 NME Beatles And The Stones single news and Doncaster Minsthorpe School 12/3/90 gig review
- 15/03/1990 BBC Top Of The Pops pass (credit: Guy Chadwick/Suzie Gibbons)
- 17/03/1990 Billboard Fontana album review
- 19/03/1990 QC Quad Queens College (New York) Fontana album review
- 29/03/1990 The Hard Report interview
- 04/1990 Details ‘House Of Love To Love You Baby’ interview
- 04/1990 New Route interview
- 04/1990 NME discography 1987-90
- 04/1990 PRIME Fontana album review
- 04/1990 The Street Fontana album review
- 01/04/1990 Rockpool ‘A Guy Called Guy’ interview
- 06/04/1990 Network Forty (Burbank) I Don’t Know Why I Love You single review
- 13/04/1990 City Paper (New York) Fontana album review
- 13/04/1990 CMJ New Music Report Fontana album review
- 20/04/1990 Network Forty (Burbank) I Don’t Know Why I Love You single review
- 21/04/1990 Cashbox ‘Mansion Of Glory’ interview
- 25/04/1990 Daily Aztec Estate University (San Diego) Fontana album review
- 05/1990 Melody Maker Toulouse Petit Palais Des Sports 12/5/90 gig review
- 05/1990 Musician ‘Seeking An Honest Guy’ interview
- 05/1990 Opportunity (New York) interview
- 05/1990 Pulse! Picks interview
- 05/1990 Request Fontana album review
- 05/1990 Spins Fontana album review
- 05/1990 Washington Post Washington DC 9:30 Club 15/5/90 gig review
- 05/05/1990 Billboard Talent ‘Doors On House Of Love’ interview
- 11/05/1990 Gavin Report (San Francisco) Shine On single review
- 11/05/1990 Washington Post Fontana album review
- 13/05/1990 LA Times Pop Music ‘Chadwick’s House’ interview
- 15/05/1990 Washington Times Washington DC 9:30 Club 15/5/90 gig preview and interview
- 16/05/1990 Daily Star (Oneonta) Fontana album review
- 16/05/1990 Daily Times (Primos) interview
- 16/05/1990 Delaware County Daily Times Philadelphia Chestnut Club 16/5/90 gig preview and interview
- 17/05/1990 California State Pioneer Entertainment Fontana album review
- 17/05/1990 Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Chestnut Club 16/5/90 gig preview
- 18/05/1990 Boston Phoenix ‘Finding A New Address’ interview
- 18/05/1990 Goldmine Fontana album review
- 18/05/1990 Network Forty (Burbank) I Don’t Know Why I Love You single review
- 18/05/1990 Press distribution: New York Marquee Club 17/5/90
- 19/05/1990 Daily News Review article
- 19/05/1990 NME Costa Loving interview
- 21/05/1990 Hits New Artists Fontana album review
- 21/05/1990 New Haven Register New Haven Toad’s Place 22/5/90 gig preview and interview
- 21/05/1990 New York Marquee Club 18-19/5/90 gig review
- 21/05/1990 Star-Ledger (Newark) Neptune Green Parrot 19/5/90 gig review
- 24/05/1990 Chicago Tribune Fontana album review
- 25/05/1990 Cleveland Peabody’s Downunder 29/5/90 gig preview and interview
- 25/05/1990 Minnesota Daily Fontana album review
- 26/05/1990 Boston Globe Boston Paradise 23/5/90 gig review
- 28/05/1990 Island Ear New York Marquee Club 18-19/5/90 gig review
- 29/05/1990 Polygram USA summer tour press review
- 30/05/1990 Metro Times ‘Great Expectations’ article
- 31/05/1990 Chicago Tribune ‘The British Are Coming’ interview
- 06/1990 B Side ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ interview
- 06/1990 Illinois Entertainer Fontana album review
- 06/1990 Music Paper (Manhasset) ‘Next Trends In Alternative Music’ interview
- 06/1990 The Street ‘Over There’ article
- 01/06/1990 BAM (California) interview
- 01/06/1990 Orange County Register Fontana album review
- 04/06/1990 unknown US interview
- 05/06/1990 Burlington County Times interview
- 05/06/1990 The Highlander UC Riverside interview
- 08/06/1990 CMJ New Music Report (Albertson) New York Marquee Club 18/5/90 gig review
- 08/06/1990 Network Forty (Burbank) I Don’t Know Why I Love You single review
- 14/06/1990 Players 23 Fontana album review (incomplete)
- 15/06/1990 Friday Morning Quarterback (Cherry Hill) I Don’t Know Why I Love You single review
- 15/06/1990 LA Times Los Angeles Roxy 15-16/6/90 gigs preview
- 15/06/1990 LA Weekly Los Angeles Roxy 16/6/90 gig preview
- 15/06/1990 Network Forty (Burbank) I Don’t Know Why I Love You single review
- 15/06/1990 Radio & Records (Los Angeles) Polygram backstage photo New York Marquee Club 18/5/90
- 16/06/1990 Cash Box (New York) Polygram backstage photo New York Marquee Club 18/5/90
- 18/06/1990 Detour ‘The House That Love Built’ interview
- 20/06/1990 Coast Report Los Angeles Roxy Theater 15/6/90 gig review
- 22/06/1990 Village View Los Angeles Roxy Theater 15/6/90 gig review
- 28/06/1990 Rolling Stone Fontana album review
- 28/06/1990 Rolling Stone New Faces interview
- 29/06/1990 Album Network (Burbank) Beatles And The Stones single review
- 07/1990 Boston Rock Fontana album review
- 07/1990 Boston Rock interview
- 07/1990 Exposure ‘No Acid In This House’ interview
- 07/1990 Rock’n’Roll Disc Fontana album review
- 07/1990 Select ‘While My Guitar Gently Trips’ interview
- 07/1990 Seventeen interview
- 07/1990 The Splatter Effect (New Jersey) interview
- 07/1990 Venice Mag Fontana album review
- 01/07/1990 Rockpool New York Marquee Club 17/5/90 gig review
- 02/07/1990 Canton Observer (Livonia) interview (incomplete)
- 02/07/1990 Garden City Observer (Livonia) interview
- 02/07/1990 Illinois Entertainer ‘Rehabbing Brit Guitar Pop’ interview
- 02/07/1990 Redford Observer (Livonia) interview
- 06/07/1990 Album Network (Burbank) Beatles And The Stones single review
- 06/07/1990 Hard Report (Medford Lakes) Beatles And The Stones single review
- 11/07/1990 Rock Scene’n’Style Hollywood Gazette Fontana album review
- 13/07/1990 Album Network (Burbank) Beatles And The Stones single review
- 13/07/1990 BAM ‘Alternative Currents’ article
- 13/07/1990 Boston Herald Fontana album review
- 18/07/1990 Houston Public News interview
- 24/07/1990 Chicago Flame Chicago Riviera 7/7/90 gig review
- 27/07/1990 Chandler Arizonan Tribune interview and New York Palladium 7/7/90 gig review
- 27/07/1990 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) interview
- 27/07/1990 Santa Cruz Sentinel Spotlight interview and Santa Clara Great America 3/8/90 gig preview
- 30/07/1990 People Fontana album review
- 08/1990 Guy Chadwick’s liner notes for Spy In The House Of Love album
- 08/1990 Night Life Club Scene Fontana album review and Ventura Theatre 6/8/90 gig preview
- 02/08/1990 Houston Press Houston Southern Star Ampitheatre 25/7/90 gig review
- 03/08/1990 Hard Report (Medford Lakes) Fontana Live promo sampler EP review
- 10/08/1990 Daily Variety Los Angeles Universal Ampitheatre 7/8/90 gig review
- 21/08/1990 Purdue Exponent (Lafayette) Fontana album review
- 29/08/1990 In These Times (Chicago) Fontana album review
- 09/1990 to 10/1990 various UK articles and reviews
- 19/09/1990 Syracuse New Times Fontana album review
- 10/1990 Frenzy Indianopolis Ritz 5/7/90 gig review
- 10/1990 Select Spy In The House Of Love album review
- 10/1990 various UK reviews and ads
- 11/10/1990 Daily Tarheel Fontana album review
- 24/10/1990 Melody Maker Paris Espace Ornano 18/10/90 gig review
- 11/1990 Les Inrockuptibles interview (in French)
- 11/1990 Melody Maker various (1)
- 11/1990 Melody Maker various (2)
- 11/1990 Q Magazine Spy In The House Of Love album review
- 11/1990 various UK press cuttings
- 11/1990 Vox Spy In The House Of Love album ad
- 11/1990 Vox Spy In The House Of Love album review
- 02/11/1990 NME Spy In The House Of Love album review
- 03/11/1990 Melody Maker various
- 03/11/1990 Melody Maker Spy In The House Of Love album ad
- 17/11/1990 Melody Maker letter
- 12/1990 Melody Maker London Finsbury Park 31/12/90 ad and cancellation news article
- 12/1990 Vox Spy In The House Of Love album ad
1991
- 02/1991 Best Spy In The House Of Love album review
- 03/02/1991 Melody Maker Paris Olympia 24/1/91 gig review
- 03/02/1991 NME Plastered in Paris 24/1/91 teaser
- 16/02/1991 Sounds Guy/Terry article
- 04/1991 London Marquee 22/4/91 gig reviews
- 20/04/1991 Melody Maker Chris Groothuizen record label news
- 14/09/1991 Melody Maker London 3X 31/8/91 gig review
- 14/09/1991 NME London 3X 31/8/91 gig review
- 10/1991 Fan Club Bulletin: The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes single release
- 10/1991 NME Single of the Week
- 10/1991 NME Thrills ‘That Perpetual Motion’ feature
- 10/1991 Select London 3X 31/8/91 gig review
- 10/1991 Select The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes single ad
- 10/1991 Select The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes single review
- 05/10/1991 Melody Maker The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes news and review
- 12/10/1991 Melody Maker ‘Material World’ Guy Chadwick Q&A
- 19/10/1991 Melody Maker The Girl With The Loneliest Eyes single ad
- 19/10/1991 Melody Maker ‘Return Of The House Of Love’ teaser
1992
Review and articles coming soon!
1993
Review and articles coming soon!