Love And Rockets - ＂Sweet Lover Hangover＂

What this video is

Released in 1996, 'Sweet Lover Hangover' was the lead promotional single from Love and Rockets' sixth album, Sweet F.A., on Rick Rubin's American Recordings. The album marked a deliberate pivot back to guitar-driven rock from the band's preceding electronic period, inspired by touchstones including The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Doors, and Can. The album's creation was overshadowed by a devastating fire…

Why it matters

Documents a foundational post-punk/goth-to-alternative crossover act at a late-career commercial inflection point. As former Bauhaus members, Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins helped originate the goth and post-punk movements; by 1996, Sweet F.A. represented their most conventionally…