associated_acts years_active article_title past_members background genre origin name
candy , the loveless 1989-1992 electric angels
 ryan riggins -rrb- roxie jonathan daniel john schubert shane -lrb- thomas group_or_band glam rock , hard rock los angeles , california electric angels
electric angels

electric angels was a los angeles-based band that formed from the defunct pop group candy featuring new singer shane -lrb- thomas riggins -rrb- -lrb- tommy holocaust -rrb- , guitarist ryan roxie -lrb- ryan rosowicz -rrb- , and original candy members bassist/songwriter jonathan daniel , and drummer john schubert .
after one year , the band relocated to new york city and were signed to atlantic records within five months .
one of their first new york shows was opening up for the british band dogs d'amour and mother love bone -lrb- featuring jeff ament and stone gossard who would form pearl jam after the death of lead singer andrew wood -rrb- .
their self-titled debut was recorded in london in the autumn of 1989 by david bowie and t.rex producer tony visconti and released in february 1990 .
they were reviewed favorably as a cross between the replacements and hanoi rocks .
the band cited their musical influences including kiss , the ramones , the replacements , rick springfield and george jones and toured with former kiss guitarist ace frehley and phoenix rockers icon -lrb- band -rrb- .
the band let their contract with atlantic expire in 1991 due to poor promotion on the part of the label .
`` the drinking song '' had a long run as new jersey 's wsou 's -lrb- seton hall college -rrb- third most played song .
the band was originally managed by bruce kulick of kiss guitarist fame .
one of the band 's original unreleased songs , `` put the ` ex ' in sex '' had conveniently become the title of a later kiss song .
jon bon jovi was a fan of the band .
bon jovi 's song , `` bed of roses , bed of nails '' was a tribute to the angel 's `` true love and other fairy tales '' which included the lyrics , '' ... our bed of roses has become a bed of nails '' .
a blond backstage at an angels show at club bnai in sayerville , new jersey said to bon jovi , `` oh my god , you look just like jon bon jovi . ''
bon jovi contributed an endorsement statement to the promotional tape for atlantic record 's , `` electric angels . ''
amongst the angel 's biggest fans are the tattooed angels , known for their lovely dispositions as well as sporting electric angels purple , red and black coat of arms tattoos .
home demos were made for early song ideas , though a second album was only in the infancy stages .
these demos have erroneously turned up as the never-released second album , which was to be called `` new york times '' , though against the band 's wishes or approval .
the tunes amongst the `` second wings '' album are `` new york times '' , `` wish i could fly '' , `` deaf generation '' , `` war is over '' , `` where the wild things are '' , `` cheap lipstick '' , `` spent the night with a memory '' , `` woke up blind '' , `` lies my father told me '' , `` ca n't stand loving you '' and `` color of hate '' .
the band broke up in april 1992 when roxie returned to los angeles to become the guitarist for alice cooper .
shane , jonathan , and john returned a few years later , sans guitarist ryan roxie who was replaced by richard tressan and with the addition of john ceparano , as the loveless , releasing `` a tale of gin and salvation '' in 1995 .
later shane released a solo record called `` blue movie '' .
another jonathan daniel project was the bellaires , whom carried the badge , `` three men , three cords , three songs '' .
the three song set consisted of two daniels tunes and a ceprarano tune .
the tunes were `` my tattooed angel -lrb- from punk rock heaven -rrb- '' , `` movin ' on '' -lrb- ceparano -rrb- and `` stupid mother **** er '' .
the later song title and lyric was changed to `` stupid futhermucker '' for demo purposes .
john `` the hawk '' schubert was the drummer .
the electric angels , again without roxie , reunited in early 2000 for a one-off radio appearance on wdha 's the tour bus .
