the love kills theory is based on an amalgam of the works of Guy Debord, founder of Situationist International, Aldous Huxley, and others, fused with the current bio-genetic studies on the evolution of despair.
In the spirit of Dylan Thomas, the love kills theory was formed as a desperate, and most likely futile, struggle against the demise of art in popular culture. The regression that has taken place in all mediums could not have come about without a complicit and intellectually lazy audience who require less and less in terms of content, but grow ever more impatient with their demands for immediate gratification. Combine this with the fact that the desire for exposure among most performers has preceded any sense of need for content or substantive message and you have all the ingredients necessary to produce a cultural wasteland.
As their name implies, the love kills theory is not so much a band as it is a manifesto. Society has reached a point in its development where the pursuit of the things we love – indulgence in all of its forms – is killing us by making us all soulless consumers. If art can't be resurrected, at least the reasons for its death will be documented in their songs.
The petty details of the history of the band and its members and assorted accolades are irrelevant filler.
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"Happy Suicide Jim is just lunatic enough to keep your interest up. Soling and Minics interchange chunky chords, ably assisted by the sonic IED blasts of Pilato's and Stewart's rhythm section. Brandau's keyboards add some loopy effects, making the whole project a fine alternative to the bland pop currently dominating the Billboard charts... if you're thirsting for a sip of the absurd, Happy Suicide Jim is the album for you." Larry Sakin, Blog Critics Magazine
"Not just your run of the mill rock band, The Love Kills Theory has a guitar sound fighting to keep its ferocity in check. Interesting vocal styles remind me at times of some of the best garage rock bands of the late Seventies as well as slightly reminding me of the late Eighties group, The Godfathers. Happy Suicide, Jim! is a welcome break and goes against the grain of rock either being produced to be heard on Clear Channel or indie music which is strictly for internet radio. With lyrics that feature a true social conscious and smartly styled music and melodies, Happy Suicide, Jim! is worth picking up." William Alexander, Enigma