Love Amongst Ruin

Love Amongst Ruin
Love Amongst Ruin live in London, 2015.
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Alternative rock, hard rock
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Ancient B Records
Associated acts	Placebo, Six by Seven, The Cure
Website	loveamongstruin.com
Members	Steve Hewitt Donald Ross Skinner Perry Bamonte
Past members	Magnus Lundén Keith York Laurie Ross Teresa Morini Steve Hove Ramon Sherrington Dave Weston

Love Amongst Ruin are an English rock supergroup, led by former Placebo drummer Steve Hewitt. The band released their self-titled debut album in September 2010 and second album Lose Your Way was released in June 2015.

Upon leaving Placebo after the conclusion of their Meds tour in September 2007,Steve Hewitt had a vision "to create a new band, a new album and a new sound". He immediately enlisted Lamb bassist Jon Thorne and his brother Nick Hewitt to begin writing and demoing new music at his home studio. In March 2008, Julian Cope collaborator Donald Ross Skinner was brought in to oversee and co-produce the recording sessions. Between April and August 2008, the collective moved to Moles Studio in Bath for three recording sessions with producer Paul Corkett, which yielded ten songs, with Hewitt predominantly performing drums and lead vocals. Mixing began in September and continued for six months before the album was mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering in April 2009.

Hewitt spent the second half of 2009 securing management, publishing and record deals, in addition to finding permanent members for the band. Former Cure and Depeche Mode tour manager Daryl Bamonte became the band's manager. In November, Hewitt revealed that the band and debut album would be named 'Love Amongst Ruin', with the band name being "a very apt description of the place I found myself in after I was ejected from Placebo. My life, the way it had been, seemed to be in ruins but I got a lot of love from fans and friends and family".