Love Battery

Love Battery
Love Battery, 2012. Left to right: Kevin Whitworth, Ben Ireland, Chris Eckman, Ron Nine.
Background information
Origin	Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres	Alternative rock grunge psychedelic rock indie rock
Years active	1989–2002 2006 2011-present
Labels	Sub Pop, Atlas Records, C/Z
Associated acts	Mother Love Bone Mudhoney Green River The Presidents of the United States of America
Website	eskimo.com/~tracyr/LoveBat.html
Members	Ron Nine Kevin Whitworth Tommy Simpson Mike Musburger
Past members	Dan Peters Jason Finn Jim Tillman Bruce Fairweather

Love Battery is an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington.

Love Battery was formed in 1989 by former Room Nine leader Ron Nine (b. Ron Rudzitis), guitarist Kevin Whitworth (ex-Crisis Party), bassist Tommy "Bonehead" Simpson (also ex-Crisis Party) and Mudhoney drummer Dan Peters. Their name came from a song of the same name by British punk band the Buzzcocks.

Before releasing their first single Peters left the group and was replaced by ex-Skin Yard drummer Jason Finn. With this lineup the band released their debut single Between The Eyes for seminal Seattle record label Sub Pop. By 1990 Simpson had been replaced by ex-U-Men bassist Jim Tillman. With this lineup the band released their debut EP Between the Eyes in 1990, again on Sub Pop. This record was later expanded and released as their first full-length album in 1991. Following the Between The Eyes EP were the Foot singles and Out Of Focus EP.

In 1992 the band recorded and released Dayglo. In the Sub Pop catalog, Dayglo was listed as "Blotter not included" a play on "Batteries not included" instead referring to LSD. Soon after, Tillman left to pursue other interests. He was replaced at first by original bassist Tommy Simpson, who in turn was replaced by ex-Green River and Mother Love Bone guitarist Bruce Fairweather.

In 1993 the Far Gone album appeared, which to many was considered a disappointment following Dayglo's critical success. Initially Far Gone was to be released by PolyGram Records but due to contractal problems with Sub Pop Records, Far Gone was dumped by the major label. Instead an inferior 'rough mix' of the album was released by Sub Pop, a problem which Love Battery planned to rectify by remixing and reissuing but never did.