Nicole Laurenne: lead vocals and organ Michael Johnny Walker: guitar and backup vocals Kyle Rose Stokes: bass and backup vocals Bob Hoag: drums and percussion
the animals, the sonics, the seeds, dick dale, the dead kennedys, the cramps, april march, the ventures, the yardbirds, nick cave, the detroit cobras, nancy sinatra, the hives, ? and the mysterians, Farfisa organs, fuzz pedals, spy movies, 60s garage, 60s R&B, and a shaken extra-dry neat Leyden's martini with two olives.
Little Steven's Underground Garage comp, The Coolest Songs In The World, Vol.8 (2009 Wicked Cool), includes The Love Me Nots' single "Give Em What They Want" (DETROIT, 2008 Atomic A Go Go)
About The Love Me Nots: Like a 60s spy-movie theme blasting through an aluminum-siding-covered one-car garage, The Love Me Nots do fuzzy, farfisa-drenched rock like it's 1963 again. Only louder.
"FOUR STARS. One of the more exciting rock acts of the moment. Stunningly feverish. Disc of the month." - Alain Guivron, Rolling Stone, 5/09
"Top 10 Albums of 2008. DETROIT will make the hair stand up on the back of your neck." - Bill Holmes, The Village Voice, 2/09
"Tough and grimy as all get out." - Billboard, 5/09
"Turns a geeky garage schtick into white heat." - SPIN
"If the gospel according to The Love Me Nots is 'give em what they want,' then this is it. Brilliant." - BBC Radio, 2/09
"Top 10 Albums of 2008." - Greg Beets, The Austin Chronicle, 2/09
"One of the few modern garage-rock revivalists whose lust-ridden, keyboard-pumped songs rank with their storied influences." - The L.A. Weekly, 8/08
"They play as if their next gig will be at an acid-test with Grace Slick. Check 'em out." - NBC Sports Blogs, 7/08
"Seductive, shimmering, feline, bewitching. A uniqueness that sets them apart." - Raw Power Magazine (France), 4/09
"Delightfully trashy. Brings back Detroit retro-garage rock in a big way. Irresistable." - XM Radio, "Top 25 XMU Albums of 2007"
"A chanteuse who can torch the house down." - Detroit Metro Times
"A great retro sound. I have a feeling I'll be playing this cool quartet again." - Alice Cooper, Nights With Alice Cooper, 2/09
"Fuzz guitar and piercing organ riffs battle for dominance, like they should on any great garage record." - USA Today, 10/08
"You won't be able to stop yourself from shaking a tail feather." - The Boston Globe
"A new garage classic in its own right." - The Phoenix New Times
"A lesson in Rock n' Roll seduction." - Desert Living Magazine
"Laurenne's sexy alto will drive the boys mad." - Houston Press>
"Rock'n'roll of the finest quality. The Love Me Nots exude class." - RockPress (Brazil)
“Laurenne is a spy goddess, a Warhol muse." - Las Vegas City Life
"A sweltering, raucous ball of stage presence." - 944 Magazine
"'Pure, raw and engrossing pornography for the surf- and garage-rock lover in all of us." - Las Vegas Weekly, 8/08
"A home run. Each song is a nugget worthy of Lenny Kaye." - The Hartford Courant, 8/08
"A band with the chops, songs, energy and sex appeal to play on the national stage." - The Tucson Weekly, 7/08
"Enough full-throated, '60s soul, Mosrite fuzz, hip-shaking, back-alley stomp to rock the door off the garage." - San Francisco Bay Guardian, 9/08
"Poised to take their modern garage rock onto the national stage." - The Arizona Republic, 12/08
"The hottest/coolest thing to come out of Arizona." - The Paisley Umbrella (Austin), 8/08
"The Love Me Nots are A-list ambassadors of heavy garage rock." - Jersey Beat, (NJ) 1/09
"Atomic guitar licks that make your legs shiver." - Kick Out The Jams (Spain), 9/08
"A brilliant record packed with reverb-drenched guitar chords, surfy Farfisa organ runs, and Laurenne’s husky yowl." - Get Out, 7/08
"This band is on fire. Led by punk pin-up Nicole, a great garage party that would make neighbors seriously consider moving." - Garage Greaser (Brazil), 9/08, 1/09
"A fuzzed-out sound like in an acid-a-go-go version of the Dr. No gun-barrel sequence. Spectacular." - Insomnia Radio, 8/08
"The time is now for The Love Me Nots." - Rock Around The Blog (Portugal), 9/08
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hey everyone! a couple things.... we are repressing upside down inside out....this time on red black split vinyl!!!! its going to look awesome!!! so the band will have alot of this press....also i will start pre-orders now! please keep in mind that this is a pre-order and the records wont ship till i get them ;-p..... contact me at mcdrecords@yahoo.com i will contact everyone when the records ship.... thanx and have a great sunday
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