Electric Angels was a Los Angeles-based band that formed from the defunct pop group Candy

Candy (band)

Candy were a rock band featuring the future Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke and singer-songwriter Kyle Vincent. Original members were Vincent on lead vocals, bassist Jonathan Daniel, drummer John Schubert, and guitarist Geoff Siegel. Clarke replaced Siegel after 6 months...

 featuring new singer Shane, guitarist Ryan Roxie

Ryan Roxie

Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie (born in Sacramento, California, December 1, 1965 is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter currently residing in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the founding member of Roxie 77 and probably most well known for his guitar work with Alice Cooper, Slash, Casablanca, Dad's...

, 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

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 within five months. One of their first New York shows was opening up for the British band Dogs D'Amour

Dogs D'Amour

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 and Mother Love Bone, which soon became Pearl Jam. Their self-titled debut was recorded in London in the autumn of 1989 by David Bowie and T.Rex producer Tony Visconti

Tony Visconti

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 and released in February 1990. They were reviewed favorably as a cross between The Replacements and Hanoi Rocks

Hanoi Rocks

Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...

. The band let their contract with Atlantic expire in 1991 due to poor promotion on the part of the label.

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 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

The Loveless

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, releasing A Tale Of Gin And Salvation in 1995.

The Electric Angels, again without Roxie, reunited in early 2000 for a one-off radio appearance on WDHA

WDHA

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's The Tour Bus.

Discography

As Electric Angels:

• Electric Angels (1990)
• New York Times (Unreleased)

As The Loveless

• A Tale Of Gin And Salvation (1995)