Peace, Love & Pitbulls was a Swedish/Dutch industrial rock

Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...

 band headed by Joakim Thåström

Joakim Thåström

Sven Joachim Eriksson Thåström , as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known rock musicians, he is mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet...

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Thåström, who became famous in the 1970s and 1980s with his bands Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön

Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk band formed in Stockholm in 1977. Ebba Grön consisted of Joakim Thåström , Gunnar Ljungstedt and Lennart Eriksson . After the release of their second album in 1981, they were joined by a fourth member, Anders Sjöholm, also known as Stry Terrarie, on keyboard...

 and Imperiet

Imperiet

' were a Swedish 1980s rock band from Stockholm, that existed from 1983 to 1988. They were arguably the most influential band in Sweden of the period, but definitely dominated the new wave scene, which at the time was seen as the same as the punk rock scene....

, took a break from Sweden and moved to Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 where he worked on the PLP project. Peace, Love & Pitbulls released three albums, all with songs in English and heavy, experimental rock music.

PLP was musically influenced by the German industrial rock band Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten

Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...

, one of Thåström’s own favorite bands and the Swedish metal band Entombed

Entombed (band)

Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...

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Even though the band wasn't quite a success in their home country, their music is said to have inspired a lot of artist in the same genre. One such artist was Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...

, who spoke of PLP as a source of inspiration.

Albums

• Peace Love & Pitbulls
  Peace Love & Pitbulls (album)
  Peace Love and Pitbulls is the first, self-titled, album by Swedish rocker Joakim Thåströms industrial music project. It was released in 1992.-Tracklisting:#" Radio King Kong" - 4:41...
  
  , 1992 (international version 1993)
• Red sonic underwear
  Red sonic underwear
  Red Sonic Underwear is the second album from the Swedish industrial rock band Peace Love & Pitbulls . It is notable for its extremely heavy songs with lots of guitars, drum machines and industrial sounds.-Tracklisting:#"Itch" - 0:26...
  
  , 1994
• 3
  3 (Peace Love and Pitbulls album)
  3 is the third and last album from the Swedish industrial rock band Peace Love & Pitbulls and was released 1997. This album is less focused on heavy sounds, the industrial atmosphere of the previous albums has been very toned down for this album. Here the focus lies on sound scapes built up with...
  
  , 1997