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Love Gone Mad
1+ albums
Garage Rockalternative rockLove Gone Madpunk rock
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Love Gone Mad was formed in 1989 by Troy Philis, Andy Rigali, Tom Merrill and Wayde Carroll. The band garnered a large following, college airplay and positive press as they played various venues in the SOFA (south of first street) area of San Jose for the next three years. In addition to being a talented vocalist, singer Tom Merrill was also an accomplished trombonist, although he did not play the instrument in the band. Tom also penned many of Love Gone Mad's songs. Guitarist, Troy Philis, and original bassist, Andy Rigali had previously played together in a cover band named 'Big Nose'. Bing Nose played parties an shows in Santa Clara, opening for such bands as Fishbone. Troy also penned a number of Love Gone Mad's original tunes. Drummer, Wayde Carroll, brought a solid, hard-rock base to the band's sound. Wayde later played for the popular Bay Area band 'Bridget.' Andy left the band in early 1990 and was replaced by bassist Scott McGuinn, who played on the bands only studio recordings and video, but who left the band after a few months. Scott was replaced by Rico Walker. Rico had previously played in local bands such as 'Jane His Wife' and the popular 'Spit Muffins' and stuck with the band until it broke up in late 1982. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
