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Artist Biography
by Stewart Mason
An unfairly unknown Atlanta quintet of the early '90s,
Lava Love mix '60s influences (including the sort of
Byrds-like jangly guitars and neo-psychedelic haze that all Georgia indie bands were required by law to adopt after
R.E.M.
showed up) with a post-punk aggression and a wicked sense of humor,
recording two hard-to-find but utterly delightful albums in the process.
The group formed in Atlanta in the late '80s, with the key songwriting
members, singer
Esta Hill, guitarist
Drew Cavins, and bassist
Paul Bracken,
adding keyboardist Diana "Cookie" Brindle and drummer Nathan Robbins to
complete the lineup. A single, "Perfect Gurl," came out in early 1990,
followed by the
Mitch Easter-produced
Whole Lava Love on the local indie Sky Records later that year. A follow-up,
Aphrodisia, came out in 1992, but the band split shortly thereafter.
Hill and Brindle joined
Hillbilly Frankenstein, a psychobilly band fronted by
Guadalcanal Diary's
Jeff Walls.
Cavins became a restaurateur, opening a popular grill in Atlanta's Five Points neighborhood.
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