Los Angeles based hard rock group that was very much a big part of music scene in the U.S. and a Sunset Strip show-case group. They composed and performed all original music and was a self-contained music business that recorded and produced itself. Their existence was during the LA rock band scene heyday from 1988-1994. They toured the U.S. extensively during this period of the time and released two records which were distributed at concerts played all over the U.S.

Inception 1986-1988
RevLover actually started as an entirely different group in it's beginnings. Originally from South Florida musicians David Michael, Thomas Bond, Jonni Rylde, Paul Schelly and Jason Banger were members of two groups who played at the same club called Knobbies mutually realizing that a fusion of their two groups into one group was a move that empowered them to dominate the local South Florida rock scene at the time. They played classic venues such as Art Stock's Play Pen and ultimately ended up as the house band at Penrod's on the beach in Fort Lauderdale. Lix was the original group name and was originally the name the band had when it arrived in Los Angeles in 1987. Shortly after that the group reorganized and created the RevLover name and image. The first homebase for the group was a 20 acre horse ranch in Sunland, giving the group seclusion to play music and work on material and show content. They started building a reputation as a serious group and made a change in it's line up by replacing drummer Jason Banger with Michigan drummer Keith Black, at that point it was full steam ahead killing it in Hollywood and the general local scene.

Progression 1989-1994
RevLover's stage show got finely tuned and expanded to the national stage. Before touring the first RevLover record was recorded and packaged for sale along with a complete merchandise line of records, photos and clothing. They opened for groups like Foghat as well as big LA groups like Brunette. Brunette also rented a rehearsal space at a compound RevLover operated in Lake View Terrace. Both groups parked their tour busses there during this exciting time these groups operated. The band worked relentlessly ultimately coming to another crossroads with depature of guitarist Jonni Rylde; hence, molding their sound into a more stream lined and agressive super heavy rock group. Moving forward they went ahead with a second record and extensive tour. Even though they got to see many glory times the styles ultimately changed to the rise of grunge music. As a result the band decided to repackage itself and end the RevLover group as a working entity in early 1994.

Members were:
David Michael - Lead Vocals
Jonni Rylde - Guitar
Paul Schelly - Guitar
Thomas Bond - Bass
Keith Black - Drums
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