Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction are a British hard rock group. The band is the brainchild of Mark Manning, a graphic artist and editor of London’s Flexipop magazine. Deciding to experience the debauchery of life as a decadent rock star, he assumed the alter ego, Zodiac Mindwarp, and formed the Love Reaction in the early 1980s together with guitarist Cobalt Stargazer. Other band members, who came and went over the years, include Kid Chaos, Slam Thunderhide, Evil Bastard, Trash D Garbage, Flash Bastard, Suzy X, Tex Diablo, and Robbie Vom.

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction play an ultra sleazy style of commercial hard rock featuring big riffs and big choruses, as was the trend in the band’s heyday of the mid-to-late 80s and early 90s. The outrageously camp lyrics are intended as self-parody, and can be seen as either humorous, by those who “get the joke”, or offensive, by those who take them at face value, for their often lascivious and misogynist tone. Song titles like “Back Seat Education,” “Feed My Frankenstein,” “High Heeled Heaven”, and “Trash Madonna” illustrate Zodiac’s tongue-in-cheek approach. Lyrical content also exhibits a send up of cult worship, often of Zodiac Mindwarp’s self proclaimed raging libido, with the frontman claiming the titles, “sex fuhrer,” “love dictator,” and “high priest of love.” Songs such as “Holy Gasoline,” “President of the United States of Love,” “Messianic Reprise,” and “Elvis Died for You” are similarly inclined.

Occasionally referred to as “biker rock,” the band’s style of hard rock is reflected in their outlandish attire, which tends to parody the post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” biker look. However, they have adopted a more common “street look” in recent years.

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hanuman (Ian T Edwards) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:52 -0000
This afternoon I am mostly listening to Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction. #grebo #fb
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SRCBypass (iSapien 1956672) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:18:11 -0000
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