Michael Aston (born 4 May 1961) is the founder and current leader of the U.S. incarnation of

Gene Loves Jezebel Gene Loves Jezebel are a British rock band formed in the early 1980s by identical twin brothers Jay (born John) and Michael Aston. Gene Loves Jezebel's best-known songs include "Heartache", "Desire (Come and Get It)" (1986), "The Motion of L ...

. In 1989, Aston left Gene Loves Jezebel over his unhappiness with the direction of the band and strained relations with his twin brother, Jay. Moving to California, Aston started the Immigrants, which eventually became Edith Grove. The band released its only album to rave reviews. Aston wrote and released his first solo album, called ''Why Me Why This Why Now?''. He rejoined Gene Loves Jezebel instead of writing and recording a new Edith Grove album.

The Gene Loves Jezebel name

After Aston's version of Gene Loves Jezebel disbanded in 1993, between 1993 and 1997 Michael and Jay Aston reformed Gene Loves Jezebel and recorded material that would eventually become ''VII''. From February 1997 to October 1997, the band toured with a new lineup. Another bitter dispute between the brothers ensued. According to Michael Aston, he refused to be pushed out of the band after all of the work that he had put into the reunion and reformed Gene Loves Jezebel with the band used on the first 1997 ''Pre-Raphaelite Brothers'' tour. This caused much confusion for fans. Jay sued Michael to stop him from using the Gene Loves Jezebel name. A Los Angeles judge denied twice the injunctions that were intended to stop Michael from using the Gene Loves Jezebel name. Jay withdrew the case

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, meaning that he could never sue Michael again. Jay released the ''VII'' album in 1998. He had erased Michael's vocals from the album and did not include Michael in the credits, but a copy of the album with Michael's vocals was released as ''The Doghouse Sessions''. Michael Aston filed a request for the Gene Loves Jezebel trademark, which he was granted in September 2002, and

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awarded Michael the genelovesjezebel.com

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References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aston, Michael Gothic rock musicians Living people Welsh expatriates in the United States Welsh twins 1957 births Welsh new wave musicians Gene Loves Jezebel members