American Heartbreak

San Francisco's American Heartbreak was formed in 1996 by guitarist Billy Rowe, recently orphaned by the dissolution of the commercially ignored but critically favored Jetboy, also featuring ex-Hanoi Rocks man Sam Yaffa. Together with vocalist Lance Boone, bassist Michael Butler (formerly a member of Bay Area thrash kings Exodus!), and a few long since departed musicians, Rowe introduced American Heartbreak's '70s-based glam rock formula (think T. Rex, Starz, Cheap Trick, and of course, the New York Dolls) to fans with 1997's What You Deserve EP, but it would take an additiona...