Love Riot

Formed in Baltimore in 1994 by singer Lisa Matthews and guitar player Mikel Gehl, Love Riot came to epitomize the sweet and sophisticated pop sounds emanating from countless mix format radio stations in the 1990s. The two had worked together in various bands for at least ten years. And while the band persistently flirted with success in that very genre through well-placed television exposure and constant performances, it must have been all the more frustrating when they went on an indefinite sabbatical in 1999. In 1996, the band released Maybe She Will on the small, California...