It was a dilapidated mansion that the band was allowed to live in if they did the maintenance and paid the taxes. The band lived communally in a house called "the Castle". Love started playing the Los Angeles clubs in April 1965 and became a popular local attraction, while gaining the attention of the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. Upon the appearance of another group called The Grass Roots, Lee changed the name of the new band to Love. Fleckenstein was replaced by Ken Forssi (formerly of a post-" Wipe Out" lineup of The Surfaris). Love's first bassist, Johnny Fleckenstein, went on to join the Standells in 1967. A short time later, Conka was replaced by Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer. Also joining the band was another Memphis native, lead guitarist Johnny Echols, and drummer Don Conka. MacLean had also been playing in bands around Los Angeles since about 1963. Singer/guitarist Bryan MacLean, who had met Lee when he was working as a roadie for The Byrds, joined Lee's new band, which was first called the Grass Roots. After attending a performance by the Byrds, Lee decided to form a band that joined the newly minted folk-rock sound of the Byrds to his primarily rhythm and blues style. The Sons Of Adam, which included future Love drummer Michael Stuart, recorded the Lee composition "Feathered Fish". He wrote and produced the single "My Diary" for Rosa Lee Brooks in 1964, which featured Jimi Hendrix on guitar. Singer/multi-instrumentalist Arthur Lee, who was originally from Memphis, Tennessee but had lived in Los Angeles since the age of five, had been recording since 1963 with his bands the LAG's and Lee's American Four. In recent years, original member Johnny Echols has toured under the title of The Love Band or Love Revisited. Forever Changes was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2011. By 1968, only Lee remained and he continued recording as Love with varied members through the 1970s. The band's classic lineup is considered to consist of frontman Lee, guitarist/singer Bryan MacLean, bassist Ken Forssi, guitarist Johnny Echols, and drummer Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer. While finding only modest success on the music charts, peaking in 1966 with their Top 40 hit " 7 and 7 Is", Love would come to be praised by critics as their third album, Forever Changes (1967), became generally regarded as one of the best albums of the 1960s.
Their sound incorporated an eclectic range of styles including garage, folk-rock, blues, jazz, and psychedelia. Led by frontman and primary songwriter Arthur Lee, they were one of the first racially diverse American rock bands. Love is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965.
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