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The band's name was taken from the comic book series by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez. Gilbert later referred to the confusion caused by this in his book Love and Rockets X, as there were several different bands named "Love and Rockets" for a period.

Despite their previous band's status as gothic rock icons "Bauhaus", Love and Rockets moved away from that genre, as demonstrated by their first minor hit being a cover of the Motown classic "Ball of Confusion". Their first album release, Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (1985), leaned more towards post-punk, psychedelic music and proto-rave atmospheres. Their second release, Express (1986), continued in that vein. It included the dance hit "Yin and Yang (the Flowerpot Man)". The 1987 follow up Earth, Sun, Moon had a folkier sound and spawned the minor hit "No New Tale to Tell". In 1989 the band released a self-titled album that presented a more AOR sound. The second single from the album was the T.Rex-inspired song "So Alive". It became a surprise hit, reaching No. 3 on the American singles chart, a feat no Bauhaus-related band or artist has achieved before or since.

Discography
Albums
• 1985 – Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (Beggar's Banquet/RCA)
• 1986 – Express #72 U.S. (Beggar's Banquet/Big Time)
• 1987 – Earth, Sun, Moon #64 U.S. (Beggar's Banquet/Big Time)
• 1989 – Love And Rockets #14 U.S. (Beggar's Banquet/RCA)
• 1994 – Hot Trip to Heaven (American)
• 1996 – Sweet F.A. #172 U.S. (American)
• 1998 – Lift (Red Ant)
• 2003 – Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets (Beggars UK/Ada)
• 2003 – So Alive (Live) (Psychobaby)
Singles
• 1985 "Ball of Confusion"
• 1985 "If There's a Heaven Above"
• 1986 "Kundalini Express"
• 1986 "Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)"
• 1987 "The Light"
• 1987 "All in My Mind" (#49 U.S. Album Oriented Rock - AOR)
• 1987 "No New Tale to Tell" (#18 U.S. AOR) [charted prior to Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks]
• 1988 "Mirror People"
• 1988 "The Bubblemen Are Coming" [credited to The Bubblemen]
• 1988 "Lazy"
• 1989 "Motorcycle" (#20 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks - MR)
• 1989 "So Alive" (#79 UK, #3 U.S., #1 U.S. MR, #9 U.S. AOR, #20 w/ "Bike Dance" U.S. Dance)
• 1989 "Rock & Roll Babylon" (#29 U.S. MR)
• 1989 "No Big Deal" (#19 U.S. MR, #82 U.S.)
• 1994 "This Heaven"
• 1994 "Body and Soul"
• 1996 "The Glittering Darkness"
• 1996 "Fever"
• 1996 "Sweet Lover Hangover" (#10 U.S. MR)
• 1998 "Resurrection Hex" (#36 U.S. Dance)
• 1998 "Holy Fool"
• 1998 "RIP 20 C."