John Feldmann, Kelly LeMieux and Bobby Hewitt formed Electric Love Hogs, as a cover band, in San Diego in 1991.
[1] They recorded their debut album at Devonshire Sound Studios[3] with producer Mark Dodson,[1][4] though Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee co-produced two songs.
[1][4] The album featured contributions from Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction,[4] John Norwood Fisher of Fishbone[4] and Bronx Style Bob among others.
[6] They released seven studio albums, Goldfinger (1996), Hang-Ups (1997), Stomping Ground (2000), Open Your Eyes (2002), Disconnection Notice (2005), Hello Destiny (2008),[6] The Knife (2017), as well as a number of extended plays and singles while the band went through a few lineup changes.
[9] The band toured the US with Silverchair, Local H and Less Than Jake,[9] while they supported Wu-Tang Clan and Voodoo Glow Skulls in Europe[9] before disbanding in 1998.
[11] In 2003, along with McKagan and his former Guns N' Roses band mates, Slash, Matt Sorum, as well as then former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, Kushner formed the hard rock supergroup Velvet Revolver.