The Love Language

The Love Language was formed in Raleigh, North Carolina by Stuart McLamb in 2008. McLamb first discovered his passion for music when, at the age of five, he heard Michael Jackson's Thriller and immediately became fascinated by it. In sixth grade, he and a friend formed a makeshift band called Rebel Deuce, with McLamb beating on a guitar case while his buddy strummed a guitar he didn't know how to play and a Fisher-Price cassette machine recorded the results. When he was 13, McLamb began writing songs after learning to play a guitar that belonged to his grandfather, and was soon playing house parties with friends. In his teens and early twenties, McLamb played in a variety of bands, but the combination of a serious drinking problem and a painful romantic breakup caused him to hit bottom in 2007. McLamb gave up alcohol, got a job at a restaurant, and moved in with his parents. In his spare time, McLamb began writing new songs, and with a primitive digital recording setup, he started documenting them, working in a storage space and in and around his parents' home. The independent Bladen County Records label issued the fruit of McLamb's efforts in early 2009 as The Love Language.