Line #7 Trivia/JoyElectric


1	* BlackSheepHit: "Sugar Rush" and "Drum Machine Joy" (the latter of which is HilariousInHindsight, considering Ronnie's refusal to use drum machines in almost all his albums since[[note]]''Hello, Mannequin'' is the one exception; he used a Roland CR-78[[/note]].)
2	* BreakupBreakout: JE has yet to achieve mainstream popularity, but it's definitely better known than Dance House Children ever was.
3	* CreatorBacklash: Ronnie consistently cites ''We Are the Music Makers'' as his least favorite album. He feels that, underneath the new production techniques, the songs themselves were subpar. Also see TroubledProduction.
4	* ExecutiveMeddling: There are conflicting stories about how Ronnie's third album wound up with such a confusing, long name. One story goes that after Jason left Dance House Children, Ronnie wanted to rename the band Rainbow Rider, and title their next album ''Beautiful Dazzling Music No. 1''. But his label, Siren Records, nixed that idea, worrying it would alienate their existing fanbase. As an attempted compromise, Siren mashed Ronnie's desired band name into the album title, making it officially ''Rainbow Rider: Beautiful Dazzling Music No. 1'' by Dance House Children. That Ronnie did use Rainbow Rider as the band's name for two releases on a different label (the "We'll Last So Long" 7" single, and a reissue of ''Beautiful Dazzling Music No. 1'', both on Velvet Blue Music) possibly supports this story.
5	* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: After Ronnie's first band Morella's Forest had their sole album disappear onto [[TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment the Shelf]], and after Ronnie rebranded himself as Joy Electric, a completely unrelated Christian rock band from Dayton, Ohio took on the name Morella's Forest for themselves. (Allegedly, the new band asked for Ronnie's blessing to continue using the name, and received it.) They released four albums in the 90s and 00s--several of them on Tooth & Nail Records, which was also Joy Electric's home. Fast forward to 2021, and Ronnie's Morella's Forest album finally saw the light of day. To reduce confusion with the Ohio Morella's Forest, Ronnie's band had their name tweaked to "Morellas Forest 1988".
6	* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Ronnie's first band, Morella's Forest, recorded a full album in 1988--but their label Narrowpath Records went out of business first. Everyone involved just moved on, until 30 years later, the former head of Narrowpath dug up the old master tapes and sent them to Ronnie. In 2021, Velvet Blue Music finally released the album ''Tales''.
7	* TroubledProduction: Another aspect that soured Ronnie on ''We Are the Music Makers''. When the album was over half finished, ''everything'' Ronnie recorded somehow got deleted, forcing him to restart from scratch.
8	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
9	** The song "The White Songbook" was initially much longer. Ronnie, fearing that the song was too long and boring, cut about half of the song's lyrics--though the unabridged lyrics are included in the album liner notes.

Context Trivia / JoyElectric