Love is the New Hate

Love is the New Hate is the second studio album by the American pop and rock band The Rock-afire Explosion. It was originally released in December 1983 on Creative Records, a Polymer Records imprint.

The album consists of several songs from records released by Polymer from 1981-1983, and is a double album.

Promotional tour
The "Love/Hate Tour" promotional tour was done to promote the album. The tour stopped in Peru (at the Peru Circus Center Arena), New York City (at the Minskoff Theatre), Philadelphia (at the Spectrum), Chicago (at Chicago Stadium), Fairfield (at Maharishi International University), Boston (at Symphony Hall), Poplar Bluff (at the Rodgers Theatre Building), Sheboygan (at the Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory), Richfield Township (at the Richfield Coliseum), Grosse Pointe Farms (at the Punch and Judy Theater), Leominster (at the Oak Street Armory), Honolulu (at the Hawaii Theatre), Lynbrook (at Hot Skates), Toronto (at Danforth Music Hall), Vancouver (at the Orpheum), Washington D.C. (at Ford's Theatre), Mexico City (at the Palacio de los Deportes), Tampa (at the Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory), Orlando (at the band's headquarters, Creative Engineering), Villisca (at the Villisca National Guard Armory), and Dexter (at the Dexter Gymnasium).

All shows on the tour were recorded as bootlegs (from either the audience or soundboard).