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Bauhaus: Peter Murphy
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Bauhaus were singer Peter Murphy, guitarist Daniel Ash, bassist David J and drummer Kevin Haskins. The dark, dramatic music that they made for 4AD (and, later, for its sister label Beggars Banquet) possessed far more force, variety and playfulness than the "goth" tag that they were been unable to escape might suggest.
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Bauhaus split up in mid-1983. Ash continued a side project he'd begun in 1981, Tones on Tail, soon joined by Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins. Jay did a hefty amount of solo recording, briefly joined the Jazz Butcher, then got together with Ash and Haskins (when a planned Bauhaus reunion fell through) to form Love and Rockets. Peter Murphy teamed with ex-Japan bassist Mick Karn to form Dalis Car, then went solo.
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After Bauhaus broke up (1983), all members of the band did solo work. Vocalist Peter Murphy worked briefly with bassist Mick Karn of Japan in the band Dalis Car before going solo. Daniel Ash has ... put out solo albums and released music under the name Tones on Tail with Kevin Haskins and Bauhaus roadie Glen Campling. David J
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Bauhaus followed with the single "Spirit", intended to break into the Top 30. However, "Spirit" only reached number 42. The band was displeased with the single and re-recorded it for its third album The Sky's Gone Out (1982).[16] In the same year Bauhaus scored their biggest hit with a cover of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust", which was recorded during a BBC session. The song reached number fifteen on the British charts and earned the band an appearance on the television show Top Of The Pops.[17] Thanks to the success of the single, the album ... became the band's biggest hit, peaking at number three.[18] That same year Bauhaus made an appearance in the horror film The Hunger, where they performed "Bela Lugosi's Dead" during the opening credits. The final cut of the scene focused on Murphy; this, coupled with the singer's modelling work in a popular ad campaign for Maxell, caused resentment among the rest of the group.[19]
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Ultimately, Bauhaus became known as the godfathers of the goth scene, but their brief, prolific career (1979-1983) showed far more stylistic variation than their progeny might suggest. They mixed Bowie/Eno-influenced postpunk with dub, electronics, and a moody sense of songcraft that was both unnerving and infectious. After the group's breakup, singer Peter Murphy went on to a solo career, while guitarist David J formed the considerably poppier Love And Rockets. From 1998 on, the band would o...Read More >
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Bauhaus may have godfathered goth at the end of the 1970s, but their combustive early dance singles like "Kick in the Eye" could give most current disco-rock trendies a smackdown. For their first studio disc in 25 years, the English quartet flit from riff-fueled social criticism to anguished balladry, often sounding more like a cross between singer Peter Murphy's brooding solo efforts and splinter group Love and Rockets' buzzing groove rock than the dubbed-up glampunk band that birthed both. Yet even a tastefully matured Bauhaus produce enough fractured guitar and howling melodrama to wake the undead.
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