(Vocal group, 1979–83, 2005–present) Taking their name from the German architectural movement, Bauhaus were a prototype goth outfit who made their recording debut in 1979 with the nine-minute single ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’. Peter Murphy’s brooding voice was accompanied by Daniel Ash (guitar), David J. (bass) and Kevin Haskins (drums) for four albums until the singer left in 1983. ...
hit ‘Takin’ Care Of Business’. In Britain, they are best remembered for the 1975 single ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’. Styles & Forms | Seventies | Rock Personalities | Bauhaus | Seventies | Rock ...
mainstream rock of Queen, Boston, ELO and Cheap Trick, along with heavier outfits like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Later, he discovered the alternative scene via Bauhaus, The Cure and The Smiths. Corgan formed The Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago in 1988 with James Iha (guitar) and D’arcy Wretzky (bass). The addition of drummer Jimmy Chamberlain pumped ...
hanged himself. The remaining members re-grouped and formed New Order, taking the music in a more dance-oriented direction. Horror And Death The goth rock flag was handed over to Bauhaus, whose epic single ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ marked the beginning of full-on goth. Their debut album, In The Flat Field (1980), similarly provided a template for goth – self-obsessed ...
attention to the ruins and “tasteless” remains’. Ignoring the ‘remains’ was indeed a widely perceived necessity. Few forms of European cultural expression had escaped Fascist appropriation – even aspects of Bauhaus design had been pressed into service in the construction of concentration camps. Composers and literary writers alike now sought a completely renewed language, free of nostalgia and inherited rhetoric. ...
David Bowie has inspired more musicians than most recording artists, but he naturally also had his own formative influences. Who Does He Love ? It almost goes without saying that Elvis Presley was important to him: few of the musicians who became teenagers in the Sixties weren’t overwhelmed by The King’s stunning larynx and greaseball beauty. Perhaps revealingly, Bowie ...
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