Tag: Love and Rockets

You’ll hear nothing but Bauhaus & Family on tonight's edition of Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’

You’ll hear nothing but Bauhaus & Family on tonight’s edition of Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’

or those not lucky enough to be at tonight’s first Bauhaus concert in 13 years, be sure to tune in to the Slicing Up Eyeballs-hosted “Dark Wave” at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific on Sirius XM satellite radio’s 1st Wave for a special Bauhaus & Family edition. Full details right here.

Tones on Tail's Glenn Campling shares rare live footage of band performing in 1984

Tones on Tail’s Glenn Campling shares rare live footage of band performing in 1984

If you’ve ever gone looking for live footage of Tones on Tail — Daniel Ash’s and Kevin Haskins’ post-Bauhaus, pre-Love and Rockets project — you know what a black hole that is. Which is why it’s so thrilling to see Glenn Campling, the band’s bassist, sharing rare live footage of the trio performing in Scotland in 1984.

Undead, undead, undead: Bauhaus reunites for first concert in 13 years this November

Undead, undead, undead: Bauhaus reunites for first concert in 13 years this November

Goth-rock legends Bauhaus will reunite for their first concert in 13 years this November, a performance that comes after the band seemingly had split into competing camps in recent years, with bassist David J touring with frontman Peter Murphy and guitarist Daniel Ash teaming up with drummer Kevin Haskins as Poptone.

Vintage Video: Love and Rockets' amazing low-budget TV commercial for 'Express'

Vintage Video: Love and Rockets’ amazing low-budget TV commercial for ‘Express’

For this week’s installment of Vintage Video, we offer up this delightfully low-budget television commercial promoting Love and Rockets’ 1986 album Express — the existence of which is fairly surprising, considering it would be three years before the band’s real commercial breakthrough in the U.S. with “So Alive.”

Poptone announces North American summer tour as debut album release looms

Poptone announces North American summer tour as debut album release looms

Having just completed a run of West Coast dates, and with their debut album due out next month, Poptone — Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins, plus Haskins’ daughter Diva Dompe — have just rolled out more North American tour dates, a nine-concert run this summer that’ll see the band hitting the Midwest and East Coast.

Listen: Poptone premieres new recording of Tones on Tail's 'Go!' — off upcoming debut LP

Listen: Poptone premieres new recording of Tones on Tail’s ‘Go!’ — off upcoming debut LP

After last year’s tour of the U.S., Poptone — featuring longtime bandmates Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins, plus Haskins’ daughter Diva Dompe on bass — are preparing their debut EP, a 13-song live radio session featuring performances of originally recorded by Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets and Bauhaus.