Q&A: Daniel Ash on Love and Rockets’ reunion, his new band — and figuring out how to play “So Alive”
Slicing Up Eyeballs spoke to Daniel Ash about the genesis of the Love and Rockets reunion and whether there’s any future for Bauhaus.
Tag: Tones on Tail
Love and Rockets vinyl reissues, “The Albums 1985-1996” box set announced
Beggars Arkive this week announced the reissue of Love and Rockets’ first six albums on remastered vinyl as well as The Albums 1985-1996 colored-vinyl box set.
Tones on Tail’s ‘Pop’ getting standard vinyl reissue following sold-out Record Store Day release
If you missed out on the limited-edition vinyl pressing of Tones on Tail’s lone studio album — 1984’s nine-song set Pop — released for last year’s delayed Record Store Day, Beggars Banquet is issuing a standard LP edition this spring. Full details right here.
Daniel Ash reveals new band and album, says Bauhaus reunion likely to resume in 2022
With the Bauhaus reunion sidelined by COVID-19, guitarist Daniel Ash found plenty of time in 2020 to focus on a new album by his new band — a trio called Ashes and Diamonds — with plans to release the record later this year, he announced in a podcast interview Monday. More details here.
Members of The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Smiths remake ‘Tower of Strength’ for COVID relief
Wayne Hussey has enlisted current and former members of The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus and The Smiths for an all-star remake of The Mission’s 1988 anthem “Tower of Strength” to benefit “key workers dealing with COVID-19 globally.” Full details right here.
The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst and Budgie of the Banshees to release album as LXB
Two key drummers of the early post-punk era — The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst and Budgie of Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures — have formed a new band called LXB that could release its already-recorded debut album before the end of this year, the two announced during an interview on Sirius XM’s Volume.
Monta at Odds covers Tones on Tail’s ‘spooky and otherworldly’ track ‘Movement of Fear’
Kansas City art-rock quintet Monta at Odds today released a new four-song EP that features a cover of Tones on Tail’s 1984 track “Movement of Fear” that the group rightly notes “has one of the holy grails of basslines for post-punk.” You can stream the track right here via Bandcamp.
