friends. His intuition was dead on! Following a couple of rehearsals in his parents living room, Daniel recruited the two brothers, Kevin and David Haskins, who would comprise of the band’s formidable rhythm section. After being together for only five weeks, the band recorded their legendary and timeless nine-minute long single; “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”, which remained at number one on the British Independent chart for two years. It would be three years later, that the band performed the song, for the dramatic opening scene, of Tony Scott’s Sensual Vampire movie, “The Hunger”. Seminal and groundbreaking, the group was too busy following its own muse to chase after fly-by-night-trends. The pioneering spirit which has fueled all their work established Bauhaus as one of the most important and influential artists of the past three decades.

Their eclectic influences ranged from Psychedelia to Punk, Dub Reggae to Glam, the latter surfacing most notably in their audacious cover of David Bowie’s, “Ziggy Stardust”, which earned them their first national chart hit in October 1982. The band went on to record four critically acclaimed albums before disbanding in 1983.

In 1998 the band reformed to complete the extremely successful “Resurrection” World Tour, attracting a much larger audience than they originally enjoyed back in the day. As an example, they sold out three nights at The Palladium in Los Angeles in a record-breaking fifteen minutes! This was an accolade to the timeless quality of their music and their ever-growing fan base. During the last decade, Bauhaus released a new studio LP entitled “Go Away White”, toured with Nine Inch Nails, and played a legendary headlining performance at The Coachella Music Festival in 2005.

Bauhaus is one of the few groups of the post-punk era to achieve truly mythic status. Their audience greatly appreciates the legacy of artful, timeless, dark rock and theatrical performances that they created. Bauhaus has always been and continues to be a pivotal link in the evolution and revolution of contemporary music.

Artists that have name-checked Bauhaus include; Radiohead, Bjork, Massive Attack, Sigur Ros, Nine Inch Nails, Tricky, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Flaming Lips, The Horrors, Jello Biafra, Marilyn Manson, Janes Addiction, Tool, Jarvis Cocker, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hole, Interpol, Skinny Puppy, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana to name just a few.