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DANIEL ASH
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| There is a video of 'Get Out Of Control' in the VIDEO LIBRARY | |||
| FOOLISH THING DESIRE
- Here She Comes |
As a founding member of the ground breaking Bauhaus, Tones On Tail and Love And Rockets, guitarist, singer, and songwriter Daniel Ash has distinguished himself in the world of contemporary music.
Daniel Ash was born in Northampton, England on July 31st 1957. As a child, he heard the Dave Clark Five's "Bits And Pieces" and was blown away by the massive booming echo of the song. But, "The first record I bought was Dave and Ansell Collins' 'Double Barrel'," he recalls. Driven by a love of Rock 'n Roll Daniel began playing in cover bands. "The first gig I ever played was in the Glasgow Rangers Workman's Club". That show ended in fracas. Daniel had become friends with Peter Murphy in his teenage years. "We were two oddballs in the class in the class that didn't fit in." Daniel went to art school and Peter to work in a printing factory. They met up five years later and Daniel suggested forming a band. Rigging up a makeshift rehearsal space, Daniel played an echo 12 - bar blues, while Murphy sang a series of newspaper articles. "After fifteen seconds", Daniel says , "I knew we'd have some sort of success. Four weeks after, we formed Bauhaus, and we recorded 'Bela Lugosi's Dead." That song , issued in 1979, became the cornerstone of the Goth Rock movement. After nearly five years of trailblazing recording and performing, Bauhaus broke up and Daniel put together Tones On Tail with Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins. That group mutated into the highly influential Love And Rockets in 1985, when Bauhaus bassist David J. came aboard. Where Daniel Ash's first solo album COMING DOWN was a moody, late night rumination written in the aftermath of divorce; FOOLISH THING DESIRE, his second is a celebration of life's perils and pleasures and was recorded at Woodbine Street Studios with long-time collaborator John A.Rivers. It's essentially positive, presenting a rush of passionate and powerful rock riffs. Currently there are no more solo albums planned since Love and Rockets are actively together and releasing wonderful-as-ever albums. |
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