As a founding member of the groundbreaking 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 31, 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 it wasn't the first single he purchased — "The first record I bought was Dave & Ansel Collins' 'Double Barrel'," he recalls. Driven by a love of rock & roll, Ash began playing in cover bands: "The first gig I ever played was in the Glasgow Rangers Workman's Club." That show ended in a fracas. Ash had become friends with Peter Murphy in his teenage years: "We were two oddballs in the class who didn't fit in." Ash went to art school and Murphy to work in a printing factory. They met up five years later and Ash suggested forming a band.
Rigging up a makeshift rehearsal space, Ash played an echo 12-bar blues, while Murphy sang a series of newspaper articles. "After 15 seconds," Ash 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 Ash put together Tones on Tail with Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins and bassist Glenn Campling, who was also a roadie for Bauhaus. That group mutated into the highly influential Love and Rockets in 1985, when Bauhaus bassist David J came on board.
While 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 longtime collaborator John A. Rivers. It's essentially positive, presenting a rush of passionate and powerful rock riffs.
Have a SUPER CHRISTMAS! May it be filled with love and happiness! Thank you for your music! It has rich substance and an unique sound. I really appreciate it! May your New Year be bright and full of hope! Bless you!
TONIGHT Wednesday Dec 9th 10pm till 2pm @ the Sunset Lounge Fullerton
California USA DJ Glaux™ of SkyCastleRadio.com will be Dj'ing the
Sunset Lounge in Fullerton (California/21 & Older) It's FREE FREE
FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE!!! 1st, & 2nd
wave Punk, 70's Pub Rock, a touch of various Gothic, a smidgen of
neglected 80's, plus Modern Sounds to fine to be heard on modern radio!
Cheap Drinks' (FINALLY! Economic Relief!)
VINYL SOUNDS BETTER!!! promoters welcome
Wednesday Night 9pm till close @ the Sunset Lounge Fullerton - Starting November 11th 2009
DJ Glaux™ of SkyCastleRadio.com will be Dj'ing the Sunset Lounge in Fullerton (California/21 & Older) It's FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE!!! 1st, & 2nd wave Punk, 70's Pub Rock, a touch of various Gothic, a smiggen of neglected 80's, plus Modern Sounds to fine to be heard on modern radio! Cheap Drinks' (FINALLY! Economic Relief!)
I encourage all ARTIST to bring your CD's/Art/or what ever along with you/Trunk style, to sell, trade, or promote! We wish to see all types of Artistic types/Designers/Musicians, as we know we will be playing some of your favorite music of our times!
1043 W Orangethorpe Ave Fullerton, California 92833 U$A
How are you, Daniel Ash? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to wish you a happy halloween & hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People." You can Hear it right Now, if you'd like at: www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo adios for now! Pablo
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
CINECLUBES DEL FORO ARTERIA PROGRAMA Del 15 al 24 de octubre. Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de la Ciudad de México DOCS DF, 2009 www.myspace.com/cineclubesdelforoarteria
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