Tag: David Jay

AKA David J, David Haskins, David J. Haskins. Founding member of Bauhaus, also a member of Love and Rockets

  • Bauhaus, Press the Eject and Give Me The Tape, 1982 on Beggars Banquet

    Bauhaus, Press the Eject and Give Me The Tape, 1982 on Beggars Banquet

    Live album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Haskins, and David J, recorded in London and Liverpool in 1981 and 1982. I always loved this cover – a photo by Eugene Merinov – and the labels with the Bauhaus style faces in black and white. Great set of live versions, including a nine-and-a-half minute “Bela…

  • Love and Rockets, Love and Rockets, 1989 on Beggars Banquet.

    Love and Rockets, Love and Rockets, 1989 on Beggars Banquet.

    Although self-titled, this was actually the fourth LP from Love and Rockets, following after Earth Sun Moon. It was also their last for 5 years as they pursued various solo projects. “So Alive” became their biggest hit in the US and made the album their best-selling here. It’s not my absolute favorite—that would be Seventh…

  • Love and Rockets, Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, 1985 on Beggars Banquet

    Love and Rockets, Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, 1985 on Beggars Banquet

    Debut album for Love and Rockets, though “Ball of Confusion” preceded it as a single under that band name. I always called this “Seventh Dream of a Teenage Heaven” but clearly it isn’t. Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins crafting just a fantastic and new sound here after Bauhaus split in 1983 and after…

  • Love and Rockets, Earth • Sun • Moon, 1987 on Beggars Banquet / Big Time

    Love and Rockets, Earth • Sun • Moon, 1987 on Beggars Banquet / Big Time

    Released on Beggars Banquet in the UK and Big Time in the US, this was the third full length from Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins aka Love and Rockets. Love “No New Tale To Tell” from this LP but really all of what they put out. Hard to find the 80s pressings in…

  • Bauhaus, 4AD, 1983 on 4AD

    Bauhaus, 4AD, 1983 on 4AD

    Yes, I did save this one for halloween. This was a compilation EP of the singles versions of “Dark Entries,” “Telegram Sam,” and “Terror Couple Kill Colonel.” Love that back cover photo. I was today years old when I realized that John Cale wrote “Rosegarden Funeral of Sores,” the opening triplet of which is burned…

  • Bauhaus, Mask, 1981 on Beggars Banquet

    Bauhaus, Mask, 1981 on Beggars Banquet

    Second studio album from Bauhaus and their first on Beggars Banquet (In The Flat Field was on 4AD), with a cover drawn by Daniel Ash, across a gatefold and on the labels. The first five Bauhaus records are are perfect – as is the singles collection 1979-1983 and most of the bands that followed in…

  • Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD

    Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD

    Debut album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Jay, and Kevin Haskins aka Bauhaus. Bauhaus and its many spinoffs (Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Dali’s Car) are among my favorite musical lineages. They’d released “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” as a single in 1979 on Small Wonder records, but this debut came out on 4AD which…