Since their debut in late 1978, Bauhaus took the punk rock/new wave movement by the hair leaving behind its recognizable Goth sound. With their single Bela Lugosi’s Dead in 1979, the band boomed, emerged and blossomed in the public eye. By 1983 their group had come and gone. In 5 years they had managed to become one of the most influential bands from the 20th Century.
Goth vs. 21ST Century
With their latest release Go Away White, released in March of 2008, and recorded in 3 weeks, Bauhaus leaped back into an overshadowed scene, giving it life again. 20 years plus have passed since their breakup in 1983, since then, music has gone through a series of metamorphosis. Styles and sounds have lived and died, and this album is exactly what fans of Bauhaus and of music have been waiting for.
The first track on the record Too much 21st Century gives a quick flashback to The Beatles bassline in Taxman, but with a style all their own. Keeping the sound that made fans out of KORN and NIN, the album transcends their trademark macabre sex-twang sound with its unprecedented lead vocals.
The influence of singer Peter Murphy, bassist David J, guitarist Daniel Ash and drummer Kevin Haskins are heavily heard in today’s top selling artists. Examples include; Interpol, Bloc Party, Jane’s Addiction, The Faint, The Killers, Hot Hot Heat and Franz Ferdinand etc…
Vampire Comeback
With the passing of time, Bauhaus has managed to stay alive and well, while remaining unchanged in the music world. Not one band has managed to leave behind the roar of sound that made Bauhaus peerless in the Goth scene. Go Away White managed to keep the essential Bauhaus sound combined with years of experience into a phenomenon that gave rise to hope to a dying breed of music.
Song Titles of Bauhaus’s Album Go Away White
· Too much 21st Century
· Adrenalin
· Undone
· International Bulletproof Talent
· Endless Summer of the Damned
· Saved
· Mirror Remains
· Black Stone Heart
· The Dog’s a Vapour
· Zikir
Bauhaus, despite their long disappearing act, brought with them, a treat for all the senses. A nostalgic sequence of songs from the core of the belly that is Bauhaus. From the dreary sound of Mirror Remains to the glam accented International Bulletproof Talent, to the shrieking drone of Adrenalin, ending with a classy gentle Arab sway in Zikir.
They remain the grandfathers of Goth, here and immortally ever after.
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