Bauhaus : godfathers of Goth or the ultimate post punk band?

[Quiff Boy]

nice article by mr robb

http://louderthanwar.com/bauhaus-godfat ... reciation/

[Pista]

Nice read.
I'm quite glad the music press never really "got them".
If they had become "press pets" I don't think people would be penning articles like this years later.

Go Away White, a sparse, recorded live in the studio affair that still contained all the hallmarks of what made the band great and is far better than is given credit for.

So very true

[Nikolas Vitus Lagartija]

Thanks for the heads up, Boss. Great article - John Robb is right about the press thing - remember the Steve Sutherland revenge interview on stage that didn't quite go the way they planned. Being genuinely independent, and not London "scene" oriented, Bauhaus had to fight against exactly the same kind of petty jealousies that have hounded the Sisters throughout their career. Bauhaus were certainly the most musically (and lyrically) creative of the bands of that era, and Danny Ash (son of Peter Murphy's old French teacher apparently !) was arguably the most gifted of a mercurial generation (McGeogh/McKay/Duffy/Marr/Smith/Marx etc).

[blackandgold65]

I agree, good article all round...they bemused the press (and sometimes their audience too) who couldn't quite pigeonhole them as is their way. Bauhaus dared to be different, to take a few risks and encompassed many styles, of course it helped tremendously to be fronted by the very enigmatic Pete Murphy. Oh God, what a superb unit live they were, the visual and sonic combination of Daniel Ash and Murphy in particular for me, very powerful indeed. Now excuse me - I'm off to YouTube (again) to re-live it all in glorious technicolour!!

[bearskin]

Excellent. They were a great band. Always a very rewarding listen.

[bearskin]

Also. Although from different eras and been pigeonholed into distinctly different genres (although both perhaps of their own creation somewhat) I've always seena kind parallel between Bauhaus and Massive Attack. I was listening to both within minutes of each other on an ipod the other day and the similarity was quite noticeable - to me anyhoo.