Tag Archives: Love & Rockets

BBC4, can we please get Goth Britannia made?

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

What a fantastic idea. “BBC4, can we please get Goth Britannia made?” is a Facebook campaign – a year old this week – imploring the beautiful BBC to make “Goth Britannia”: We’ve had Soul Britannia, Prog Britannia and Synth Britannia … Continue reading →

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Daniel Ash interview from MTV’s 120 Minutes, 1991

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

An interesting tidbit, a rare solo interview with Daniel Ash, guitarist with Bauhaus, and guitarist / vocalist with Tones on Tail and Love & Rockets. The interview is on the releasing of his solo debut LP “Coming Down” (which is … Continue reading →

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Love & Rockets – five CD box set announced, Bauhaus to follow

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Beggars Banquet are releasing a number of five CD sets, featuring re-mastered LPs and bonus tracks – many previously unavailable.  The first batch is released on March 13th 2013 and include Love & Rockets and Gary Numan. Quite excitingly for … Continue reading →

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“The Cure & the Story of the Alternative 80s” Magazine

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

So this dropped through my letterbox today.  The curiously titled “The Cure [IN GREAT BIG LETTERS] and the story of the alternative 80s.” [in apologetically small, non-descript, genre avoiding letters]. It’s a potted history of Goth (the Cure don’t even … Continue reading →

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Bauhaus’ David J on ‘Not Long For This World’ his ‘accidental’ concept album (interview)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Given his goth-rock pedigree, it’s perhaps not surprising that David J — supplier of the low end in both Bauhaus and Love and Rockets — should find himself stumbling into the creation of an “accidental” concept album about mortality. Yet that’s exactly what happened … Continue reading →

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