Future Transmissions presents David J (Bauhaus/Love & Rockets)
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David J (Bauhaus/Love & Rockets)
David J is an influential British bassist, singer, and songwriter. Born in Northampton, England, he co-founded the seminal post-punk/gothic rock band Bauhaus in 1978 and wrote the lyrics to their legendary debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". Following Bauhaus's initial split in 1983, he co-founded Love and Rockets alongside bandmates Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins
He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays, Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of, in 2008, which was restaged at Redcat in Los Angeles in 2011, and The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse in 2011. His artwork has been shown in galleries internationally, and he has been a resident DJ at venues such as the Knitting Factory
David J has released a number of singles and solo albums, and in 1990 he released one of the first No. 1 hits on the then nascent Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur". His most recent single, "The Day That David Bowie Died" entered the UK vinyl singles chart at number 4 in 2016. The track appears on his double album, Vagabond Songs.
David J has also released singles and albums with the Mexican label No Devotion Records.
Tickets on sale 9am Thursday July 16th
David J is an influential British bassist, singer, and songwriter. Born in Northampton, England, he co-founded the seminal post-punk/gothic rock band Bauhaus in 1978 and wrote the lyrics to their legendary debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". Following Bauhaus's initial split in 1983, he co-founded Love and Rockets alongside bandmates Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins
He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays, Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of, in 2008, which was restaged at Redcat in Los Angeles in 2011, and The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse in 2011. His artwork has been shown in galleries internationally, and he has been a resident DJ at venues such as the Knitting Factory
David J has released a number of singles and solo albums, and in 1990 he released one of the first No. 1 hits on the then nascent Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur". His most recent single, "The Day That David Bowie Died" entered the UK vinyl singles chart at number 4 in 2016. The track appears on his double album, Vagabond Songs.
David J has also released singles and albums with the Mexican label No Devotion Records.
Tickets on sale 9am Thursday July 16th
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Where is it happening?
The Facebar, DC Payments Uk, Ambrose Place, Reading, RG1 7, United Kingdom
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