David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) at Bearded Monkey Music – Yakima, WA

David J in Yakima, Wednesday January 14th. If you’re not familiar, you can read his bio below:

A founder member of the highly influential and revered BAUHAUS. Bauhaus

spearheaded the post-punk Alternative music scene of the early ‘80’s with a string of

innovative albums and singles, including, for many, perhaps their defining moment, a

song that is ranked as a classic and feasibly the pinnacle of the entire Gothic scene and

beyond, the nine minute plus epic slab of industrial dub that is ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’,

featuring the lyrics of David J.

Two years after the demise of Bauhaus in 1983, David regrouped with two of his former

Bauhaus band mates, guitarist, Daniel Ash and drummer, Kevin Haskins to form the

hugely successful Love And Rockets, whose debut single hit gold status in Canada,

followed by a top three US single with ‘So Alive’ which the band capped with a million

selling album and sold out stadium tours.

A highly acclaimed songwriter, often poetic, personal and insightful, all of these

qualities being evident on his eleven solo albums. David has also written and directed

various stage productions. His memoir, ‘Who Killed Mister Moonlight?’ (Bauhaus, Black

Magick and Benediction) was published by Jawbone Press in 2014 to critical acclaim.

David has also collaborated with many other artists of note including painter, poet,

Rene Halkett, novelists, Alan Moore, Jeremy Reed and Hubert Selby Jr and a vast array

of musicians such as T Bone Burnett, Frank Black (Pixies), Robyn Hitchcock, Wayne

Kramer (MC5), Amanda Palmer, Johnny Dowd, Jane’s Addiction, The Dandy Warhols, U

Roy, Amaury Cambuzat (Faust), Ego Plum, George Sarah, Jill Tracy and Bashir Attar,

leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka. His latest collaborative project is Night

Crickets with Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Darwin.

2025 sees the release of a new spoken word with music album, ‘The Mother Tree’

which is accompanied by a book of poetry, ‘Rhapsody, Threnody and Prayer’.