David J
| David J | |
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David J in 2014, photo by Mila Reynaud
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David John Haskins |
| Born |
24 April 1957 Northampton, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, gothic rock, post-punk, psychedelic rock, indie folk |
| Instruments | Vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | MCA, Beggars Banquet, Glass, Plain Recordings, Heyday, Situation Two |
| Associated acts | Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, The Sinister Ducks, The Jazz Butcher, Three, Cabaret Oscuro, The Gentleman Thieves |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fretless Fender Precision Bass | |
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and Love and Rockets.
He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own play, Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick), in 2008, which was restaged at REDCAT in Los Angeles in 2011, and The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse, 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 newly created Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur." He released the single "Tidal Wave of Blood" in 2010 with Shok, and an album, An Eclipse of Ships, in April 2014. He is currently touring with his new band, The Gentleman Thieves.
David John Haskins was born on 24 April 1957 in Northampton, England. He is the older brother of Kevin Haskins, also a musician and member of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets.
J was a founding member of the highly influential English post-punk band Bauhaus in 1978, playing bass. David J wrote the lyrics of several Bauhaus songs (including their first single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead"). He sang backing vocals on many songs, and sang lead on "Who Killed Mr. Moonlight?" Bauhaus first broke up in 1983, reforming periodically at later times.
His first venture outside of Bauhaus was a collaborative single, "Armour" / "Nothing", with artist and poet René Halkett, of the original Weimar Bauhaus school of art and design.
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