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Infobox musical artist || name = David J| image = David J (February 2006).jpg| caption = David J in concert in 2006| background = solo_singer| birth_name = David John Haskins| alias =| Born = birth date and age|df=yes|1957|04|24 in Northampton , England | instrument = Singing|Vocals , Bass guitar|Bass , Guitar , Keyboard instrument|Keyboards , Harmonica | genre = Alternative rock , gothic rock , post-punk , psychedelic rock | years_active = 1979–present| label = MCA Inc.|MCA Beggars Banquet Records Glass Records Plain Recordings Heyday Situation Two| associated_acts = Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus , Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets , The Sinister Ducks, The Jazz Butcher , Three, Cabaret Oscuro| website =David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton , England ), better known as David J , is a United Kingdom|British alternative rock musician . He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus and Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets .
He is the older brother of Kevin Haskins , also a musician and member of Bauhaus.
Life and work
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? ". He began writing music for a solo career while still in the band, and continued after the band's breakup, releasing the dark Etiquette of Violence and Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh , and played bass on two Jazz Butcher albums ( A Scandal in Bohemia and Sex and Travel ). J was also a part of the very short-lived band The Sinister Ducks , which included saxophonist AlexGreen and comics writer Alan Moore . He also released a collaborative single, "Armour" / "Nothing" with artist and poet Rene Halkett, of the original Weimar Bauhaus school of art and design.
In 1985, J, his brother Kevin Haskins and Daniel Ash formed Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets : J once again played bass guitar and also shared songwriting and vocal duties with guitarist Daniel Ash. His most notable lead vocal from this period was the minor hit "No New Tale to Tell". J maintained his solo career during breaks from Love and Rockets, releasing Songs from Another Season and Urban Urbane after his band's success with the single "So Alive". He also released one of the first #1 hits from the newly created Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur". J participated in a Bauhaus reunion in 1998. Love and Rockets broke up in 1999, after seven albums. Following what was billed as a one-off performance of Bauhaus at the 2005 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella concert festival, the band reformed for a successful tour of the Americas in late 2005 and Europe in early 2006.
J has also appeared on releases by Porno for Pyros and Jane's Addiction . J joined Joyce Rooks and Don Tyler to make up the instrumental ensemble Three who released their first album, Evocations in late 2005. He played bass guitar for several tracks on the electro musician Mount Sims' 2005 release Wild Light . http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/06.20.96/farrell-9625.html Metroactive Music
In 2003, J started work on the instrumental score for an independent film about Elizabeth Short directed by Ramzi Abed , entitled ''The Devil's Muse''. The soundtrack included guest artists and singers such as Ego Plum, Johnny Dowd , Jill Tracy , Abby Travis and Nora Keyes. http://www.dreadcentral.com/story/the-devils-muse-double-disc-details Dread Central He has also regularly shown his art in galleries across the globe, as well as being a resident DJ at numerous Hollywood hot-spots like The Standard Hotel, Kung Pao Kitty, and Knitting Factory . In 2005 he composed the original music for a stage production of Samuel Beckett 's Cascando . In 2008, J wrote and directed a play, Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick ) . http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/David+J+of+Bauhaus/ Suicidegirls.com J also released Go Away White with his Bauhaus bandmates and reformed Love and Rockets, who played at Coachella Music & Arts Festival that same year.
In 2011, J released a new solo album, dark-cabaret oriented : Not Long For This World , and played bass for Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire 's album Riding a BlackUnicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children! .
http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/David+J+of+Bauhaus/ SuicideGirls interview with David J of Bauhaus
http://www.laweekly.com/2011-03-24/music/bauhaus-david-j-elizabeth-short-is-dead/ LA Weekly interview
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/09/%E2%80%98black-dahlia%E2%80%99-murder-examined-in-the-chanteuse-and-the-devil%E2%80%99s-muse/ Los Angeles StageTimes preview of The Chanteuse and the Devil's Muse
http://kirkoriginals.com/eyetunes/david-haskins-legendary-bauhaus-guitarist-david-j-an-artistic-all-rounder/ Interview about spectacles for Kirk Originals
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/10/20/david-j-not-long-for-this-world-love-rockets-bauhaus/ Blog about Not Long For This World, The Chanteuse and the Devil's Muse, Silver for Gold, and David's living room shows
http://www.filmnoirblonde.com/out-of-the-shadows-more-from-david-j-haskins/ Interview about Chanteuse
http://www.hybridmagazine.com/music/1005/bauhaus.shtml Hybrid magazine interview about Bauhaus reunion
http://starryrecords.net/david-j/ Billy Corgan's Starry Records artist page
http://www.redcat.org/event/david-j Redcat official website page for Silver for Gold
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