Bauhaus After party and gallery opening

FUSE GALLERY
93 Second Ave. Btw. 5th and 6th St. NY, NY, 10003
212-777-7988 www.litloungenyc.com
Gallery Hours: Tues., 12-5pm, Wed. - Sat., 12-7pm



Fuse Gallery/Lit Lounge Presents:
The Art of David J and Bauhaus After Party
Friday, November 11, 2005

Please join us for a Special Opening Reception: Friday, November 11, 8pm


In 1978 David J formed the British punk band BAUHAUS with Kevin Haskins, Daniel Ash and Peter Murphy. By 1979 they had their first smash hit "Bela Lugosi's Dead". The chilling tale of Nosferatu. The song became the all time No 1 gothic anthem and catapulted Bauhaus to cult iconic status and the birth of the "Goth" genre in music today.

Bauhaus performing Bela Lugosi's Dead was featured in the Tony Scott classic vampire movie The Hunger(1983) staring David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve. The music was featured through out the movie
but it was at David Bowie's request that Bauhaus be filmed performing the opening sequence. He said "they looked like Vampires."
Bauhaus had a string of hits in the early eighties and are largely thought of as the number one Gothic/Punk band in the world.

Following their termination in ‘83, David re-grouped
with Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins in 1985 to form LOVE AND ROCKETS. Another highly successful New Wave band, scoring a gold record with their first release, ‘Ball Of Confusion’. With each successive album outselling the previous one, the band achieved their biggest hit to date, with the single, ‘So Alive’, which reached the number two position in the US charts in 1989. Throughout David J’s tenure with these bands, he produced several solo albums which have garnered much praise, such as music writer, Matt Hoffman’s description of him as “One of the great songwriters of recent times.”

1998 saw the ‘Bauhaus Resurrection’, the original band reforming for a sell out world tour in which they broke many house records. A DVD was released featuring their two triumphant nights at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

In Summer of 2005 Bauhaus stole the show with their performance at Coachella(CA) festival and are currently touring the world
They play 2 nights at Nokia Theater NYC Nov 11 and 12 2005.

David J’s creative involvement has always been broader than the purely musical, creating artwork for record covers, posters and merchandise, designing stage lighting and directing videos. Perry Farrell describes him as the “avant of the avant-garde.”

As a visual artist he has exhibited internationally. ‘The Glittering Darkness’, a book featuring his art work based around distorted images of Bauhaus was first published by Pie Books of Japan in 2003, this book is now available directly through the web site:
www.davidjonline.com.

David will be exhibiting 30 pieces of original work plus 'The Glittering Darkness' book will be on sale.
David J will be at the opening to meet you and sign copies after the Bauhaus show.
Red Stripe will be sponsoring this event.

Fuse Gallery
93 2nd Ave, NYC, 10003
Subway: F to 2nd Ave.

Max Brennan
Lit Lounge/Fuse Gallery/Udet
93 Second Ave NY NY 10003
www.myspace.com/udet
www.litloungenyc.com

Tags:   bauhaus, bela lugosis dead, daniel ash, david j, goth music, lit, peter murphy

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