Tones On Tail

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Tones On Tail

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Originally intended as an outlet for Bauhaus guitarist Daniel Ash to record his more experimental material, Tones On Tail surfaced in 1982 with a self-titled 12" EP on 4AD Records. Fuelled on a steady diet of hash and Big Macs, this musical offshoot became the psychedelic and light-hearted antithesis of Bauhaus' gloom and doom reputation. Danny was initially joined by Glenn Campling on bass & keyboards, and, with the subsequent demise of Bauhaus in 1983, drummer Kevin Haskins, turning this 'side-project' into a 'proper' band.

During their short tenure together, Tones On Tail created some of the most inventive, arresting and tongue-in-cheek "pop" music until the group disbanded after an US Tour in late 1984. Ash and Haskins went on to reunite with their Bauhaus bandmate David J in Love And Rockets in 1985.

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Lions

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Burning Skies

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Rain

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Twist

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Movement Of Fear

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20 live performances · data from Setlist.fm

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2024
1984

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May 11, 2024

Brookside Park

Pasadena, California, United States

  • 1. Heartbreak Hotel(Elvis Presley cover)

  • 2. OK, This Is the Pops

  • 3. Movement of Fear

  • 4. Happiness

  • 5. Lions

  • 6. Burning Skies

  • 7. Twist

  • 8. Performance

  • 9. Go!

  • 10. There's Only One


October 21, 1984

Saint Andrew's Hall

Detroit, Michigan, United States


October 19, 1984

7th Street Entry

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  • 1.

  • 2. War

  • 3. Performance

  • 4. Burning Skies

  • 5. Lions

  • 6. Heartbreak Hotel(Elvis Presley cover)

  • 7. Movement of Fear

  • 8. Happiness

  • 9. Christian Says

  • 10. Slice of Life(Bauhaus cover)

  • 11. Go!

  • 12. There's Only One


October 17, 1984

Metro

Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • 1. When You're Smiling (intro recording)

  • 2. War

  • 3. Performance

  • 4. Burning Skies

  • 5. Lions

  • 6. Heartbreak Hotel(Elvis Presley cover)

  • 7. Movement of Fear

  • 8. Happiness

  • 9. Christian Says

  • 10. Slice of Life(Bauhaus cover)

  • 11. Go!

  • 12. There's Only One

  • 13. OK, This Is the Pops

  • 14. When You're Smiling (exit recording)


October 15, 1984

Peabody's Down Under

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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