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Tones on Tail was a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus. Their music was described by one critic as "doom-and-dance-pop."[1]

Tones on Tail
Background information
Origin	Northampton, England
Genres	Post-punk, gothic rock
Years active	1982–1984
Labels	4AD, Situation 2, Beggars Banquet Records
Past members	Daniel Ash Glenn Campling Kevin Haskins

History

While still a member of Bauhaus, Ash formed Tones on Tail early in 1982, originally as a duo with Glenn Campling, an art school friend and flatmate who had also been a roadie for Bauhaus. The band's name was a reference to the way calibration tones were recorded on the "tail" of reel-to-reel tape.

The pair issued their debut eponymous EP on 4AD in March 1982, followed by the single "There's Only One!", released by Beggars Banquet Records on 24 September. Ash sang and played guitar, Campling played bass, and both played percussion and keyboards.

After the break-up of Bauhaus in 1983, Ash and Campling were joined by Bauhaus's drummer Kevin Haskins and the band became a full-time concern for all three members. Their first release as a trio was the Burning Skies EP, issued by Situation Two on 6 May 1983.

Their sole studio album, Pop, was released by Beggars Banquet on 6 April 1984 in the UK; featuring the singles "Performance" (released 9 March) and "Lions" (released 11 May). The album was also issued in North America in altered form as The Album Pop. "Go!", the popular B-side of "Lions", was issued on its own as a single in Canada, licensed by Vertigo Records.

During October 1984, the group embarked on a short 12-date tour of the US; in concert, the band sported all white outfits.[2][3]

The final Tones on Tail single, "Christian Says", was issued on 9 November 1984.

The band disbanded in late 1984, and Ash and Haskins quickly formed Love and Rockets with former Bauhaus bassist David J.[4][5]

The 1998 compilation Everything! compiled every Tones on Tail track in remastered form, plus a radio interview with Ash and Haskins.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Ned Raggett said: "With their former band's generally gloomier shadows left behind, what Ash and Haskins draw from their time with Bauhaus is that group's melange of styles—their most underappreciated strength".[6] Richard Williams of The Michigan Daily said "Tones on Tail carries on with the traditional Bauhaus taste for the macabre, but charts new courses of twisting the pop thing."[7] James Muretich of The Calgary Herald wrote "From the ashes of Bauhaus has arisen a British trio that is turning into one of the most impressive and macabre dance bands around."[8]

Discography

Studio albums

• Pop (1984, Beggars Banquet Records)

EPs

• Tones on Tail (1982, 4AD)
• Burning Skies (1983, Situation Two)
• Something! (1998, Beggars Banquet Records)

Singles

• "There's Only One!" (1982, Beggars Banquet Records)
• "Burning Skies" (1983, Situation 2) #11 UK Indie[9]
• "Performance" (1984, Beggars Banquet Records)
• "Lions" (1984, Beggars Banquet Records)
• "Go!" (1984, Vertigo Records)
• "Christian Says" (1984, Beggars Banquet Records)

Compilation albums

• Tones on Tail (1985, Situation Two)
• Night Music (1987, Beggars Banquet Records)
• Tones on Tail (1990, RCA Records/Beggars Banquet Records)
• Everything! (1998, Beggars Banquet Records)
• Weird Pop (2011, Beggars Banquet Records)

References

External links

• Tones on Tail at AllMusic
• Tones on Tail discography at Discogs
• http://www.tonesontail.net

На других языках

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[de] Tones on Tail

Tones on Tail war eine britische Post-Punk-Band, die 1982 als musikalisches Nebenprojekt von Daniel Ash von der Gothic Rock-Band Bauhaus gegründet wurde. Ihre Musik wurde von einem Kritiker als „Doom-and-dance-pop“ beschrieben.[1]

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- [en] Tones on Tail

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[es] Tones on Tail

Tones on Tail fue un proyecto musical, paralelo al grupo de rock gótico Bauhaus (banda), creado en 1982 por Daniel Ash (guitarra de Bauhaus) junto a Glenn Campling (roadie de Bauhaus); posteriormente se uniría a la banda Kevin Haskins (batería de Bauhaus). Un año después de la desaparición de Bauhaus en 1983, Tones on Tail se disolvió. Al poco tiempo de esta ruptura se formó la banda Love and Rockets, con todos los excomponentes de Bauhaus (banda) excepto Peter Murphy. Tones on Tail ganó nueva repercusión a un público más amplio cuando su canción "Movement Of Fear" fue incluida en la banda sonora de The Blair Witch Project, largometraje independiente de terror psicológico estadounidense de 1999, escrito y dirigido por Daniel Myrick y Eduardo Sánchez.

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[ru] Tones on Tail

Tones on Tail — рок-группа; побочный проект, созданный Дэниелом Эшем из Bauhaus со своим другом и менеджером Bauhaus Гленном Кэмплингом в 1982 г. После распада Bauhaus в 1983 г. к ним присоединился ударник Кевин Хаскинс. Группа распалась в 1984 г., после чего Эш и Хаскинс продолжили работать под именем «Love and Rockets». Гленн Кэмплинг также оформил обложку первого полноценного альбома Bauhaus — In the Flat Field.

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