Thanks for the info Ben, I went to Bauhausmusik.com forums and was
glad to find they have some new songs going. What was the date they
played last in Chicago? (not listed).




--- In bauhaus@yahoogroups.com, Ben Woodhams <bwoodhams@...> wrote:
>
>
> On 18 Aug 2006, at 21:42, Evet S. wrote:
>
> >
> > If you want to see Bauhaus in thier prime get your hands on the
U of
> > London show - very raw with early versions of Dancing and Poison
Pen,
>
> An mp4 video of Poison Pen from that gig can be downloaded from:
>
> http://www.thesoundofindie.com/?p=182
>
> Not seen it myself yet, but internet reviews are, 'ow you
say..."mixed"?
>
> > I think the band blew a golden opportunity back in 98 when they
were
> > selling out shows they should have kept going and put out a new
> > album, and kept touring.
>
> Apparently they had contractual commitments, individually, which
> prevented them from doing so. By the time they'd discharged those
> commitments, all the steam seemed to have gone out of the idea.
>
> > This last tour
> > seemed hastily put together and didn't seem to have much vibe so I
> > decided to not spoil my memories of 98.
>
> I saw them twice in '98 and, while they were absolutely fantastic
> then, I have to say the first of the recent London gigs was the
best
> I've *ever* seen them. Some people were carping about the 'best
of'
> nature of the setlist - but for people who've never the band
before,
> that's kinda what they expect. Anything else would be cheating them.
>
> The following night's gig was a bit of a disaster, sadly,
apparently
> for technical reasons - but when they *were* playing, they easily
> showed that they've still got it. Spurning that seems like cutting
> off your nose to spite your face if you ask me, but some people
look
> better that way.
>
> > You can tell the band is no longer active I hardly see any posts
> > here
>
> But this is utter cobblers, I'm afraid. The reason hardly anyone
> posts here anymore is that the internet has moved on - everyone's
> over at the forum on the official site, which is regularly
buzzing!
> Yahoogroups is dead, it just doesn't know it yet. Email? Pah. (A
> shame, really, as I far prefer typing into my mail client than a
web
> interface, but that's Web 2.0 for you.)
>
> > and the DVD debacle was another missed opportunity.
>
> What, the Shadow/Archive fiasco? Yes, but it's worth bearing in
mind
> that the band had nothing whatsoever to do with that travestastic
> release. INALB they didn't even make a penny out of it, AIUI -
they
> sold the publication rights to the vast majority of their back
> catalogue some years ago, so when you buy a Bauhaus album (except
> Gotham, natch), they no longer get residuals/royalties.
>
> > Gotham left
> > out the awe inspiring version of "Severance" as well.
>
> Disc 1, Track 9 of the CD release, though. Yes, I know it's not
the
> same.
>
> Cheers,
>
> b.
>