David J (Bauhaus , Love and Rockets)

A London concert headlined by David J, the Northampton-born musician who co-founded Bauhaus and later formed Love and Rockets, with Fiona Brice and Paul Wallfisch also on the bill at MOTH Club.

David J is a British alternative rock musician from Northampton, active since 1979. He was a founder member of Bauhaus, the post-punk group whose recording of 'Bela Lugosi's Dead', with lyrics by David J, is among its best-known songs. After Bauhaus ended in 1983, he joined Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins to form Love and Rockets, whose single 'So Alive'reached the top three in the United States. His solo debut, Etiquette of Violence, appeared on MCA Records in 1983, and he has since released twelve solo albums. His memoir, Who Killed Mister Moonlight?, was published by Jawbone Press in 2014.

His most recent album, Songs From The Attic Revisited, came out through Independent Project Records. A string-led double album, Postcards From The Afterlife, is due in late November. David J has described it as concerned with the lasting nature of connection in life and in death, along with love found and lost.

The bill also names Fiona Brice, a British alternative rock musician born in Northampton in 1953, whose first album, Postcards From, appeared in 2016, and Paul Wallfisch, an American musician born in Basel in 1962, whose debut, When Good Things Happen to Bad Pianos, was released in 2008. The evening takes place at MOTH Club, a London venue for concerts and shows.