David J

David J is a British alternative rock musician and a founder member of Bauhaus, performing in Edinburgh at The Voodoo Rooms. The night presents the songwriter's solo work.

David J came to prominence as a founder member of Bauhaus, the post-punk group whose track Bela Lugosi's Dead is among the best known songs of the early 1980s alternative scene. After Bauhaus split in 1983, he joined former bandmates Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins in Love and Rockets, whose song So Alive reached the top three of the US singles chart. He has released twelve solo albums, and his songwriting is often personal and observational.

His most recent album, Songs From The Attic Revisited, came out through Independent Project Records, and a double album with a strings-centred sound, Postcards From The Afterlife, is scheduled to follow. He has also written and directed stage productions, and published the memoir Who Killed Mister Moonlight? in 2014 and a poetry collection, Rhapsody, Threnody and Prayer, in 2026.

The Voodoo Rooms is a venue in Edinburgh that hosts concerts and shows, and this evening suits listeners interested in the solo output of a songwriter whose career spans post-punk and alternative rock.