David J

David J is a British alternative rock musician, active since 1979, whose concert at Stereo in Glasgow brings together his work with Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and his solo albums. The night suits listeners interested in post-punk and alternative songwriting.

David J was born in Northampton in 1957 and has been active since 1979. As a founder member of Bauhaus, the post-punk group, David J contributed the lyrics to "Bela Lugosi's Dead", a nine-minute track of industrial dub that became one of the band's defining recordings. After Bauhaus ended in 1983, David J joined guitarist Daniel Ash and drummer Kevin Haskins in Love and Rockets, whose single "So Alive" reached the top three in the United States.

The solo career began in 1983 with the album Etiquette of Violence, released on MCA Records. Twelve solo albums have followed, including Songs From The Attic Revisited, issued by Independent Project Records. A strings-centred double album, Postcards From The Afterlife, is forthcoming. David J has also written and directed stage productions, published a memoir, Who Killed Mister Moonlight?, with Jawbone Press in 2014, and released a book of poetry, Rhapsody, Threnody and Prayer, in 2026.

Stereo, the Glasgow venue, hosts concerts and shows, and this date brings David J's songwriting to the city.