Daniel Ash Enlists Fans To Fund New Album Stripped
Daniel Ash, legendary vocalist/guitarist and founder of the influential and iconic Bauhaus, Tones On Tail and Love and Rockets, has taken to PledgeMusic so that fans can participate in the funding of his next album, Stripped. The album will feature modern takes on 11 songs from his Bauhaus/Love and Rockets/Tones On Tail catalogues, as well as one brand-new track. Fans are asked to vote for their favorite Ash songs and those with the most votes will be “stripped down” and the reinterpreted versions will be recorded for the new album. Stripped is expected out in the Fall on INgrooves/GO! Studio. For more information on pledging, click here.
A young Bauhaus: Daniel, David J Haskins, Peter Murphy, and Kevin Haskins ~ Photo courtesy of Zack Spaulding
“The original concept,” Ash explained, “was to record acoustic versions of some of my favorite songs from the catalogue, but to be honest, I found that a boring proposition. Also, more than recording my favorites, I wanted to record the fans’ favorites. I’m a perfectionist and I can’t stand anything that is second-rate, so we’re doing truly alternative versions of the songs, I really want to go out on a limb with this project.”
Tones on Tail @ Music Machine in LA, 1984 ~ Photo by tombacker8.com
Already confirmed for the track listing of Stripped is a dub step version of the Love and Rockets #1 Billboard hit “So Alive,” produced by John Fryer (Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Cocteau Twins), who produced the original track. Check it out here DJ Adam 12 (She Wants Revenge, Love, Ecstasy and Terror) has joined the projec for Tones on Tail’s “OK This is the Pops,” and the reimagined Bauhaus track “Slice of Life” is being given new life with the help of Jordan Jeffares (Snowden), who recorded the 2009 version of “No Words No More” for New Tales To Tell – A Tribute to Love and Rockets. Also on board are long-time collaborators Christopher The Minister and Dustin Byerley.
In exchange for a pledge, funders have exclusive access to the site’s updates, can keep up on the album’s progress, view the package’s artwork, hear completed tracks before anyone else, and enjoy additional content. Also, Ash has made available an array of items-for-bid that includes signed CD copies of Stripped, exclusive T-shirts, limited-edition, colored 180-gram vinyl copies of Stripped, a variety of Ash’s original “Bubble Men” artwork, handwritten lyrics sheets, and Ash’s own 1992 Heritage Softail Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Daniel on one of his Harleys (he also rides Triumphs)
“This ‘crowd funding’ is virgin territory to me,” admitted Ash, “but we’re having a great time breathing brand-new life into these songs, and I hope my investors will like the finished product.”
THIS JUST IN (5/27) FROM DANIEL!
“Everyone who has already Pledged $50 or more and everyone who signs up and pledges $50 or more in the next 9 days will go into a lottery to win this “Bauhaus/Love And Rockets” Bass Cabinet & Case ~ it’s been around the world many times so pledge away and good luck!”