Dark Matter presents David J (Bauhaus / Love & Rockets)

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Dark Matter presents David J (Bauhaus / Love & Rockets) is on Friday 4 December 2026 at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, with doors at 20:00. Tickets start at £24.20, including the booking fee.

'David J has long occupied a singular space in the musical landscape, moving from the skeletal architecture of post-punk into a realm of sophisticated, literate songwriting that defies easy categorization.’ (The Big Take-Over) A founder member of the highly influential and revered BAUHAUS. Bauhaus spearheaded the post-punk Alternative music scene of the early ‘80’s with a string of innovative albums and singles, including, for many, perhaps their defining moment, a song that is ranked as a classic and feasibly the pinnacle of the entire Gothic scene and beyond, the nine minute plus epic slab of industrial dub that is 'Bela Lugosi’s Dead', featuring the lyrics of David J. Two years after the demise of Bauhaus in 1983, David regrouped with two of his former Bauhaus band mates, guitarist, Daniel Ash and drummer, Kevin Haskins to form the hugely successful Love And Rockets, whose debut single hit gold status in Canada, followed by a top three US single with 'So Alive' which the band capped with a million selling album and sold out stadium tours. A highly acclaimed songwriter, often personal, often observational, all of these qualities are evident on his twelve solo albums. Davi...