Tonight, we see Bauhaus still being Bauhaus, and not a group of struggling individuals seeing what they can still get away with after years of alternative projects. This could go either way for those of us uncomfortable with experiencing shows by bands we used to love, however it needs pointing out from the start that this show is magnificent. All these years later, those of us with very fond memories of the shows we saw that followed this release, as well as everything they released after, have gathered in North London’s huge Alexandra Palace venue for a night of nostalgia, hoping to witness everything Bauhaus still have left in their tank after all these years.
Mobile phones, Halloween (in the UK), the four members of tonight’s superb support band HOPE and the music genre labelled ‘goth’ are just a few. There are many things that didn’t exist back in 1979 when Bauhaus released, to our astonishment, an amazing nine-minute debut tune by the name of Bela Lugosi’s Dead. Following up from John Robb’s recent article regarding why Bauhaus were the true children of Ziggy and the most innovative post punk adventurers, and John Robb’s swift summary of the Ally Pally here… Keith Goldhanger attends their delayed London Alexandra Palace show to see if they’re still as good as we remember.
