Bauhaus
Press The Eject And Give Me The Tape

THE REVIEW

I noticed the absence of this live performance by Bauhaus, and due to this unforgivable gap, I hurried to review it.

If you want to know how the band sounded (in the good old days!) and how Peter Murphy's schizoid voice captivated audiences all over the world, get yourself a copy of "Press the Eject and Give me the Tape." A live album with guts, played by a band of young English darks who recently, and unfortunately for us, decided to release a hideous album, a new product that has nothing to do with their past, like a fish out of water.

Leaving aside their latest and poor release, you can always delve into the eighties to get an idea of the potential the band magnificently expressed, thus entering the annals of British rock.

The live album in question includes the production from "In The Flat Field" to "Mask". It does not lack, and could it miss?, a phantasmagoric live version of "Bela Lugosi's Dead."

Muddy sounds, twisted bass arpeggios, frantic guitars, and the voice of young Pete Murphy standing out magnificently on this shaky sonic framework.

At the end of the album appears the cover of "Waiting For The Man" with the delightful presence of Nico.

Collection of dates performed between '81 and '82. The peak of the vampiric Bauhaus's career! Much more than "Gotham"!