The goth-rock trailblazer goes in-depth on his guitar rigs and unusual writing approaches for Bauhaus tracks old and new
Daniel Ash created a guitar legacy all his own. His mood-shifting, atmospheric playing style, as heard in his early Telecaster-driven work with Bauhaus, served as an obvious influence on subsequent bands including Jane’s Addiction, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Soundgarden.
In 2022, he is uniting once more with his Bauhaus bandmates – singer Peter Murphy, bassist David J, and drummer Kevin Haskins – for a world tour and new track, Drink the New Wine.
In addition to Bauhaus – with whom he’s played with since 1978, and co-composed such classic tunes as Bela Lugosi’s Dead, Dark Entries and Double Dare – he has also played with the likes of Love and Rockets (who scored a global hit with So Alive in 1989), as well as Tones on Tail, the Bubblemen, and Poptone.