192: Kevin Haskins (Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, etc.)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Haskins's spare, hypnotic style laid the foundation for goth luminaries, Bauhaus. He tells Joe about: growing up in Northampton; seeing bands like The Who and Led Zeppelin; how the burgeoning punk scene gave him confidence to pursue music; playing the now-classic "Bela Lugosi's Dead" for the first time; the sense of devastation he experienced after the breakup of Bauhaus; working with subsequent bands such as Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets; and passing on his love of music to his children. Check out the new Bauhaus release "The Bela Session" out this Friday, 11/23.

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0:00.0	After we start playing it the first time, we all looked at each other with like, oh my God.
0:05.6	And we had shivers down the spine. This is really good.
0:28.6	This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers. I want to play something for you. White-on-white White-on-white turns to You're hearing
0:57.0	You're hearing Bella Ligosi's dead by Bauhaus, Featuring my guest, Kevin Gosey's Dead, by Bauhaus, featuring my guest Kevin Haskins on drums.
1:16.6	Formed in Northampton in 1978, Bowhouse was one of the seminal goth bands.
1:21.6	Kevin's spare, hypnotic drumming style helped create the band's dark and enduring sound.
1:29.3	After the dissolution of Bauhaus in 1983, Kevin joined two other highly influential bands,
1:35.3	Tones on Tail and Love in Rockets, which experienced an elevated level of commercial success
1:41.3	in the late 80s through the 90s. Kevin is also a seasoned film composer and the author of the coffee table book, Bowhouse Undead.
1:50.2	Bowhouse is releasing the entirety of its first recording session on Friday via Leaving Records.
1:56.7	I spoke to him at his haunted manner in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles.
2:00.9	And now my conversation with Kevin Haskins.
2:15.7	My mom could sit at a piano and pick out tunes, you know.
2:22.3	And she's also very good at art, but her family were very poor.
2:28.3	And she actually got a scholarship to art school, but she couldn't go because she had to go and work to help support the family.
2:37.7	So that was kind of sad, you know.
2:39.8	How had that manifested by the time you came about?
2:43.5	Was she a frustrated artist?
2:45.2	I think to a degree, but she probably just put it aside and gone on with her life.
2:52.7	Towards the end of her life, she took up painting, and, you know, I've got some of her paintings,
2:59.7	like, you know, landscapes and still lives. So she, you know, towards the end of her life,
3:05.6	she got to express herself. So that's nice, you know. towards the end of her life, she got to express herself.
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