Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead [Single]

Bauhaus is an English band (formed in Northampton in 1978) popular in the 1980s. The band took their name from the German Bauhaus art movement, originally going by the name Bauhaus 1919, dropping the latter portion within a year of the band's formation. Bauhaus combined a number of influences (punk, glam rock, funk, and dub), to create a gloomy, but very passionate sound which appealed to many looking for something new after punk.


Their debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead," was released in August 1979. Over nine minutes long and recorded "live in the studio" in a single take, it did not enter the UK pop charts, but remained on sale for many years thereafter. By far their most famous work, its minimalist, free-form nature evoked a mixture of The Doors, early Pink Floyd, and experimental Krautrock bands such as Can and Neu!.

01. Bela Lugosi's Dead
02. Boys

Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead [Single]