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Daniel Ash

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Biography

As a founding member of the groundbreaking Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love and Rockets, guitarist, singer, and songwriter Daniel Ash has distinguished himself in the world of contemporary music. Daniel Ash was born in Northampton, England, on July 31, 1957. As a child, he heard The Dave Clark Five's "Bits and Pieces" and was blown away by the massive booming echo of the song, but it wasn't the first single he purchased -- "The first record I bought was Dave & Ansel Collins' 'Double Barrel'," he recalls. Driven by a love of rock, Ash began playing in cover bands: "The first gig I ever played was in the Glasgow Rangers Workman's Club." That show ended in a fracas. Ash had become friends with Peter Murphy in his teenage years: "We were two oddballs in the class who didn't fit in." Ash went to art school and Murphy to work in a printing factory. They met up five years later and Ash suggested forming a band.

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Top Tracks

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  1.  
    Lyrics
    That's them, that's them
    That's them, that's them
    That's them, that's them
    That's them, that's them
    That's them, that's them
    Come Alive - (5:19)  -  1,075 plays
  2. Fever - (4:27)  -  983 plays
  3. Trouble - (5:28)  -  726 plays
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    I saw you standing there
    I saw you standing there all alone, all alone
    I saw you standing there
    I saw you standing there beside me
    Chelsea, they believe me
    Chelsea - (5:37)  -  523 plays
  5.  
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    You look so good
    When you're coming down
    Like a rocket to the moon
    When you're coming down
    I want your spirit
    Coming Down - (2:23)  -  497 plays
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