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Tones On Tail

British post-punk band

Tones on Tail were a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus. Their music was described by one critic as "doom-and-dance-pop."

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Tones On Tail
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a band
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Northampton
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1982
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1984
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25 songs

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members: Daniel Ash

formed in: Northampton

labels: Beggars Banquet Records, 4AD

genres: post-punk, gothic rock

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History

While still a member of Bauhaus, Ash formed Tones on Tail early in 1982, originally as a duo with Glenn Campling, an art school friend and flatmate who had also been a roadie for Bauhaus. The band's name was a reference to the way calibration tones were recorded on the "tail" of reel-to-reel tape.

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Originally intended as an outlet for Bauhaus guitarist Daniel Ash to record his more experimental material, Tones On Tail surfaced in 1982 with a self-titled 12" EP on 4AD Records. Fuelled on a steady diet of hash and Big Macs, this musical offshoot became the psychedelic and light-hearted antithesis of Bauhaus' gloom and doom reputation. Danny was initially joined by Glenn Campling on bass & keyboards, and, with the subsequent demise of Bauhaus in 1983, drummer Kevin Haskins, turning this 'side-project' into a 'proper' band. During their short tenure together, Tones On Tail created some of the most inventive, arresting and tongue-in-cheek "pop" music until the group disbanded after an US Tour in late 1984. Ash and Haskins went on to reunite with their Bauhaus bandmate David J in Love And Rockets in 1985. Also known as: Tones On Tails, Tones On Tale From Discogs (free to use). Their entry

Liner notes

Tones On Tail, the records, oldest first
  1. Tones on Tail
    1982 ep
  2. Pop
    1984 album
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Tones On Tail on the air

Side A: on Broken Record Radio

  1. Go!
  2. A Bigger Splash
  3. Burning Skies
  4. Christian Says
  5. Copper
  6. Happiness
  7. Heartbreak Hotel
  8. Instrumental
  9. Lions
  10. Means of Escape
  11. Movement of Fear
  12. Now We Lustre
  13. Ok, This Is the Pops
  14. Performance
  15. Rain
  16. Real Life
  17. Shakes
  18. Slender Fungus
  19. The Never Never (Is Forever)
  20. There’s Only One
  21. Twist
  22. War
  23. When You’re Smiling
  24. You, the Night and the Music

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Go!

1984 song by Tones on Tail

"Go!" is a song by English post-punk band Tones on Tail.

Single release

"Go!" was initially released as the B-side to their May 1984 single "Lions", which originally appeared on the band's only studio album, Pop, released in the same year. This version of "Go!" has a running time of 2:33, although the 12" single version utilizes the 'Club Mix', with a running time of 4:33.

Critical reception

AllMusic called the song "one of the defining moments of early-'80s new wave dance" that "remains a wonderful atypical dancefloor smash".

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