Editing Tones on Tail (section)

==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 [[road crew|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.

The pair issued their debut eponymous EP on [[4AD]] in March 1982, followed by the single "There's Only One!", released by [[Beggars Banquet Records]] on 24 September. Ash sang and played guitar, Campling played bass, and both played percussion and keyboards. After the break-up of Bauhaus in 1983, Ash and Campling were joined by Bauhaus's drummer [[Kevin Haskins]] and the band became a full-time concern for all three members. Their first release as a trio was the ''[[Burning Skies]]'' EP, issued by [[Situation Two]] on 6 May 1983.

Their sole studio album, ''[[Pop (Tones on Tail album)|Pop]]'', was released by Beggars Banquet on 6 April 1984 in the UK, featuring the singles "Performance" (released 9 March) and "Lions" (released 11 May). The album was also issued in North America in altered form as ''The Album Pop''. "[[Go! (Tones on Tail song)|Go!]]", the popular [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of "Lions", was issued on its own as a single in Canada, licensed by [[Vertigo Records]]. Throughout October of that year, the group embarked on a short 12-date tour of the US; in concert, the band sported all white outfits.<ref name="Ohanesian">{{cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/poptones-daniel-ash-and-kevin-haskins-revive-the-music-of-love-and-rockets-tones-on-tail-and-bauhaus-8215807 |title=For Fans of Dark '80s Music, Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins' Poptone Is a Dream Project |last=Ohanesian |first=Liz |website=[[LA Weekly]] |date=2017-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202195903/http://www.laweekly.com/music/poptones-daniel-ash-and-kevin-haskins-revive-the-music-of-love-and-rockets-tones-on-tail-and-bauhaus-8215807 |archive-date=2019-02-02 |access-date=2024-05-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bauhausgigguide.info/tour.php?tid=28 |title=Tones On Tail - 1984 - US tour |website=Bauhausgigguide.info |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref> The final Tones on Tail single, "Christian Says", was issued on 9 November. They disbanded later that year, and Ash and Haskins quickly formed [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] with former Bauhaus bassist [[David J]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Molitor |first=Mike |title=Tones on Tail |newspaper=[[The Michigan Daily]] |location=[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] |page=8 |date=14 January 1991 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19910114&id=rgZKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gB4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2644,205883&hl=de |quote=Somewhere around 1982 things began to go wrong with (Bauhaus), and before one could say "gothic," or even "goth," guitarist Daniel Ash and drummer Kevin Haskins were out on their own with Tones on Tail. This new band lasted until 1985, when Bauhaus bassist David J came back into the fold and the group was "reunited" as the famed Love and Rockets. |access-date=24 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5669 |title=Tones on Tail |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref>

The 1998 compilation ''[[Everything! (Tones on Tail album)|Everything!]]'' compiled every Tones on Tail track in remastered form, plus a radio interview with Ash and Haskins.

In 2017, Ash and Haskins, along with Haskins' daughter Diva Dompé on bass, formed the band Poptone, performing songs by Bauhaus, Love and Rockets and Tones on Tail in concert.<ref name="Ohanesian"/> On 11 May 2024, Tones on Tail performed their first official set since 1984 at the [[Cruel World Festival]], with Dompé filling in for Campling.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-bauhaus-offshoot-tones-on-tail-play-their-first-show-in-40-years-at-cruel-world-2024-full-video-setlist/ |title=Watch Bauhaus offshoot Tones on Tail play their first show in 40 years at Cruel World 2024 (full video, setlist) |last=Pearis |first=Bill |date=May 12, 2024 |website=[[BrooklynVegan]] |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref>