Editing Daniel Ash (section)

==Life and work==
After going to concerts in his teenage years, Ash decided to perform on a stage in some way. He started playing guitar around the age of 15, but confessed to having been very lazy and learning only three chords, and nothing more, for about three years. He began playing in [[cover band]]s, often together with future band mates [[David J]] and [[Kevin Haskins]], whom he had known since [[kindergarten|nursery school]]. His first gig was in the [[Rangers F.C.|Glasgow Rangers]] Workman's Club.{{citation needed|date=March 2008}}
[[File:Daniel-ash-oakland-1986.jpg|thumb|left|Daniel Ash in 1986, while in Love and Rockets]]
Ash had become friends with [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] during his teenage years. Ash went to art school and Murphy went to work in a printing factory. They met up again five years later and Ash suggested forming a band. Rigging up a makeshift [[rehearsal]] space, Ash played an Echo 12 – bar blues, while Murphy sang a series of newspaper articles. Four weeks later, they formed Bauhaus and recorded "[[Bela Lugosi's Dead]]".

That song, released in 1979, became one of the most influential songs in [[gothic rock]] music, even though they saw themselves as a "dark glam" band and have always distanced themselves from the gothic label. From early on, he was intent on sounding original, and often tried to "make the guitar not sound like a guitar". He worked to develop a guitar style that included other-worldly and atmospheric sounds. In an interview with [[John Robb (musician)|John Robb]], he said that he first bought an [[EBow]] in 1981.<ref name="John Robb">{{cite web |author1=John Robb |title=Daniel Ash : The John Robb interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=725&v=dgWMswg8NUM |website=YouTube |access-date=23 March 2022 |date=November 2, 2021}}</ref> He typically has used a Telecaster<ref name="SG">{{cite web
 |url = http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Daniel+Ash%3A+Rock+On/
 |title = Daniel Ash: Rock On
 |publisher = [[SuicideGirls.com]]
 |date = 22 June 2009
 |access-date = 22 June 2009
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</ref> guitar, HH amplifiers and [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]] 4x12 cabinets for his stage gear. Later in his career, he relied heavily on the [[Fernandes Sustainer]] system to achieve sounds similar to the EBow.

After nearly five years of recording and performing, Bauhaus broke up and Ash put together Tones on Tail with Bauhaus drummer [[Kevin Haskins]]. As Ash described them: "We were a motley crew of individuals who essentially wanted to sound like a band from Venus or Mars!"{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} In 1984, Tones on Tail was disbanded; Ash founded Love and Rockets in 1985 with Haskins and [[David J]], also of Bauhaus. In an interview in June 2009, Ash emphatically stated that he had no further plans to play with Love and Rockets.<ref name="SG"/>

Ash has stated that guitar solos do not interest him much, since they rely on a musician's ego. He cares much more for the craft of songwriting and the overall production of a song rather than a focus on guitar or any other single instrument.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11528951_ITM |work=Guitar Player |title=The Wonder Years. (thirty-two influential guitar players during eighties decade) |date=1 April 2001}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022}}</ref> During the last ten years, he has been experimenting more with electronic music, both with Love and Rockets and solo, limiting the use of guitar as an extra element to the songs. Since the last reformation of Bauhaus, however, he has been returning to a more guitar-based rock sound.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

In 2008, Bauhaus released ''[[Go Away White]]'', (their first studio album in 25 years) which was followed by a world tour.

Love and Rockets played at Coachella Music and Arts Festival and Lollapalooza in 2008.

In June 2009, Ash released a cover of the [[David Essex]] song "[[Rock On (David Essex song)|Rock On]]", featuring singer Zak Ambrose on vocals.<ref name="SG"/> Recorded at the Swing House rehearsal and recording complex in Hollywood, the track is on the ''Swing House Sessions Vol 1'' EP. Later in 2009, Ash released a four-song EP exclusively through iTunes, entitled "It's A Burn Out".{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

In March 2017, Daniel Ash, [[Kevin Haskins]] and Haskin's daughter Diva Dompé announced [[Poptone]] and a US tour, featuring songs by [[Tones on Tail]], [[Love and Rockets (band)|Love and Rockets]] and [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://shockwavemagazine.com/poptone-rises-to-embrace-bauhaus-tones-on-tail-love-and-rockets-tour-planned/| title=POPTONE Rises To Embrace Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets… Tour Planned| website=Shockwavemagazine.com| date=6 March 2017| access-date=10 June 2017| archive-date=7 March 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307091731/http://shockwavemagazine.com/poptone-rises-to-embrace-bauhaus-tones-on-tail-love-and-rockets-tour-planned/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Daniel Ash with Motorcycle.jpg|thumb|Daniel Ash with a motorcycle]]

In 2020, during the Covid pandemic, Ash created a new band, Ashes and Diamonds, comprising [[Paul Denman]] on bass, formerly of [[Sade (band)|Sade]], and [[Bruce Smith (musician)|Bruce Smith]] the former drummer with [[The Pop Group]], [[Rip Rig + Panic]] and [[Public Image Ltd]]. An album was recorded but has yet to be released due to conflicting schedules between the members. 

Ash joined [[Jane's Addiction]] on stage at [[Madison Square Garden]] in 2022 to perform Jane's Addiction's "[[Jane Says]]" and "Slice of Life" by Bauhaus.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Campbell |first=Erica |date=20 October 2022 |title=Jane's Addiction and Smashing Pumpkins live in New York City: '90s legends stage a hit-filled fiery rock show |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/janes-addiction-and-smashing-pumpkins-live-in-new-york-city-90s-legends-stage-a-hit-filled-fiery-rock-show-3332793 |magazine=[[NME]] |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>

Love and Rockets reunited in 2023 for a short reunion tour of the United States between May and June 2023, making their first performance since 2008 at Pasadena's annual Cruel World Festival at the Rose Bowl.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eyeballs |first=Slicing Up |date=2023-04-11 |title=Love and Rockets expands reunion tour with 10 additional concerts across U.S. |url=https://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2023/04/11/love-and-rockets-tour-dates-reunion/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Slicing Up Eyeballs |language=en-US}}</ref>

Ash reunited with Kevin Haskins and Diva Dompe under the Tones on Tail moniker at Cruel World in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-04 |title=Cruel World's 2024 Lineup Has Duran Duran & A Tones On Tail Reunion |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2244567/cruel-worlds-2024-lineup-has-duran-duran-a-tones-on-tail-reunion/news/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:POPTONE Performing - Regency Ballroom - San Francisco.jpg|thumb|Poptone (Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, Diva Dompé) performing at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.]]