Love and Rockets - Dog End of a Day Gone By

What this video is

Released in 1985 as part of Love and Rockets' debut album 'Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven' on Beggars Banquet, this track and its accompanying video represent a pivotal post-Bauhaus reorientation. The band — Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins — formed after Bauhaus dissolved in 1983, and their debut was described as 'an unashamedly psychedelic adventure, far removed from the dark, angular soundscapes of…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of the UK post-punk-to-alternative-rock transition, 'Dog End of a Day Gone By' and its promotional video document the moment three-quarters of Bauhaus recalibrated toward psychedelic rock. The Beggars Banquet / Fugative Films production style, with its rapid montage and…