Go Away White is the fifth and final studio album

Album

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 by British

Great Britain

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 gothic rock

Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

 band Bauhaus

Bauhaus (band)

Bauhaus was an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978. The group consisted of Peter Murphy , Daniel Ash , Kevin Haskins and David J . The band was originally Bauhaus 1919 before they dropped the numerical portion within a year of formation...

. Released on 3 March 2008, it is the band's first album of new material since 1983. Shortly after the release, the band announced this would be their final record and the end of the band, and that there would be no tour to support the album.

Recording

Go Away White was recorded in 2006 in 18 days at Zircon Skye in Ojai, California

Ojai, California

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. The band playing together in one room, taking first takes as final cuts. Drummer Kevin Haskins

Kevin Haskins

Kevin Haskins also known as Kevin Michael Dompe is a drummer best known from the British rock group Bauhaus. He was also a member of Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets...

 has said in an interview that they "were getting along really well, but there was an incident that occurred". As a result, "some of us just felt that we didn't want to carry on as a working unit". No details on the incident were given.

Bassist David J

David J

David John Haskins , better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and Love and Rockets....

 later described the incident as "a big fight in the studio. We weren't going to carry on, and we were just going to dump the album. We were waiting for Peter [Murphy] to turn up. Our beef was with him. So he comes in, and he does this shocking and brilliant thing. Pure zen. He comes in, and he just spits rose petals in our faces. It just cut through everything. We couldn't argue with that. So we just went in and continued recording."

Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy (musician)

Peter John Murphy is an English rock vocalist. He was the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus, and later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Deep and Love Hysteria...

 described the album as "spontaneous" and while it doesn't sound much as what they did in the past, it has some "positives" and "playfulness" to it.

Track listing

Live Concert Footage (available with iTunes version of album)

1. "Bela Lugosi's Dead" from Coachella Festival 2005 (opening song)
2. "Dark Entries" from Coachella Festival 2005 (closing song)

Personnel

• Peter Murphy
  Peter Murphy (musician)
  Peter John Murphy is an English rock vocalist. He was the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus, and later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Deep and Love Hysteria...
  
   – vocals
• Daniel Ash
  Daniel Ash
  Daniel Gaston Ash is the guitarist for Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, and solo projects.-Life and work:After going to concerts in his teenage years, Ash made a decision to be on a stage in some way...
  
   – guitar
• David J
  David J
  David John Haskins , better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and Love and Rockets....
  
   – bass
• Kevin Haskins
  Kevin Haskins
  Kevin Haskins also known as Kevin Michael Dompe is a drummer best known from the British rock group Bauhaus. He was also a member of Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets...
  
   – drums

Production

• Produced By Bauhaus
• Engineered & Mixed By Jeff Evens & Ken Eros
• Mastered By Doug Sax & Sangwook Nam

Artwork

The front cover, by Scott Saw, is a photo by Dominique Duplaa of Bethesda Terrace, the angel of the healing waters in New York City

New York City

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's Central Park

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External links

• "Go Away White" at Discogs: link