Express, released the following year, was more successful, charting in both the U.S. Instead of pursuing an incomplete Bauhaus reunion, Ash, J, and Haskins formed Love and Rockets, taking their name from the underground comic book created by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.nnLove and Rockets released their first album, Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, in 1985 it received mixed reviews but it began to build their following. David J agreed to the project, but the band's lead vocalist, Peter Murphy, refused. Haskins and Ash then attempted to reunite Bauhaus. Haskins soon joined Tones on Tail, but the group folded in 1984. During the early '90s, the group's audience steadily declined, although they still retained a number of loyal fans.nnAfter Bauhaus broke up in 1983, David J recorded a solo album and collaborated with the Jazz Butcher, while Daniel Ash concentrated on a side project, Tones on Tail. For most of the late '80s, the group had a devoted cult following, resulting in a surprise Top Ten hit single, "So Alive," in 1989. Instead, Love and Rockets emphasized the strains of psychedelia and glam rock that appeared underneath Bauhaus' gloomy drone, adding elements of pop songcraft, folk, and R&B, as well as cryptic, self-important lyrics. However, the group didn't sound very similar to its first incarnation. Love and Rockets comprised guitarist/vocalist Daniel Ash, bassist/vocalist David J, and drummer Kevin Haskins, all former members of the pioneering goth band Bauhaus.
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