Tones On Tail was the opposite of Bauhaus. They used keyboards and dressed in white. It started as a side project for Daniel Ash together with friend and Bauhaus roadie Glenn Campling. After the Bauhaus break up 1983, Kevin joined in and together they made ToT a proper band. In only two years they recorded lots of great and experimental electronic music. After two short tours, they broke up. Daniel and Kevin formed Love & Rockets together with David J, and Glenn, well, no one really knows what happened to him, but Daniel thinks he's working with graphic design somewhere.

Tones On Tail is obviously a hard name to remember. So far I've seen Tones On Toenails (!), Tons On Tails, and Tones On Trials. Any more versions?

"When recording on to master tapes, an engineer will lay down test tones to make sure all the gear is working in order. Sometimes (this is in the old days of analog tape) the tape would be wound onto to the takeup reel, so instead of being the first thing on the tape, it would be the last, hence 'Tones on Tail'."

Brian Mars explains the bands name.

"He's just got a pretty face really, that's the main sort of asset. I mean, we need to sell the band, and if anybody's going to sell it, I think it's Kevin with his pretty face."

Daniel Ash explains in a radio interview why Kevin is a part of Tones On Tail.

"We're doing things the other way round to what Bauhaus did. They started off as a live band, then went into the studio. We started off as a studio band and have to branch off into live to show ourselves."

Another Daniel Ash comment on the band.

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