On this day, 4 November 1981, gothic rock band Bahaus played Cardiff’s Top Rank on their Mask tour. The band had just released their second studio album Mask.
Bauhaus expanded their style a bit on Mask, particularly by incorporating keyboards and acoustic guitar on songs such as "The Passion of Lovers", and funk rhythms and saxophone on tracks like "Kick in the Eye", "Dancing" and "In Fear of Fear".
The album cover is a drawing by guitarist Daniel Ash.The original artwork for the album was a gatefold sleeve with blue text on the inside and a stark black-and-white image of the band. On later editions this inside was replaced with white text and a montage from the promotional video for the song "Mask".
Setlist
The Passion of Lovers
In the Flat Field
Silent Hedges
Terror Couple Kill Colonel
The Man With the X-Ray Eyes
(Slow version)
In Fear of Fear
Hair of the Dog
Mask
Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
(John Cale cover)
Dancing
Hollow Hills
Spy in the Cab
