Bauhaus, The Pop Group, & Sade Members Launch New Band Ashes And Diamonds

Bauhaus, The Pop Group, & Sade Members Launch New Band Ashes And Diamonds

In 2023, Bauhaus’ Daniel Ash told us about his supergroup Ashes And Diamonds with Bruce Smith (Public Image Ltd., the Pop Group) and Paul Spencer Denman (Sade, Sweetback), and today it’s finally here. The band is announcing their debut album Ashes And Diamonds Are Forever, and their debut single “On A Rocka” is out now.

Ashes and Diamonds — Members of Bauhaus, PiL, and Sade Unite for New Single “On A Rocka” — Post-Punk.com

Three lives in music, three cities, three distinct pasts: Bauhaus/Tones On Tail/Love and Rockets’ arch glamour and experimentation, Sade/Sweetback’s low-lit and elegant basslines, Public Image Ltd./The Pop Group’s irreverent, abstract percussion. Together, they sound like they’ve been daring each other in the studio for decades. “When I met Bruce for the first time (I had known Paul since way back), we were all renting a very humble rehearsal sp…