David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets.

He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays, Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick), in 2008, which was restaged at REDCAT in Los Angeles in 2011, featured David, Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Emily Jane White.

In 2015, J performed with Ego Plum on the theme of the Nickelodeon TV show Harvey Beaks.

In 2016, J recorded with the Theatre Bizarre Orchestra for a record entitled Carpe Noctem under the name M.C. Nightshade.

In 2018 J teamed up again with Peter Murphy on a world tour, celebrating 40 years of Bauhaus and in particular the album In the Flat Field.

In 2020 J released the track "(I walk away) from the girl in yellow" for the Mexican label No Devotion Records compilation named "We are not safe yet."

On February 25, 2022, David announced his latest album on Los Angeles/Minneapolis-based label Give/Take in collaboration with Mexicali-based No Devotion Records, What The Patrons Heard. A collection of originals and covers recorded over the timespan of 34 years, originally only available digitally to David J's Patreon subscribers.

On Record Store Day, November 24, 2023, Independent Project Records released Tracks from the Attic, a 3 LP collection of demo recordings from 1984-2004 in a hand-letterpress sleeve. A standard release followed on May 4, 2024.

Writing credits

Theatre

  • 2004: Anarchy in the Gold Street Wimpy – <small>writer</small>
  • 2009: Silver for Gold: The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick – <small>writer, director</small>
  • 2011: The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse – <small>writer, director</small>

Books

  • 2014: Who Killed Mister Moonlight? (Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction) (Jawbone Press)

Discography

Bauhaus

Love and Rockets

The Bubblemen

Solo

Studio albums

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|+ List of full-length albums by David J

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! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Release details

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|1983

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  • Released: Nov. 1983, 1990, Nov. 2013
  • Label: Situation Two, Cherry Red
  • Format: Vinyl, CD

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|1985

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  • Released: March 1985, 2006
  • Label: Glass, Plain Recordings
  • Format: CD, digital

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|1986

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  • Released: March 1986, 1998, 2006
  • Label: Glass, Cleopatra, Plain
  • Format: LP, cass, CD

|-

|1990

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  • Released: June 1990, 1999
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • Format: LP, cass, CD, digital

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|1992

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  • Released: 1992 <small>(non-UK)</small>
  • Label: MCA
  • Format: Cass, CD

|-

| rowspan="2" |1996

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  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Charmm Records
  • Format: CD

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!

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  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Format: CD

|-

|rowspan="2"|2003

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  • Released: 2003 <small>(non-UK)</small>
  • Label: Heyday
  • Format: CD, digital

|-

!

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  • Released: 2003 <small>(non-UK)</small>
  • Label: Heyday
  • Format: CD

|-

|2005

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  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Arena Rock Recording Co.
  • Format: CD

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|2011

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  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Starry/Saint Rose
  • Format: CD/LP, digital

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|2014

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  • Released: April 2014

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|2016

|Carpe Noctem

(as M.C. Nightshade & the Theatre Bizarre Orchestra)

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  • Released: October 2016
  • Label: Hold Fast

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