Kevin Michael Dompe (born 19 July 1960), born and best-known as Kevin Michael Haskins, is an English drummer, best known from the British rock group Bauhaus. He was also a member of Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets.

Early career

As a child, Haskins banged on flowerpots and kitchen pots and pans. He eventually moved to bongos and then to drums. It wasn't until Haskins attended a Sex Pistols gig that he and his brother David J formed a band called the Submerged Tenth. The band was short-lived, but Haskins and J collaborated again in another band which featured guitarist Daniel Ash.

Influences

The beginnings of the post-punk scene had a strong effect on Haskins. He cited drummers who "had an influence on me namely, Stephen Morris from Joy Division and Kenny Morris from Siouxsie and the Banshees. I liked how Stephen played sixteenth notes on the hi hat and he used this wonderful electronic drum called The Synare drum which I ran out and bought immediately! With Kenny I loved how he would use the tom tom drums rather than hi hats and cymbals."

Bauhaus

The band took its name from the German Bauhaus art school and design movement of the 1920s, because of its “stylistic implications and associations”, according to David J, who chose the name for the band. The band also chose to use the same typeface used on the Bauhaus school building in Dessau, Germany. Although there were bands before them that prefigured the style, Bauhaus is generally regarded as the first Gothic rock group.

Bauhaus combined a number of influences (punk, glam rock, even funk and dub) to create a gloomy, but passionate sound which appealed to many looking for something new in the wake of punk's collapse. Their sound proved inspiring and brought attention to a whole wave of post-punk groups delving in the gloomy style that would eventually come to be known as gothic rock. Bauhaus became one of the most influential goth rock bands. Bauhaus officially broke up (for the first time) in July 1983. The Crow: Salvation, Saw II, 2Gether, NBC's Third Watch, Things Behind the Sun, and trailers for Skechers, PlayStation 2, and IFC.

Personal life

He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his psychologist wife Pamela Dompe, and two daughters, Diva Lynn and Lola Rose. Haskins's daughters were all born in England.

Both daughters played in the band Blackblack. Additionally, Haskins and his daughter Diva are in the band Poptone, with Daniel Ash. Lola Dompe is currently a drummer and vocalist in the band Automatic.

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