Stereo Embers The Podcast 0026: Daniel Ash (Love And Rockets/Bauhaus/Poptone)

“Daniel Ash Knew I Drove A Honda Fit” It didn’t take long for Daniel Ash to know Alex drives a Honda Fit. Only minutes after their chat began, the former Love and Rockets frontman could tell Alex wasn’t a fellow thrill-seeking motorcycle enthusiast. Call it intuition, call it a lucky guess, but either way, Ash was right on the mark. Also on the mark is Ash’s new band Poptone, which finds him paired up with his former Bauhaus/Love and Rockets bandmate Kevin Haskins alongside Haskins’ daughter Diva on bass. Postpone plays the songs of Ash’s former bands as well as numbers by Tones On Tail, all reimagined in a dark and glorious new direction. As exciting as that news is, in this interview Ash talks about…motorcycles. And Brigitte Bardot standing next to a motorcycle. And Easy Rider. And if an ad for a motorcycle can upstage a beautiful girl. You get the idea. “Thank you for talking to me about things I like,” Ash says at one point. It’s an entertaining and discursive talk, but the through-line is motorcycles: why some people ride them and others don’t, what the best motorcycle films are and whether or not stepping on stage gives Ash the same thrill as blasting through the desert at 100 miles per hour on…you guessed it: a motorcycle. He also talks about his new single “Alien Love,” says Kevin Haskins is always making lists and he tells Alex what picture he has hanging in his bathroom. Cover photo: Brett Widmann