The Vacuum were possibly the first band in Hawaii to play proper Death Rock but this line up played a wide array of styles. This video was recorded at Kamehameha school's sound and video studio over a couple days, music and video.
Guitar and vocals: Dave Carr
Bass: Gardner Pope
Drums: Frank Orrall

1985

#Hawaii #80s #Postpunk #DeathRock #Punk #ManicPanic #HungerPendant #RestingMohawk
#BossChorus #TheVacuum

https://youtu.be/IfqshypSDPY

Peter Murphy of Bauhaus called this "Absolute genius, simply the best cover of a Bauhaus song I've ever heard."

Actually I just made that quote up, but I would love for the Bauhaus guys to hear this some day.

This was on the comedy side of the first Vacuum demo tape cassette, pictured here.

Dave doing Bela Lugosi's Dead. 1984.

#Bauhuas #Hawaii #80s #Comedy #DeathRock #Goth #Punk #TheVacuum

https://youtu.be/_pptFvfQT48