Love and Rockets — Dog End of a Day Gone By

JUL 01 1985 · 12:00

Love and Rockets — Dog End of a Day Gone By (1985) Era: Post-Punk Psychedelic Transition (1985) - Debut-era music video from Love and Rockets' first album 'Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven,' marking the band's stylistic departure from Bauhaus-era goth into warmer, psychedelia-inflected alternative rock, released on Beggars Banquet. High. This is the only known promotional video for 'Dog End of a Day Gone By,' the standout track from Love and Rockets' historically significant 1985 debut. As a Fugative Films / Beggars Banquet production made 'in association with Love and Rockets,' it offers a rare, band-proximate visual document of the group's psychedelic-rock rebranding moment. Its rapid-cut 16mm aesthetic, warm color palette, and energetic pacing make it a visually distinctive entry in the mid-80s UK indie promo canon and an essential reference point for archives documenting the Bauhaus/post-punk lineage and its evolution into mainstream alternative rock. Context: Released in 1985 as part of Love and Rockets' debut album 'Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven' on Beggars Banquet, this track and its accompanying video represent a pivotal post-Bauhaus reorientation. The band — Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins — formed after Bauhaus dissolved in 1983, and their debut was described as 'an unashamedly psychedelic adventure, far removed from the dark, angular soundscapes of Bauhaus,' with the band citing Syd Barrett, Marc Bolan, and late-period Beatles as primary influences rather than goth forebears. The song's lyrical content — satirizing street-corner religiosity and urban alienation — reflected the mid-1980s UK social climate, including the rising influence of televangelism and Thatcherite urban decay. The rapid-cut, warm-toned visual aesthetic mirrors the band's deliberate repositioning: energetic, psychedelic, and distinctly un-goth. Director notes: Per the Discogs listing for 'The Haunted Fishtank' (Beggars Banquet, 1989), Track 1 — 'Dog End of a Day Gone By' — carries a ℗ 1985 Beggars Banquet copyright and is credited as produced by Fugative Films [sic]. The VHS compilation notes that 'all videos [were] directed in association with Love And Rockets,' suggesting strong band creative involvement. No named director has been identified in any publicly available production database, press archive, or music video credit source. The misspelling 'Fugative' (for 'Fugitive') is reproduced directly from the official release documentation.