Bauhaus/Love & Rockets producer & engineer Derek Tompkins, R.I.P.

Derek Tompkins, producer and engineer for Bauhaus and Love & Rockets died on November 6th. Peter Murphy and David J offered their condolences publicly on Twitter (Daniel Ash has not publicly commented). The picture Peter Murphy posted below on Twitter is taken from the very first Bauhaus recording session (recorded only four weeks after Bauhaus, who were at that time called Bauhaus 1919). The five track demo was recorded in Tompkins' own studio which he established in 1969. Read more about the release here.

R.I.P. Derek Tompkins.

Learned today of Derek Tompkins passing. Bauhaus Engineer, Producer, and Mentor. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. pic.twitter.com/5EZg7BRTaq
— Peter Murphy (@petermurphyinfo) November 9, 2013

Derek Tompkins, Bauhaus / Love & Rockets co-producer / engineer passed away on November 6. He was a lovely man and will be greatly missed

— David J (@davidjhaskins) November 9, 2013

Published on November 11th, 2013 @ 6:16 AM