Terror Couple Kill Colonel Explained

Terror Couple Kill Colonel
Cover:bauhaus_terror_couple_kill.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bauhaus
Released:June 1980
Genre:Post-punk, gothic rock
Label:4AD
Prev Title:Dark Entries
Prev Year:1979
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Next Year:1980

"Terror Couple Kill Colonel" is a song by English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released as a stand-alone single in June 1980.

Release

"Terror Couple Kill Colonel" reached No. 5 in the UK Independent Singles Chart.[1]

The title came from a newspaper headline reporting a Red Army Faction attack that killed Paul Bloomquist.[2]

Original sleeves were printed on a textured fabric. Two versions of this record exist; each having a different recording of "Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Version)" on the B-side. The rarer (mispressing) is noted by the matrix "TA1PE AD 7 AA1" in the run-out groove.

Track listing

  1. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel"
  2. "Scopes"
  3. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Version)"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Thompson, Dave . 2002 . The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock: In the Reptile House with The Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus and The Cure . Helter Skelter . 250 . 190092448X.
  2. Web site: Bauhaus.