# Bauhaus — Bela Lugosi's Dead

Bauhaus’s Bela Lugosi's Dead (1979) appears on 2 of our lists — Post-Punk and The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms, highest at No. 9 in Post-Punk. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1979
- **Label:** Small Wonder
- **On:** Post-Punk and The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Bauhaus](https://waxonia.com/artist/bauhaus/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/bauhaus--bela-lugosis-dead/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 9 in [Post-Punk](https://waxonia.com/genre/post-punk/)

Nine minutes of dub delay, brushed drums and vamping, recorded live in one take. Absurd and completely committed, and gothic rock begins the moment it finishes.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Both Rooms](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/)

Nine minutes of dub delay recorded live in one take. The guitar records that survive on a dancefloor tend to be the ones that were secretly dance records all along, and this is the clearest case.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Bauhaus%20Bela%20Lugosi's%20Dead) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9h2q_dr9k)

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