Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Live Coachella 2005)

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" is a song by English post-punk band Bauhaus. This song was the band's first single, released on 6 August 1979 by record label Small Wonder. It is often considered the first gothic rock record.

[@carlosdelcid6841]

Not only that he is upside down for 9 min... is the fact that he is singing and performing flawlessly that really makes it mindblowing.....

[@Dr.VonBraun]

Upside down like a bat. That’s goth AF!!! 🦇🖤

[@wallacewinston3627]

This song is the Freebird of the goth community

[@danrodrigues3531]

The fact that Kevin Haskins plays the same repetitious beat for the entire song is just amazing to me.

[@skwyd42]

I was at this show and when he came out upside down, it was the most unbelievable thing! This show cemented them as THE goth band of all times!

[@jasonunsell2778]

If there was ever such a thing as vampires i believe Peter Murphy would be it. If there were ever such a thing as aliens David Bowie would be it.

[@des9655]

As a big Bauhaus fan, and a drummer in school.. The drummer is basically playing rudiments.. But to do it for 9 minutes... Wow .. Precision. My friend and I would argue. He always thought they used a drum machine.. It just takes practice to do it over and over.. But it is brilliant!! I'm dead just as Bella !

[@jillianallen4252]

Peter's voice somehow manages to fit this song even more as he ages

[@killyourtelevision999]

10 minutes hanging upside down? No way on earth I'd do this.

[@eduardotomas2676]

This man managed to stay 9 minutes and 42 seconds upside down and sing a song. Amazing

[@heyisii]

me as a teenager: become a goth

[@alvaroasc]

One of the greatest moments of rock history.

[@markdawson-smith1950]

As much as I love Radiohead's Coachella performance, this has to be the single best ever Coachella performance by any artist. Simply outstanding.

[@lupelupelupe]

Wow. I remember this. Coachella has changed so much.

[@BloodOfBatz]

Only time I ever attended Coachella was to see Bauhaus. They did not disappoint. 🦇💀🧛‍♂️🖤

[@mraven7507]

Every hair on me stands when i hear this track. This as to be one of the most amazing performances ever . Thanks to whoever posted this

[@perrosuelto200111]

That can't be easy to sing that entire song upside-down for 9 minutes. I have a Roman chair that I use to invert my spine just as an orthopedic exercise to stretch out and relieve pressure on my discs, but I've never done it for more than, let's say, 30 seconds.

[@johnstairs]

This song feels if it was recorded in black and white

[@nicolejttmom6061]

Who knows a song in 2 seconds??? The crowd reaction is a testament to this classic. Murphy most handsome ever❤.

[@srebuck]

That voice.