Suicide (band)

American musical duo (1970–2016)

This article is about the band. For the 1977 album, see Suicide (1977 album).

Suicide

Martin Rev and Alan Vega in 1980

Background information
Origin| New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres|

* Synth-punk[1]
* electronic[2]
* art punk[3]
* avant-garde[4]
* electronic rock[5]
* proto-punk[6]

Years active| 1970–2016
Labels| Red Star, ZE, ROIR International, Blast First/Mute
Past members|

* Alan Vega
* Martin Rev
* Paul Liebegott

Suicide was an American musical duo composed of vocalist Alan Vega and instrumentalist Martin Rev, intermittently active between 1970 and 2016. The group's pioneering music used minimalist electronic instrumentation, including synthesizers and primitive drum machines, and their early performances were confrontational and often ended in violence.[7] They were among the first acts to use the phrase "punk music" in an advertisement for a concert in 1970—during their very brief stint as a three-piece including Paul Liebegott.[8][9]

Though never widely popular among the general public, Suicide has been recognized as among the most influential acts of its era. The band’s debut album Suicide (1977) was described by Entertainment Weekly as "a landmark of electronic music",[10] while AllMusic stated that it "provided the blueprints for post-punk, synth pop, and industrial rock."[11]

## History

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In 1969, Alan Bermowitz became involved with the publicly funded MUSEUM: A Project of Living Artists—an artist-run 24-hour multimedia gallery at 729 Broadway[12] in Manhattan. Producing visual art under the name Alan Suicide, Bermowitz graduated from painting to light sculptures,[note 1] many of which were constructed from electronic debris. He gained a residency at the OK Harris Gallery in SoHo where he continued to exhibit until 1975.[citation needed] Barbara Gladstone continued to show his work well into the 1980s.

Later that same year, Bermowitz saw The Stooges perform at the New York State Pavilion; an epiphany for Bermowitz. He would later say, "It showed me you didn't have to do static artworks, you could create situations, do something environmental. That's what got me moving more intensely in the direction of doing music. Compared with Iggy, whatever I was doing as an artist felt insignificant."[13]

After this, in 1970, Alan Vega and Martin "Rev" Reverby met through the Art Workers' Coalition. With Rev, Bermowitz began experimenting with electronic music, and formed Suicide, along with guitarist Paul Liebgott. According to a 2002 interview of Alan Vega, the name of the band was inspired by the title of a Ghost Rider comic book issue titled "Satan Suicide". He further explained, "We were talking about society's suicide, especially American society. New York City was collapsing. The Vietnam War was going on. The name Suicide said it all to us."[14]

Their first show was June 19, 1970 at the Project of Living Artists in lower Manhattan. They soon began billing themselves as "punk music". Liebegott left at the end of 1971, and they continued as a duo. By that point, Vega was no longer playing any instruments, and began performing only vocals. Rev stopped playing drums and blowing whistle by early 1975. Suicide emerged alongside the early glam punk scene in New York, playing with the likes of the New York Dolls and the Fast. They began to court a reputation for confrontational live shows inspired by Iggy Pop. Many of the band's early shows were at the Mercer Arts Center, alongside bands such as the New York Dolls and Eric Emerson and the Magic Tramps. During an early show at the Mercer Arts Center David Johansen played harmonica with Suicide. Vega and Rev both dressed like 'arty street thugs', and Vega was notorious for brandishing a motorcycle drive chain onstage. Vega once stated, "We started getting booed as soon as we came onstage. Just from the way we looked, they started giving us hell already."[15] After the collapse of the Mercer Arts Center in 1973, Suicide played at Max's Kansas City and CBGB (before being banned), often sharing the bill with emerging punk bands. Their first album was reissued with bonus material, including "23 Minutes in Brussels", a recording of a Suicide concert that later deteriorated into a riot.

Their first release was "Rocket U.S.A.", which was included on the 1976 Max's Kansas City compilation. The following year, they recorded and independently released their debut album, Suicide (1977), on Red Star Records. Although initial press reviews were divided (with Rolling Stone in particular giving it a scathing review), media recognition has changed over the years. Nick Hornby writes, "'Che', 'Ghost Rider'—these eerie, sturdy, proto-punk anthems rank among the most visionary, melodic experiments the rock realm has yet produced." Of note is the ten-minute "Frankie Teardrop", which tells the story of a poverty-stricken 20-year-old factory worker pushed to the edge. Critic Emerson Dameron writes that the song is "one of the most terrifying, riveting, absurd things I’ve ever heard."[16] Hornby, in his book 31 Songs, describes the track as something you would listen to "only once".[17]

They played their first overseas shows in 1978, supporting Elvis Costello and the Clash in the UK and Western Europe. They also played some solo gigs such as at the F Club in Leeds on 1 August 1978. After a tour opening for the Cars, Alan Vega received a call from Michael Zilkha of Ze Records asking if he could sign Suicide to his label.[18] They subsequently recorded their sophomore album Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev with Ze at the Power Station studios. While the album was a critical success, it was not a commercial success, Alan Vega felt that "nothing big for us happened" after the second album was released in comparison to the first album.[19]

### 1980s and beyond

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After the second album's release, Suicide would sporadically release new music, mostly to mixed critical and commercial reception, releasing their last album, American Supreme, in 2002. During this time, they both became involved in their own projects. In 1986, Alan Vega collaborated with Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy on the Gift album, released under the name of The Sisterhood. In 1996, Vega collaborated with Alex Chilton and Ben Vaughn on the album Cubist Blues.[20] Vega and Rev have both released solo albums.

In 2008, Blast First Petite released Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series—a monthly, limited-edition series of 10" vinyl EPs and downloads by major artists, honoring Alan Vega's 70th birthday. Among those paying tribute were Bruce Springsteen, Primal Scream, Peaches, Grinderman, Spiritualized, The Horrors, +Pansonic, Julian Cope, Lydia Lunch, Vincent Gallo, LIARS, and The Klaxons. The label also released Suicide: 1977–1978, a 6-CD box set, the same year.[21]

In September 2009, the group performed their debut LP live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

In May 2010, the band performed the entire first album live at two London concerts, double billed with Iggy & The Stooges performing Raw Power.[22] The band performed their final concert at London's Barbican Centre on 9 July 2015.[23] Billed as 'A Punk Mass', the show featured solo sets by both Rev and Vega before a headlining Suicide performance. Henry Rollins, Bobby Gillespie, and Jehnny Beth made guest appearances. The concert received positive reviews.[24][25][26]

They played their final shows in 2015, canceling Shows scheduled for the following year due to Vega's declining health and eventual death.[27] Alan Vega died in his sleep on July 16, 2016, at the age of 78.[28] His death was announced by musician and radio host Henry Rollins, who shared an official statement from Vega's family on his website.[29]

## Musical style

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Rev's simple keyboard riffs, which were initially played on a battered Farfisa organ combined with effects units, before changing to a synthesizer, were accompanied by primitive drum machines. This provided a pulsing, minimalistic, electronic backdrop for Vega's murmuring and nervy vocals. It was the first band to use the term punk to describe itself, which the band had adopted from an article by Lester Bangs. Some of the band's earliest posters use the terms "punk music" and "punk music mass".

According to writer Alexandre Breton, the duo was influenced by musicians such as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette, Lou Reed and Captain Beefheart.[30][better source needed] Vega directly cited artists including the Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, ? and the Mysterians, and Silver Apples.[31] Additionally, Martin Rev was a student of Lennie Tristano,[32] and Rev was also influenced by jazz musicians like John Coltrane.[33] The duo were also influenced by films and directors such as Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo, David Lynch and John Waters.[34]

In a 1978 interview for Melody Maker, the band state that their music is a reflection of a troubled world, and Vega said "there are two many people", "no food and energy" and this feeling of self-destructiveness is resonated in their musical style.[33]

## Legacy

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The Guardian reported that "Suicide's aggressive synthesiser rock has been cited as an influence by bands such as Radiohead, U2, New Order and Depeche Mode, electronic acts such as Daft Punk and Aphex Twin, and Bruce Springsteen, who covered their song 'Dream Baby Dream'."[35] Music journalist Colin Larkin wrote that Suicide, "with their potent fusion of rockabilly and electronic music on cheap equipment", became an important influence on the Birthday Party, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Nine Inch Nails.[36] Critic Toby Creswell listed Devo, Ultravox and Air among "Suicide's heirs", those acts having "benefited from their pioneering sheets of industrial music".[37] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone reported that "countless artists" have been heavily inspired by Suicide's debut album, including the Human League, Bauhaus and Spacemen 3.[38]

Synth-pop duo Soft Cell have stated that their sound came from "trying to make a pop version" of Suicide's abrasive, synth-driven music.[39] Other artists who have cited Suicide as an influence include the Sisters of Mercy,[40] the Jesus and Mary Chain,[41] Nick Cave,[42] Steve Albini,[43] Ariel Pink,[44] AFI,[45] and Hot Snakes.[46]

## Covers

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In 1994, The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack contains "Ghost Rider", covered by the Rollins Band. That same year The Fatima Mansions released a cover of "Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne", as part of their 1994 single "Nite Flights". In May 1999, ? and the Mysterians released a cover of "Cheree" on the album More Action.

The riff from "Ghost Rider" was sampled extensively in M.I.A.'s single, "Born Free", released in April 2010.[47] Martin Rev joined M.I.A. to perform the song on the Late Show with David Letterman.

In mid-2009, the band The Horrors released a cover of the song "Shadazz", as part of a tribute to Alan Vega and his work. They have performed it many times live, along with another Suicide song, "Ghost Rider". Later that year, Primal Scream and Miss Kittin covered the song "Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne" for a limited-edition 10-inch vinyl pressing. A total of 3,000 copies were pressed and released on March 30, 2009.[48]

"Ghost Rider" was covered by the garage punk band the Gories, and released on the album Cheapo Crypt Sampler No. 2.[49] In April 2011, the influential dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem used a snippet from "Ghost Rider" during the song "Losing My Edge", and covered the Alan Vega solo effort "Bye Bye Bayou" during their final concert, held in a sold-out Madison Square Garden. The song was also covered by British duo The Last Shadow Puppets at New York City's Terminal 5, as a tribute to Alan Vega, shortly after his death in 2016.[50][51]

In April 2012, Neneh Cherry released a cover of the song "Dream Baby Dream", which appeared on her album The Cherry Thing.[52] In May 2014, The band Savages, also released a live cover of the song as a b-side of their single "Fuckers"/"Dream Baby Dream" 12". Other artists who covered the song include Bruce Springsteen in 2016, and Many Angled Ones & Guy McKnight, in August 2018.

## Discography

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Both Alan Vega and Martin Rev have recorded solo albums; see Alan Vega discography and Martin Rev discography.

### Studio albums

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* 1977 – Suicide
* 1980 – Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev
* 1988 – A Way of Life
* The 2005 Blast First/Mute/EMI CD reissue has a slightly different mix of the album, most notably the song "Surrender", and includes a live bonus disc recorded in 1987 and videos for "Dominic Christ"[53] and "Surrender" by Stefan Roloff.
* 1992 – Why Be Blue
* The 2005 Blast First/Mute/EMI CD reissue includes a live bonus disc recorded in 1989 and a complete remix by Martin Rev of the original album and different track order.
* 2002 – American Supreme
* Initial CD copies included a live bonus disc recorded in 1998.

### Live albums

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* 1978 – 21½ Minutes in Berlin/23 Minutes in Brussels
* 1981 – Half Alive (a collection of live and demo material recorded from 1975–1979; originally released by ROIR on cassette only, with liner notes by Lester Bangs)
* 1986 – Ghost Riders (a live concert from 1981 – originally released on cassette only)
* 1997 – Zero Hour (late '70s live recordings)
* 2004 – Attempted: Live at Max's Kansas City 1980 (soundboard recordings from a New York City rock club performance; with liner notes by Marty Thau)
* 2008 – Live 1977–1978 (a six-CD box set containing 13 complete Suicide live performances from September 1977 to August 1978 plus bonus material)

### EPs

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* 1978 – 23 Minutes Over Brussels
* 1998 – 22/1/98 – Reinventing America (recorded live at The Barbican – "Inventing America" launch party)

### Singles

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* "Johnny" (1977)
* "Cheree" / "I Remember" (1978)
* "Dream Baby Dream" / "Radiation" (1979)
* "Surrender" (1988)

## References

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2. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Alan Vega: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
3. ^ "All-Star Suicide Tribute". Clash. June 25, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
4. ^ Greene, Doyle (March 2016). Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966-1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era. McFarland. p. 101.
5. ^ DK (2013). Music: The Definitive Visual History. Penguin. p. 337\. ISBN 9781465421265.
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7. ^ "Suicide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
8. ^ Reynolds, Simon (January 29, 2002). "The second gig took place at the Soho gallery OK Harris, where Vega also held his first show. "On the gig flyers, we announced it as a Punk Music Mass. We didn't invent the word—I probably got it from an article on the Stooges by Lester Bangs—but I think we were the first band to describe our music as punk."". Village Voice. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
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10. ^ Romano, Nick. "n Vega, singer of electronic music duo Suicide, dies at 78". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
11. ^ Phares, Heather. "Suicide [First Album] – Suicide". AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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13. ^ Reynolds, Simon (January 29, 2002). "Suicide Watch". The Village Voice. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
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15. ^ Moyer, Matthew (January 2003). "Alan Vega". Ink 19. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
16. ^ Dameron, Emerson. "Ghost Songs - Our Favorite Halloween Tunes". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
17. ^ Nick Hornby. 31 Songs. McSweeney's.
18. ^ Nobahkt 2004, p. 134. sfn error: no target: CITEREFNobahkt2004 (help)
19. ^ Nobahkt 2004, p. 141. sfn error: no target: CITEREFNobahkt2004 (help)
20. ^ "Cubist Blues - Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
21. ^ Paul Smith (2008). "Alan Vega Turns 70- Years Old/Box Set". MV Remix Rock. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
22. ^ "IGGY & THE STOOGES PERFORMING RAW POWER + SUICIDE PERFORMING 1ST LP". All Tomorrow's Parties. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
23. ^ "Suicide: A Punk Mass". Barbican. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
24. ^ "Requiem For A Scream: Suicide's 'Punk Mass'". The Quietus. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
25. ^ "Suicide: A Punk Mass: Barbican Theatre, London – review". Louder Than War. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
26. ^ "Suicide, Barbican, review: 'one of the strangest concerts I've ever seen'". The Telegraph. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2016.
27. ^ "Suicide- Concert Chronology / Gigography". From The Archives. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
28. ^ Yoo, Noah (July 17, 2016). "Suicide's Alan Vega Dead at 78". pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
29. ^ Rollins, Henry. "Alan Vega 7-16-16". HenryRollins.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
30. ^ Alexandre Breton (April 11, 2017). Alan Vega - Conversation with an Indian. Le Texte Vivant. ISBN 9782367230443.
31. ^ Kris Needs (October 12, 2015). "Five". Suicide: Dream Baby Dream, A New York City Story. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9781783235353. "With Alan, events which oddly foreshadowed Suicide itself were taking place elsewhere in downtown Manhattan. He had just discovered the world's first two-man electronic band. They were called Silver Apples, and featured Simeon Coxe III singing over the otherwordly noise he coaxed out a pulsing heap of arcane electronic junk he called The Thing, all punctuated by highly creative drummer Danny Taylor. Alan recalls discovering the duo in the late sixties, and being first to spread the word in CBGB and Max's about their monumental place in the city's musical history. "They were so way out, man," he still enthuses. "I loved the minimalism of their stuff. I used to rave about the Silver Apples, but nobody had heard of them. That music was part of me so, from my angle, Suicide stole from the Velvets, Iggy, Question Mark & the Mysterians and the Silver Apples."
32. ^ Alexandre Breton. Alan Vega - Conversation with an Indian. Le Texte Vivant. ISBN 9782367230443.
33. ^ a b Irwin, C. (1978) "Bent on Suicide". Melody Maker. Suicide. Retrieved June 21, 2025, from http://www.rocksbackpages.com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/Library/Article/bent-on-suicide
34. ^ Jonathan Monovich (March 22, 2023). "Suicide's Music in Film: An Interview with Martin Rev". PopMatters. PopMatters Media, Inc. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
35. ^ Guardian staff (July 17, 2016). "Alan Vega, Suicide frontman and electronic music pioneer, dies aged 78". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
36. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Rich, Young and Pretty. Muze. p. 10\. ISBN 9780195313734.
37. ^ Toby Creswell (2007). Frankie Teardrop - Suicide. Hardie Grant Publishing. p. 89\. ISBN 9781742731483.
38. ^ Rob Sheffield (July 17, 2016). "Remembering Suicide's Alan Vega: Screamer of Truths, Dreamer of Dreams". Rolling Stone. Penske Business Media. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
39. ^ Clarkson, John (2019). "Soft Cell - Interview with Dave Ball". Pennyblack Music. Archived from the original on February 6, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025. "I think we were like that anyway. We were into bands that were confrontational and challenging like Suicide. We were trying to make a pop version of that, which we did in a way. There is a book that has come out recently called 'Suicide: A Love Story', and there is a quote in there from Alan Vega - I used to know Alan quite well. I met him many times. Sadly he is no longer with us - and he was asked, 'What do you think of Soft Cell?' and he said, 'Yeah, man, they had some good songs, but they were kind of like Suicide the easy way' (Laughs). I think that sums us up really. We were not quite as confrontational as them, but we had the same heart and spirit. We were, however, not going to get on 'Top of the Pops' if we did 'Frankie Teardrop'."
40. ^ Pearis, Bill (February 8, 2023). "BV interview: The Sisters of Mercy's Andrew Eldritch talks US tour, System of a Down, new music & more". Brooklyn Vegan. Archived from the original on March 24, 2025. Retrieved April 25, 2025. "I think you understand that we're not informed by other contemporary music. We're informed by Hawkwind and the Stooges and Suicide and strange Japanese films. And we also write some killer riffs, and we deliver them with intelligence, wit, and energy. That's about it."
41. ^ "Interview with Jim Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain". On Your Markus. 2024. Archived from the original on December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
42. ^ Daniel Dylan Wray (October 14, 2015). "People Would Boo, and I Would Scream Back at Them: "I Hate Your Fucking Guts!"". Vice. Vice Media Group. Retrieved December 21, 2020. "'Go and see Suicide, everybody go and see Suicide NOW!' So screamed Nick Cave on stage at the end of Grinderman's set at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, 2011."
Conor McCaffrey (August 4, 2017). "No Compromise: Remembering Suicide's Alan Vega – A True One-off". Moo Kid. Retrieved December 21, 2020. "One memorable festival moment of the last few years for me was Grinderman finishing on one stage at Primavera and Nick Cave ordering the crowd to rush over and see Suicide across the way, as 'none of us bands would be here without them'."
43. ^ Vish (August 10, 2016). "Ep. #275: Incredible Love – Alan Vega & Suicide Remembered by Steve Albini, Jehnny Beth, Brendan Canty, Kid Millions, Robyn Phillips, Priya Thomas, & Mike Watt". Kreative Kontrol. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
44. ^ Beta, Andy (September 13, 2012). "Cover Story: Ariel Pink". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
45. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "AFI - What's in My Bag?". YouTube. Amoeba. March 27, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2020. "[Davey Havok:] I can pull out the Suicide record. What a rough past year we had, because we lost Alan, amidst other great, hugely influential artists. Safe to say that we're all fans here of their work and this record, which is just so wildly ahead of its time and cutting edge in what they were doing with electronics and soundscapes and mood and creating darkness within this minimal crunchy noise art sound."
46. ^ Fitzpatrick, Will (March 1, 2016). "John Reis on curating ATP with Drive Like Jehu".  The Skinny. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025. "Suicide was such a big influence on Hot Snakes, it was probably the main influence – that and  the Wipers – so I really wanted to have them represented in some way."
47. ^ Brown, August (August 23, 2010). "Snap Judgment: M.I.A. drops new track, "Born Free" (and gets Suicide paid)". Los Angeles Times. Hiss & Pop blog. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
48. ^ "Primal Scream cover Suicide for new single". NME. February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
49. ^ "Various - Cheapo Crypt Sampler No. 2! (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1997. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
50. ^ "The Last Shadow Puppets played Terminal 5 with Cameron Avery (pics, setlist)". Brooklyn Vegan. August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
51. ^ Curley, John (August 3, 2016). "The Last Shadow Puppets deliver a sensational show at NYC's Terminal 5". Goldmine Magazine. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
52. ^ "Various Artists: "Dream Baby Dream"". Pitchfork. April 11, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
53. ^ "R&R". When6is9.de. Retrieved July 17, 2016.

## Notes

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1. ^ "I started as a painter. The first time I did a light piece was when I was working on a very big purple painting. There was one light bulb in the room and as I walked around I noticed how the painting acquired different aspects. I wanted it to be one color so I said, "Fuck this, man!" I took the light out of the ceiling and really stuck it on the painting." Alan Vega, 1993 – 100,000 Watts of Fat City Anna Polerica.

## Further reading

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* Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571215696. OCLC 1036851652 – via the Internet Archive.

## External links

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* Suicide Story on ZE Records official website
* Suicide and You, by Matthew Moyer Archived 2007-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
* "Suicide Watch" article by Simon Reynolds on Alan Vega, including some information on Suicide in general
* Complete concert chronology
* Very complete discography
* Martin Rev official site
* Alan Vega official site
* Dominic Christ: "Video for Way of Life".
* Video for Way of Life by Stefan Roloff

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Suicide

* Alan Vega
* Martin Rev

Studio albums|

* Suicide (1977)
* Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev (1980)
* A Way of Life (1988)
* Why Be Blue (1992)
* American Supreme (2002)

Live albums|

* 21½ Minutes in Berlin/23 Minutes in Brussels
* Ghost Riders

Compilation albums|

* Half Alive
* Surrender

Tribute albums|

* Alan Vega 70th Birthday Limited Edition EP Series

Singles|

* "Johnny"
* "Cheree"
* "Dream Baby Dream"
* "Surrender"
* "Why Be Blue"

Other songs|

* "Ghost Rider"
* "Frankie Teardrop"

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Alan Vega

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* Alan Vega (1980)
* Collision Drive (1981)
* Saturn Strip (1983)
* It (2017)
* Mutator (2021)

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