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When I first saw the lineup for this year's Catskills edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, all my excitement centered on one thing: the prospect of seeing the near-mythical NYC duo Suicide perform their (your-favorite-superlative-here) first album on the bizarre spaceship stage in the corrugated metal galaxy that is the famed Stardust Ballroom at Kutsher's Resort. Such glory having come to pass, we're thrilled that Alan Vega and Martin Rev have consented to our sharing two tracks from their set with you.
Suicide were in a playful mood for this show, with Martin Rev gleefully pounding tonal fist-clusters on his synths, and Alan Vega doing a slow menacing prowl in his track suit and twitching along to his every echo-laden howl and yelp. (pic of Suicide onstage at the Stardust Ballroom by Irene Trudel)
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I saw Suicide at The Palladium in January 1978, opening up for The Runaways and The Ramones. As I wrote last week on my blog http://rockrollshow.blogspot.com/
"Suicide opened up. This two-man "band" consisted of Alan Vega on screaming and Martin Rev on some kind of keyboard set-up that blasted our ears with some sort of unlistenable electronic racket. Boos rang out, and then they got pelted with crap. They blew. We couldn't stand no more, so we went out to the lobby for beers. (Note however I did buy Vega's 1981 rockabilly record, Collision Drive, which I did like)."
I saw Suicide live in London's ICA about five years ago and it was wildly entertaining - an hour of mindbending noise and Vega's howls and yelps sent us out into the night in an altered state. Jarvis Cocker was standing behind me going nuts. Can't wait to see them again.
I saw Suicide at The Palladium in January 1978, opening up for The Runaways and The Ramones. As I wrote last week on my blog http://rockrollshow.blogspot.com/
"Suicide opened up. This two-man "band" consisted of Alan Vega on screaming and Martin Rev on some kind of keyboard set-up that blasted our ears with some sort of unlistenable electronic racket. Boos rang out, and then they got pelted with crap. They blew. We couldn't stand no more, so we went out to the lobby for beers. (Note however I did buy Vega's 1981 rockabilly record, Collision Drive, which I did like)."
Posted by: Johnny | October 14, 2009 at 04:59 PM
"Suicide, Live" good one!
Posted by: We Willy | October 14, 2009 at 07:37 PM
I saw Suicide live in London's ICA about five years ago and it was wildly entertaining - an hour of mindbending noise and Vega's howls and yelps sent us out into the night in an altered state. Jarvis Cocker was standing behind me going nuts. Can't wait to see them again.
Posted by: Paul | October 15, 2009 at 06:52 AM
I've never seen Suicide...so post more mp3s!!!
Posted by: 2000s | October 15, 2009 at 04:12 PM
i've never seen Suicide too, hope to catch any of their shows...
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Posted by: craigspr | October 15, 2009 at 07:32 PM