RIP Alan Vega

[sylnau]

RIP Alan Vega

http://henryrollins.com/news/detail/alan_vega1/

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7uBOuCjymE[/youtube]

[weed_killer]

huge inspiration. rip.

[jrfox92]

WHY.

Suicide was one of my biggest inspirations when I first started playing and was one one the main reasons I got into the idea of using drum machines.

[WeHuntKings]

It is incredible how overlooked Suicide is. I doubt I'd be making music without them. Blasting the self titled album now...

[Faldoe]

Never heard of Suicide. Checking out the self-titled. RIP.

[Chankgeez]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11KOFvXtg2g[/youtube]

[oscillateur]

Yeah, that sucks.

I'm surprised he was that old though, but that makes sense when you start thinking about how long ago the Suicide albums were made (and they haven't really aged, still sound great today) and the fact that he already had an art career at that point.

He did an interesting album with Mika Vainio and Ilpo Vaisanen (i.e. Pan Sonic) called VVV in the late 90s or so, it was probably the first record Alan Vega I actually owned.

[cheesecats]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2rdy8h3S4[/youtube]

[sylnau]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj-iuhHM_Bw[/youtube]

[weed_killer]

It is incredible how overlooked Suicide is. I doubt I'd be making music without them. Blasting the self titled album now...

and even then, it always frustrates me that whenever they're mentioned, it's always about the first album, which is incredible, but the second one is equally as great. I play the second more - it's got a stronger set of songs in my opinion:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-RrBiNFykQ[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqH01IuKmxc[/youtube]

[D.o.S.]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXyU_zbzDEg[/youtube]

Sad news.

[imJonWain]

woahhhhh shit

[WeHuntKings]

It is incredible how overlooked Suicide is. I doubt I'd be making music without them. Blasting the self titled album now...

and even then, it always frustrates me that whenever they're mentioned, it's always about the first album, which is incredible, but the second one is equally as great. I play the second more - it's got a stronger set of songs in my opinion:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-RrBiNFykQ[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqH01IuKmxc[/youtube]

Yeah, the second album is definitely great too, but I don't consider it equally so. When talking about classic records like this, it is very important to consider the context in which the music was released. I think the reason people talk about the self titled record so much is because of how revolutionary it was. It predated anything we call punk rock, and was more punk rock than most of the music that came out after it (without being anything remotely like punk rock in a strictly musical sense). It was electronica before there were many bands doing that, too. I've played this record for a lot of people who love music and it is amazing to see how many jaws hit the floor when I tell them the year it came out. I think it aged a hell of a lot better than 99 percent of the rest of their material too, at least from a production standpoint.

[repoman]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hSCGGN0_lU[/youtube]

He had the coolest voice like a mumbling elvis.