One half of the seminal electronic duo Suicide, Alan Vega was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1948. He began his career as a visual artist, gaining notoriety for his "light sculptures; " eventually Vega opened his own lower Manhattan gallery space, which he dubbed the Project of Living Artists. The Project served as a stomping grounds for the likes of the New York Dolls, Television and Blondie as well as the 15-piece jazz group Reverend B., which featured a musician named Martin Rev on electric piano. Soon, Vega and Rev formed Suicide, whose minimalist, aggressive music -- a fusion of Rev's ominous, repetitive keyboards and Vega's rockabilly snarl -- helped paved the direction for the electronic artists of the future.
Suicide disbanded in 1980, and both Vega and Rev undertook solo careers. Vega's self-titled 1980 debut and his 1981 effort Collision Drive continued to explore the fractured rockabilly identity he had established in his earlier work. 1983's Saturn Strip, produced by longtime fan Ric Ocasek, marked Vega's debut for Elektra Records; corporate relations soured during production for 1985's Just a Million Dreams, however, and at one point the label even attempted to remove the singer from his own studio sessions.
Suicide briefly reformed in 1988; a year later the solo Vega appeared, followed in 1990 by Deuce Avenue. After the release of 1991's Power On to Zero Hour, Suicide again reunited and toured. In 1995, Vega resurfaced as a solo artist with New Raceion; a year later, he returned with Dujang Prang. At the turn of the decade, he also began exploring new media outlets; Deuce Avenue War/The Warriors v3 97, his first book of photography, appeared in 1990, while Cripple Nation, a collection of prose and lyrics, bowed in 1991. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
here's info on a small label that members of Uniform have set up called Needle Soup....we'll be releasing off-kilter 'outsider' music for want of a tag and the debut release is by the infamous Sudden Infant and is titled 'Three Puppets EP'....a brilliant collection of bristling tracks....the sleeves are specially designed silk-screen prints on watercolour paper so they look and feel as special as the music itself....release date is April 20th 2007 and there is a strict print run of 100 numbered copies only....you can order the cds at a cost of £3.50 each here....help us get the label off the ground and support alt. arts - you dont have to be wealthy to be a philanthropist !
Cool,
You added Che ......Great song, I really like that live version or Keep your dreams on the second disk of the self titled reissue...
You gotta hold on to your dreams..Fooorever
