Suicide, Rev & Vega's miscelaneous

Gigs (beginning with 3rd millenium, more extensive to be worked out, please contribute) // Photos, flyers // Interviews (any contribution welcome) // Miscelaneous (some items presented here, due to demand ... just for fun : purpose here is not to put out a kind of obituary necrofilistic archive)

you may send me any material interesting or funny to appear here : mail me.


Frankie Teardrop film (1977)

Edit deAk, Mike Robinson and Paul Dougherty created a film for "Frankie Teardrop," an 11-minute song by Suicide. Edit deAk and Mike Robinson were the co-founders of Art-Rite magazine (Alan Vega collaboarted for issue #13)

"Frankie Teardrop" is a homicidal Punk epic. It's a working-class ballad about Frankie who's working from nine to five and can't survive. His solution is to kill off his family and then himself. But it's not done in an angry way. It's done in a frustrated way so the film implies this frustration. - Edit deAk

The film is death oriented. The Thanatos instinct instead of the life instinct. Instead of being overt there is the use of end-of-civilization symbols like the corpse and sunsets. - Mike Robinson

quoted in Punk Art Catalogue

The MoMA presented it at its 2009 exhibit Looking at Music: Side 2 [Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Red Star Records.]


'Red Star Records Inc thru Bronze Rec Ltd' 23 minutes in Brussels issue came with a xerox copied insert of a typewriting-letter from the record label to the fans, dated september 8, 1978 and announcing the recordings of the 2nd LP.

23 min. in Brussels : the letter



november 25 & 26, 2000 : at the Garage, London (UK)

Suicide, Gent 87

january 25, 1987 : concert in Gent (Belgium)

Suicide, Gent 87


Alan Vega's gig backstages :

Vega supports Pretenders

"Unused Backstage Pass from January 1982 tour with The Pretenders and The Alan Vega Band. This pass belonged to band member Sesu Coleman"
(this item was proposed on ebay, year 2000)


"Laminated Access All Areas pass for the European tour when the "Collision Drive" album was released in June of 1982. This pass belonged to band member Sesu Coleman"

(this item was proposed on ebay, year 2000)


$uicide - live in Berlin
Delirium records - STCD096

$uicide

This is NOT a Suicide album,

but a live album by a band named "String Driven Thing", with a track named "Suicide"


fotos, flyers



Vega Rev
Vega, Rev, from Knitting Factory, New York magazine, announcing their gig there
"New York Festival of Electronic Composers and Improvisers - The Knitting Factory, New York, N.Y.- Sunday, Jan. 23, 2000" "It's the best concert I've ever seen," Ocasek said afterward, smiling and hugging vocalist Alan Vega backstage

Vega & Thunders

Alan Vega & Johnny Thunders as friends for zine NY Rocker (january 1981)

at Maxs Kansas City 1977
live at Max's Kansas City, 1977
[look at Alan's chain & perfecto; + was drum kit theirs ?]

at NYC Plaza 1984
Live @ NYC Plaza 1984

Suicide card
Red Star promo card

Alan Vega
Ze promo card

postcard / flyer for Suicide gig at New York City's Cat Club from November, 1986

Suicide flyerSuicide flyer

London flyers (1978, first european tour with the Clash, and 1980)

first European tour, supporting the CLASHat Camden Town, London


Interviews : (click the blue bullet)

A RAP WITH SUICIDE, Kevin Whitlock meets the dynamic electro-punk duo (from Record Collector, May 1998)

More to come ... any contribution welcome


(some) concerts :

1998 gigs :

  • 20th anniversary re-release on CD of the debut album by Blast First
  • March 5th, 6th - The Garage, London with Panasonic
  • March 7th - The Garage, London
  • "Le groupe a joué pendant 4 nuits, complet tous les soirs, au Garage (Londres), au printemps 1998 et les réactions du public comme de la presse ont été si enthousiastes qu'ils ont continué à travailler ensemble, ils ont même joué à New York, leur ville natale, leurs premiers concerts depuis une vingtaine d'années."
  • July 4th, Royal Festival Hall, London, for John Peel's Meltdown, with Add N to X


2000 gigs :

  • Summer 2000 - the Sonar Electronic Music Festival in Barcelona, Spain
  • October 26&27, 2000 - at the Knitting Factory Hollywood, Cal.


2001 european gigs :
  • Eire/Ireland, September 2001, Fri. 21 - Dublin : Ambassador Theatre
  • Sun. 23 - Belfast : Limelight
  • Great Britain : Tue. september, 25 - London - 93'East
  • October 2001 : Oct. 26 - Glasgow - CCA (Centre for Contemporary Art)
  • Oct. 28 - London - ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art - The Sonic Mook Experiment nights)
  • August 4th / 4 aout for Astropolis festival, Brest, France


2002 "Art centers" gigs :


2003 gigs :

  • January, 18th at The Earl, Atlanta (US)
  • February 7th, The Middle East Café, Boston (US)
  • February 22nd, The Black Cat, Washington DC (US)
  • April 24th Alan Vega did an exhibition of his lightsculptures in Harlem, Netherland, with pre-recorded music with live vocals together with Liz Lamere and their son walking on the scene. All exclusive tracks, in the style of "Sombre"/"2007" and as an encore "Jukebox Babe".
  • April 26th, Toon Festival, Harlem (Netherland)
  • April 27th, Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp (Belgium) with Pan Sonic & Sonar
  • June 27th, Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
  • June 28th, Le rock dans tous ses états festival, Evreux (France)
  • July 1st, Flex, Wien (Austria)
  • July 3rd, Forum, Bielefeld (DE)
  • July 4th, Eurockéennes Festival, Belford (France)
  • August 2nd, CBT Festival, Oporto (Portugal)
  • August, 10th Benicassim Festival (Spain)
  • Martin Rev in Canada, June 14th - at Suoni Per Il Popolo festival at Casa Del Popolo (Canada), on Saturday, June 14 2003


2004 gigs :

  • Berlin
  • Paris, Beaubourg, 3 Mar. "Blind Speed" Alan Vega with Christophe & Etants Donnés (Alan Vega played with Liz Lamere)
  • Nantes, Grand Atelier, France, 5 Mar. "Blind Speed" Alan Vega with Christophe & Etants Donnés dans le cadre de IDEAL (le festival des musiques Inclassables, Décalées, Exciting & Absolument Lustig) - see photos @ groups.yahoo.com/group/Revega/
  • Limoges, CCM John Lennon, France, 25 Mar. Alan Vega with Christophe & Etants Donnés - interview de Alan Vega (en français @ Parissi)
  • Alan Vega played at the festival MEM in Bilbao, Spain, Sunday 5th December (only gig in Europe)
  • Martin Rev played at the festival Synthétique Plaisir, in Pau, France, on December 3rd.


2005 gigs :

  • January 15 - New York - Knitting Factory
  • January 22 - Rome, Italy - Villagio Globale w/ Pan Sonic
  • January 24 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom on YouTube
  • January 25 - Paris, France - La Locomotive w/ Client + Morthem Vlad Art - read Froggy's Delight report + photos - issued on DVD in Nov.2005
  • April, All Tomorrows Parties, UK - Weekend Two - curated by Vincent Gallo
  • Martin Rev in Spain, September: (org. musicnon-stop)
    • Thursday 8/9/2005 - Centremàtica at Centre de Cultura "Sa Nostra" - Palma de Mallorca, Spain (with Sao Paulo Underground Duo, Robert Lippok+Barbara Morgenstern, The Magnetic Band, LCDD... Live Martin Rev: 22:45)
    • Friday 9/9/2005 - Sidecar - Barcelona, Spain (with Tomas Notcheff)
    • Saturday 10/9/2005 - El Sol - Madrid, Spain (With Los Caballos de Dusseldorf)
  • October: Friday 14/10/2005 - Alan Vega with Christophe & Etants Donnés in Lausanne, Switzerland for the Seminal Rock'n'roll night of the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festiva


2007 gigs :
  • June 20 - Suicide with Grinderman, HMV Forum, London
  • July 27 - Suicide with The Death Set, South Street Seaport, New York on YouTube
  • April - Alan Vega European tour, celebrating his Station album
    • April 23: Berlin, Volksbuhne, with Jon Spencer's "Heavy Trash"
    • April 25: Paris, La Locomotive
    • April 26: Lille, France
    • April 28: Minehead, UK, for All Tomorrows Parties curated by The Dirty Three. joined by Nick Cave and Spiritualised. on YouTube
    • April 29: Krems, Austria, with Throbbing Gristle.
  • July 24 - Martin Rev Los Angeles  on YouTube

2008 gigs :

  • May 15 - Suicide with Aa / Child Abuse / Diako Diakoff, Club Europa, Brooklyn, NY
  • October 30 - SUICIDE with MGMT: BEAUTY, ENCHANTMENT AND HORROR: A Halloween Spectacular, Webster Hall, New York NY
  • December 11 - Suicide with A.R.E. Weapons / Goonsquad / Lone Wolf, Club Europa, Brooklyn, NY


2009 gigs :

  • Sept. 11th 2009, All Tomorrows Parties NYC - SUICIDE performed their 1st LP at Kutsher's Country Club - Monticello, NY for All Tomorrow's Party curated by the Flaming Lips
    • see their Soft Focus interview here
    • Ghostrider/ Rocket USA/ Cheree/ Johnny/ Girl/ Frankie Teardrop/ Che/ Dream Baby Dream
  • Nov & Dec 2009 - Martin Rev European solo live dates to promote last LP Stygmata :
    • Nov 25th Corsica Studios, London (with HTRK & Factory Floor)
    • Nov 26th Extra Club. Recanati , Italy (with Lydia Lunch)
    • Nov 28th Locomotiv, Bologna, Italy
    • Dec 1st Grage, Oslo, Norway
    • Dec 3rd Cologne, Germany
    • Dec 4th Berlin, Germany
    • Dec 5th Exit, Zurich, Switzerland


2010 gigs :

  • May 2nd & 3rd - SUICIDE opened for Iggy & The Stooges at the 5th Anniversary of ATP's "Don't Look Back" series at Hammersmith Apollo, London. on YouTube
  • August 27, 2010 - SUICIDE - performed their 1st Lp at Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhague, Denmark
  • Septembre 1, 2010 - SUICIDE with special guest JON SPENCER, Locomotiv Club, Bologna, Italy on YouTube
  • Septembre 4, 2010 - SUICIDE - Les Docks, Lausanne, Suisse


2011 gigs :

  • February, France : ALAN VEGA avec Marc Hurtado (Etant Donnés)
    • à l'occasion de la sortie de leur album Sniper
    • Feb 24: Paris, La Machine
    • Feb 26: Caen, Le Cargo
  • May 25, Barcelona : SUICIDE participates the PRIMAVERA Sound Festival.


to be continued ...

any more info or detail welcome

 


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