Suicide, Rev & Vega's miscelaneous

Gigs (beginning with 3rd millenium, more extensive to be worked out, please contribute) // Photos, flyers // Interviews (new! 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.

'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 & Thunders

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


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

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 :

  • March 5th, 6th and 7th - London

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 août for Astropolis, Brest, France

2002 "Art centers" gigs :

2003 gigs :

  • Atlanta on January, 18th at The Earl
  • Cambridge, MA, on Feb.7th at The Middle East
  • 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, NL, 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 (NL)
  • April 27th, Hof ter Lo, Antwerp (B)
  • June 27th, Roskilde Festival (DK)
  • June 28th, Le rock dans tous ses états festival, Evreux (FR)
  • July 1st, Flex, Wien (AT)
  • July 3rd, Forum, Bielefeld (DE)
  • July 4th, Eurockéennes Festival, Belford (FR)
  • August 2nd, CBT Festival, Oporto (PT)
  • August, 10th Benicassim Festival (ES)
  • Martin Rev in Canada, June - 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
  • January 25 - Paris, France - La Locomotive w/ Client + Morthem Vlad Art - read Froggy's Delight report + photos - issed on DVD in Nov.2005
  • 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 Düsseldorf)
  • 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


to be continued ...

any more info or detail welcome


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