ALAN VEGA R.I.P. 1938 - 2016 drummer and there may have been a keyboard. “Fireball” was cut short on the Alan Vega of the influential band Suicide as tape - seems that whoever was running ALAN VEGA died in his sleep on July 16, 2016. The singer the tape deck just stopped the recording; was 78 years old. Henry Rollins broke the I don’t know how much was lost. Alan news on his website with a statement from was annoyed because he thought it the Vega family. Vega formed Suicide, the wasn’t loud enough and he complains trailblazing electronic duo, with multi- about it a couple of times. instrumentalist Martin Rev in 1970. The two built a loyal following among the This cassette was given to me shortly New York City punk scene of the early and after the show by a friend/co-worker of mid-1970s, counting such acts as the New mine who was part of the soundcrew - it York Dolls and Iggy Pop and the Stooges could be from the monitor board; it’s as contemporaries and friends. The band’s possibly the master tape but since I’m 1977 self-titled debut is widely considered not certain, call it “unknown generation”. as one of the seminal albums of electronic I might have played it once but I don’t music, released during what was only a remember it and I just found it in one of nascent scene at the time. - Billboard my old boxes of roadie debris, still sealed in it’s broken case with the crumbling + + + + + duct-tape I wrapped it in back in the day. Thanks to zootype for sharing the show at + + + + + Dime. Front cover picture by Peter Noble, zootype noted in 2010: posted at rollingstone.com - Thanks! Not the best sounding, lots of distortion and, at times, the usual distance typical of Lineage: small room soundboard tapes, with noises Soundboard > normal bias cassette > and feedback from Vega knocking the mic PC > Soundforge > WAV > tracked and around but a rarity for Suicide/Alan Vega edited in Soundforge > WAVS > SBEs Spit, LanSdowne Street, BoSton, Ma fans nonetheless. The band was probably repaired, checksum files and FLAC-8 files a guitar with a drum machine and/or created in Trader’s Little Helper 1981 MP3 Version 01. Kung Fu Cowboy 4:42 02. intro 0:33 03. Fireball 3:38 04. intro 0:24 05. Hot Date 5:51 Boston 1981 Vega Alan 06. intro 0:26 07. Jukebox Baby 5:20 08. intro 1:04 09. Otis Redding 4:53 10. break 1:02 11. Bye Bye Bayou 7:25 12. outro 1:26 37 mins Alan Vega Boston 1981 Vega Alan Naughty Dog Trade Freely. Not For Sale. Naughty Dog.