{"title":"Suicide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Compared with Iggy, whatever I was doing as an artist felt insignificant,\" Alan Vega recalled of seeing the Stooges in 1969. The New York light sculptor soon teamed up with Martin Rev, and by 1970 their posters were already advertising \"punk music\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRev coaxed pulsing, stark riffs from a battered Farfisa organ, later a synthesiser, over primitive drum machines, while Vega murmured and shrieked on top. Their 1977 debut, \u003cem\u003eSuicide\u003c\/em\u003e, distilled that menace into 'Ghost Rider', 'Che' and the harrowing ten-minute 'Frankie Teardrop'. Onstage the singer brandished a motorcycle chain, audiences booed, and one Brussels gig descended into a riot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNever widely popular, the duo recorded sporadically through to \u003cem\u003eAmerican Supreme\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) and played their final concert at the Barbican in 2015; Vega died the following year. Soft Cell, New Order and Depeche Mode all drew on that rockabilly-meets-machine sound, and Bruce Springsteen covered 'Dream Baby Dream'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fungilator-recommended-artists\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#C4293D;font-weight:bold;\"\u003eIf you like Suicide you should check out:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alan-vega-vinyl\"\u003eAlan Vega\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stooges-vinyl\"\u003eThe Stooges\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/iggy-pop-vinyl\"\u003eIggy Pop\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/velvet-underground-vinyl\"\u003eThe Velvet Underground\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lou-reed-vinyl\"\u003eLou Reed\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/throbbing-gristle-vinyl\"\u003eThrobbing Gristle\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cabaret-voltaire-vinyl\"\u003eCabaret Voltaire\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/spacemen-3-vinyl\"\u003eSpacemen 3\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/jesus-and-mary-chain-vinyl\"\u003eThe Jesus and Mary Chain\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/depeche-mode-vinyl\"\u003eDepeche Mode\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"suicide-s-t-red-vinyl-lp-print-1985-new-wave","title":"SUICIDE s\/t RED Vinyl LP + Print (1977 New Wave)","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1977\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eAlan Vega's yelps and Martin Rev's cheap drum machine and organ made this unlike anything else. 'Ghost Rider' is pulsing and cool, and 'Frankie Teardrop' is ten minutes of terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44592402170077,"sku":"GM08064","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/suicidestRED1.jpg?v=1708830636"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/suicide-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Goldmine Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}