This is the first track from Suicide's 1977 self-titled debut album. The film was shot on October 1, 1980 at Hurrah, by Merrill Aldighieri. Vocals: Alan Vega Keyboards: Martin Rev Video: Statisch
@@nopants3560 Genres such as new wave, post-punk and gothic rock come from the influences of bands and artists, not only from Suicide, but also from Television, Pere Ubu, Sparks, The Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk, La Monte Young, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Neu and Can.
I played this LP constantly back in the day. I knew my love for records like this when I was a lad made me different from other kids in some fundamental way. On an intellectual level I didn't understand why this was the case one bit, but felt quite deeply on an intuitive one. That's the power of music.
This somehow found its way onto the "1001 songs you must hear before you die" list. Wouldn't have been my choice, but it's a worthy exercise to listen to a variety of different style.
I saw them live in Nijmegen (NL) i think they opened for Elvis Costello they got of stage and their last Song went on for half an hour it was terribly loud it was a ok
