ZUM TOD DES US-AMERIKANISCHEN N0-WAVE-SÄNGERS, MALERS UND BILDHAUERS ALAN VEGA

Der am 23. Juni 1938 in Brooklyn (New York) geborene Alan Vega, Sänger des einflussreichen US-amerikanischen No-wave-Duos Suicide (Bild), ist am 16. Juli 2016 gestorben. Er war auch als Maler und Bildhauer tätig.

Bild: Crop of photo of band Suicide (Martin Rev, Alan Vega), who posed before concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1988. Photo taken with an anamorphic lens – Foto: Canada Jack Jeremy Gilbert – CC-Lizenz: Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported – Zur Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suicide(band)crop.jpg

Eine Stimme für das Neue

Alan Vega hat mit seinem Duo Suicide die Pop-Musik nachhaltig beeinflusst. Am Samstag ist der amerikanische Sänger 78jährig gestorben.

Ueli Bernays

http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/musik/zum-tod-von-alan-vega-eine-stimme-fuer-das-neue-ld.106128?reduced=true

Suicide wurde in den frühen 1970er-Jahren von Vega gemeinsam mit Martin Rev gegründet und galt mit dem 1977 veröffentlichten Debütalbum «Suicide» – einem Meilenstein der Pop-Geschichte – als Vorreiter für spätere Stile wie Industrial, Post-Punk bis Techno.

sda-ats

http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/ex-suicide-saenger-alan-vega-mit-78-jahren-gestorben/42304354

Alan Vega, co-founder of influential electronic duo Suicide, died yesterday in his sleep. He was 78. Hardcore musician Henry Rollins first posted the news on his website, with a family approved statement that said «Alan Vega was the quintessential artist on every imaginable level. His entire life was devoted to outputting what his vision commanded of him.»

Mike Ayers

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/07/17/suicides-alan-vega-dies-at-78/

«Alan’s life is a lesson of what it is to truly live for art. The work, the incredible amount of time required, the courage to keep seeing it and the strength to bring it forth-this was Alan Vega.»

Daniel Kreps

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/alan-vega-suicide-singer-and-punk-icon-dead-at-78-w429537

«Almost immediately, their incredible and unclassifiable music went against every possible grain. Their confrontational live performances, light years before punk rock, are the stuff of legend. Their first, self-titled album is one of the single most challenging and noteworthy achievements in American music.»

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/17/suicide-frontman-and-electronic-music-pioneer-alan-vega-dies-aged-78

Audios / Videos:

Suicide – Suicide 1977 (Full Album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11KOFvXtg2g

Suicide – Ghost Rider (live 1977-1978)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1woMEExMZXg

Suicide – Dream Baby Dream (live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRTCqgAkfg

Suicide – Dream Baby Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FFIFsK1duw

Suicide – Wild in Blue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb8RWn8dphQ

Suicide von GoNightclubbing Ltd, 1980

https://vimeo.com/109602233

-> ALAN VEGA: Suicide survivor (interview)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVaPJfgPmU4 <-

Tony Fletcher & Alan Vega – All Hopped Up and Ready to Go

PUNKCAST1693 Tony Fletcher, author of «»All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York» reads from the book and interviews Alan Vega of Suicide at Brooklyn Public Library NYC on Dec 10 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doWkVzosZg4

Mehr:

http://www.limbos.org/suicide/suicideva2.htm

https://www.facebook.com/Alan-Vega-1719298918324138/

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/suicide-watch-6414502

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Vega

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide