The recent death of Alan Vega has had a lot of people digging out the classic Suicide albums and that includes Bitter FM. Alan Vega was a founding member along with Martin Rev. They started in 1970 and although they each did solo work on and off, they were still playing live as recently as 2015. If they were a new band right now and were doing what they did when they started out in the early 70's - they would still be considered as cool and groundbreaking. So way back then there was no doubt that they were pioneers of electronic music. There was the farfisa organ with effects for starters, and then the synths and old drum machines - so they had to have become as influential as they were. The New York music scene was amazing enough as it was during the 70's and Suicide were a big part of it. The self titled debut album from 1977 is essential.... and kind of like a piece of electronic music history - much like an artefact. Great material followed as well, including "Dream Bay Dream", but the debut album is the place to start for the uninitiated. To Alan Vega.... Dream Baby Dream in peace.
Bruce Springsteen regularly covered "Dream Baby Dream" in concert........
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