SUICIDE

Suicide. Bet you have never seen or heard anything like that before. Get this, this duo started making tunes in 1970. The top three singles of 1970 in America were The Beatles' "Let It Be", Mungo Jerry's "Summertime", and Simon and Garfunkel's "A Bridge Over Troubled Water". I know, it's like WHAT WERE THESE GUYS UP TO?  They were the first band describe themselves as punk, and their self nicknaming could not be more spot on. Can you imagine going to see this before some like singer songwriter or something? Insane. It is like a whole David Lynch movie every song. It is all frightening and hilarious at the same time. Earlier in their career, lead singer Alan Vega used to bring a giant motorcycle chain with him to whip at the audience. The motorcycle culture seems to be apparent in their tunes too. Phil Spector, Wendy Carlos' Clockwork Orange soundtrack, My Boyfriend's Back, The Wild One, and Terry Riley all seem to have an active footing in their sound. It makes me curious as to why no one sounds like this today. Their tunes still seem like the soundtrack to some dystopian future we have yet to delve headfirst into. Here is Martin Rev, Glenn Branca and Jim Jarmusch talking about them with some ridiculous footage.