Alan Vega

Real Name:
Alan Bermowitz
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One half of the seminal electronic duo Suicide, Alan Vega was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1948. He began his career as a visual artist, gaining notoriety for his "light sculptures; " eventually Vega opened his own lower Manhattan gallery space, which he dubbed the Project of Living Artists. The Project served as a stomping grounds for the likes of the New York Dolls, Television and Blondie as well as the 15-piece jazz group Reverend B., which featured a musician named Martin Rev on electric piano. Soon, Vega and Rev formed Suicide, whose minimalist, aggressive music — a fusion of Rev's ominous, repetitive keyboards and Vega's rockabilly snarl — helped paved the direction for the electronic artists of the future.
Suicide disbanded in 1980, and both Vega and Rev undertook solo careers. Vega's self-titled 1980 debut and his 1981 effort Collision Drive continued to explore the fractured rockabilly identity he had established in his earlier work. 1983's Saturn Strip, produced by longtime fan Ric Ocasek, marked Vega's debut for Elektra Records; corporate relations soured during production for 1985's Just a Million Dreams, however, and at one point the label even attempted to remove the singer from his own studio sessions.
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Releases:
Juke Box Baby / International Language (12")   PVC Records, ZE Records 1980
Untitled (Album) (5 versions)   PVC Records ... 1980
Be Bop A Lula / Outlaw (7")   Disques Vogue 1981
Collision Drive (Album) (5 versions)   Celluloid ... 1981
Jukebox Babe (12")   Celluloid 1981
Jukebox Babe (3 versions)   Disques Vogue ... 1981
Outlaw / Magdalena 84 (Single) (3 versions)   Ariola ... 1982
Saturn Drive (12")   Elektra 1983
Saturn Strip (Album) (2 versions)   Elektra ... 1983
Wipeout Beat / Saturn Drive (12", Promo)   Elektra 1983
Just A Million Dreams (Album) (3 versions)   Elektra 1985
Jukebox Babe / Collision Drive (Comp) (2 versions)   Celluloid ... 1989
Deuce Avenue (Album) (3 versions)   Musidisc ... 1990
Power On To Zero Hour (Album) (2 versions)   Saturn Strip ... 1991
New Raceion (Album) (3 versions)   Saturn Strip ... 1993
Anthology (CD, Promo, Comp)   2.13.61 Records 1995
Dujang Prang (Album) (3 versions)   Musidisc ... 1995
Cubist Blues (Album) (4 versions)   Last Call Records ... 1996
Getchertiktz (CD, Album)   Sooj Records 1996
Meditation Rat / Bad Vibrations (7")   Creeping Bent 1997
Medal (12")   Blast First 1998
2007 (CD, Album)   Saturn Strip, Ltd., Double T Music 1999
Re-Up (CD, Album, Ltd)   Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier 1999
Listen To The Hiss (The Final Mixes By Peter Kruder) (12")   International Deejay Gigolo Records 2004
Saturn Strip / Just A Million Dreams (CD)   Wounded Bird Records 2004
Station (Album) (2 versions)   Blast First 2007
Che (3 versions)   Blast First Petite 2009
See Tha' Light (12", S/Sided)   Blast First Petite 2009
Sweetheart (10", Ltd)   Blast First Petite 2009
Don't Make Me Over / Jukebox Babe (2 versions)   Celluloid  
Sniffin Rock #12 (7", Comp)   Sniffin Rock  
Remixes:
Take Me Baby (12") Take Me Baby (Vega Mix) T&B Vinyl 1995
Springer (CD, Album) The Assisi Machine Our Choice 1998
Mistake (Single) (2 versions) Mistake (Alan Vega Remix) Little Idiot 2009
Production:
Cheree (7", Single)   Bronze Records (2) 1978
A Christmas Record (2 versions) No More Christmas Blues ZE Records ... 1981
Orchestre Modern (12")   Rockin' Horse Records 1981
Celluloid Presents (LP) Juke Box Babe Celluloid 1982
Appears On:
Suicide (Album, Comp) (9 versions)   Red Star Records ... 1977
Second Album (Album) (7 versions)   ZE Records ... 1980
Dream Baby Dream / Radiation (12")   Celluloid, ZE Records 1981
Blast Off! (Cass) Rocket U.S.A. ROIR (Reachout International Records) 1982
Celluloid Presents (LP) Juke Box Babe Celluloid 1982
Ghostrider (Flexi, S/Sided, Bla)   Lyntone 1983
The Only Truth (3 versions) Ghost Rider Island Records 1984
Heading For A Trauma (Comp) (2 versions) Raver Au Go Go 1985
I♥NY (Album) (2 versions) Cheree, Dream, Baby, D... Criminal Damage Records ... 1985
Crépuscule Collection 3 - The Rough With The Smooth (LP, Comp) Ghost Rider Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1986
DogBreath (12") Rocket U.S.A. Blast First 1986
Gift (Album) (4 versions)   Merciful Release ... 1986
LP (Album) (2 versions) Rocket USA Blast First 1986
Heaven's End (CD, Album) Rocket USA Head 1987
Hi-Voltage (LP, Comp, Ltd, Promo) Ghost Rider New Musical Express 1987
Live A Little (LP, Album + 7", Single) Diamonds, Furcoat, Cha... New Rose Records 1987
The World In Your Eyes (Album) (2 versions) Rocket USA Reactor (2) ... 1987
A Way Of Life (Album) (5 versions)   Accord ... 1988
Feel The Width (2xLP) Ghost Rider Play It Again Sam Records 1988
Revolution (Single) (2 versions) Che Fire Records 1988
Orange Crush (7", Ltd, Single) Ghost Riders Warner Bros. Records 1989
Rocket USA / Cloud 9 / Opium War (12") Rocket USA (In God We ... Danceteria 1989
Tant Pis Pour L'Idaho ! (VHS, SECAM, Bla) Speedway Virgin Music Video 1989
Bad Situation (12", EP) Ghost Rider (American ... Flicknife Records 1990
Detonator (Cass) Rocket USA Chainsaw Cassettes 1990
Ghost Riders (Album) (5 versions)   Danceteria ... 1990
Half Alive (2 versions)   Contempo Records 1990
Spectrum (CD, Album) Rock 'N' Roll Is Killi... Silvertone Records 1990
Anytime - Anywhere (CD) Ghost Rider Roadrunner Records 1992
Blue Roots (Archive Series - Volume One) (LP, Album) Love Cry Blues In The Red Recordings 1992
Eine Eigene Gesellschaft Mit Eigener Moral (CD) Franchise (Stay Alive ... What's So Funny About.. 1992
Head On (Album) (3 versions) Don't Fool With The Fr... What's So Funny About.. ... 1992
Live Action (CD, Maxi, Ltd) Rocket U.S.A. Daft Records 1992
Tearing (12") Ghost Rider Imago Recording Company 1992
Why Be Blue (Album) (3 versions)   Brake Out Records ... 1992
Coincidence vs Fate (CD, Album) Surrender Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1993
Electro Convulsive Therapy (CD, Album) Crazy Lover / Ghost Rider Imago Recording Company, BMG (Japan) 1993
Know Your Enemy (CD, Comp, Promo) Why Be Blue Enemy Records 1993
Ordinary Sleep (2 versions) Cheree Silver Apple 1993
Sex & Death (CD, Album)   Play It Again Sam Records, Play It Again Sam Records 1993
Surrender (CD, Single) Surrender Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1993
Everlasting Arm / Dead Man (Maxi, Single) (3 versions) Dead Man Beggars Banquet ... 1994
Nite Flights (CD, Maxi, Dig) Diamonds, Fur Coat, Ch... Kitchenware Records 1994
No Pain - No Game (CD, Album) Rocket USA Discordia 1994
Playing With Fire (Album) (3 versions) Ché Taang! Records ... 1994
Providing Needles For Your Balloons (CD, EP, Comp) Ice Drummer Warner Bros. Records 1994
Tell Me / Viet Vet (Maxi) (2 versions) Viet Vet Insipid Vinyl 1994
The Crow - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, Comp) Ghostrider Atlantic 1994
Zentral Friedhof I (CD, Comp, Dig) Frankie Teardrop / Sui... Discordia 1994
Dive Box (2xCD + Box, Ltd) Rocket U.S.A. (Live) Discordia 1995
Dove Loves Dub (CD, Album) Dream Baby Dream Ki/oon Records 1995
Frankie Teardrop EP (12", EP) Frankie Teardrop 126 B... Creeping Bent 1995
Live Action (VHS) Rocket U.S.A. Not On Label 1995
Scraping Tokyo '95 (CD, Album) Ghostrider Gift 1995
Bevilacqua (CD, Album) Rencontre à L'As Vega Epic 1996
We're All Frankies (Comp) (2 versions)   Daft Records ... 1996
Another Fictionalized History (Comp) (2 versions) Cheree Histrionic 1997
Black Box (Box, Ltd + 5xCD)   EMI-Medley (Denmark) 1997
Exploring The Axis + Bottom Feeders (CD, Comp) Rocket USA Diabolo Records 1997
No Pain No Game - Reported (2xCD) Rocket U.S.A. Triton 1997
Zero Hour (CD, SECAM)   Red Star Records 1997
Zero Hour EP (10", EP)   Munster Records 1997
As Above So Below (Album) (5 versions) Girl Mute ... 1998
Endless (Album) (3 versions)   Blast First ... 1998
Gentleman's Twist (7")   Epitaph Europe 1998
Joy (CD)   DNS Records (4) 1998
Obsessive Eye Vol. 3 (7", W/Lbl) Outrage For The Frontpage Obsessive Eye 1998
The Freestyle Files Vol. 4: Crackers Delight (2xCD, Comp) Medal Studio !K7 1998
The Wire Tapper (CD, Comp, Promo) Medal Wire Magazine 1998
A Galaxy Of Sound (Album) (3 versions) Meditation Rat, Medita... Sulphur Records ... 1999
Bentism (The Underground Sounds Of Creeping Bent) (CD, Comp) Meditation Rat, Who Ca... Creeping Bent, Creeping Bent 1999
Daddy Died: A Brooklyn Nightmare (CD, MiniAlbum)   Creeping Bent 1999
I'll Make You Happy (CD, Album) Cheree Flying Nun Records 1999
Pay Tha Wreck, Mr. Music King (12", Maxi)   Creeping Bent 1999
Righteous Lite (CD, Album)   Creeping Bent 1999
Spectral Dance (CD, Single) Ghostrider Nightbreed Recordings 1999
Sónar 99 (4xCD, Comp) Johnny So Dens 1999
Bentboutique, Chasing The Chimera (2xCD, Comp) Pay Tha' Wreck, Mr. Mu... Creeping Bent 2000
Füxa 2000 (CD, Album) Girl Rocket Girl 2000
Misguided Angels (CD, Album) Che Artoffact Records 2000
Tanzmusik (CD, Album) Che Wavescape 2000
Vue (CD, Album) Girl Sub Pop Records 2000
You Call (7", Blu) Magdalena NDN Records 2000
Blast Off! (LP, 220) Watch Junior Go! Munster Records 2001
American Supreme (Album) (3 versions)   Blast First 2002
Baader - Original Soundtrack (CD) Dream Baby Dream Normal, Indigo (2) 2002
CD Side 13 (CD, Smplr) Death Machine D-Side 2002
Elegy Sampler 25 (CD, Smplr) Swearin'To The Flag Elegy 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) Rocket USA Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Deeper Into The Heart Of Dysfunction (CD, Album)   Underground, Inc. 2003
Hot Animal Machine / Life Time (2xCD, Comp) Ghost Rider Recall 2cd, 2.13.61 Records 2003
NY Muscle (CD, Maxi, Promo) Listen To The Hiss (Ti... Motor Music 2003
NY Muscle (Album) (8 versions) Listen To The Hiss, Me... International Deejay Gigolo Records ... 2003
SPEX CD #36 (CD, Comp) Listen To The Hiss Spex Magazine 2003
Trax#02 (CD) Listen To The Hiss Trax (Magazine) 2003
10 Days Off - The Soundtrack # 5 (2xCD, Comp) Listen To The Hiss (Ti... Super Belgium 2004
Attempted: Live at Max's Kansas City 1980 (2 versions)   Sympathy For The Record Industry 2004
Electropunk (Comp) (2 versions) Listen To The Hiss (Ti... Hadshot Haheizar 2004
Listen To The Hiss (2 versions)   International Deejay Gigolo Records 2004
Misch Masch (CD, Comp, Mixed + CD, Comp) Listen To The Hiss (Ti... Four Music, Four Music 2004
Neue Heimat 4 (2xCD) Listen To The Hiss Ministry Of Sound (Germany) 2004
Switch 5 (2xCD) Listen To The Hiss (Or... 541 2004
The Glimmers ® (Comp) (3 versions) Jukebox Babe Eskimo Recordings 2004
ZE Christmas Album (CD, Comp) No More Christmas Blue... ZE Records 2004
DJ-Kicks (Comp) (4 versions) Jukebox Babe Studio !K7 2005
Freak Show - The Real Gigolo History Movie (DVD) Listen To The Hiss International Deejay Gigolo Records 2005
Größenwahn 1992-2005 / Monotonie Durch Automation (NY Muscle Interpretationen) (2xCD, Album) Listen To The Hiss, Li... International Deejay Gigolo Records 2005
One Day + Live At La Loco / Paris (DVD, PAL)   Nocturne, Escape Video 2005
Resurrection River (CD, Album)   Mego 2005
U2 Jukebox (CD, Promo) Dream Baby Dream Mojo Magazine 2005
Boy Bitten / Blood On The Moon (Maxi) (3 versions) Blood On The Moon (In ... PIAS/Wall Of Sound 2006
CD Side 36 (CD, Smplr) Blood On The Moon (In ... D-Side 2006
PIAS/Wall Of Sound: Love And Good Times At The Red Bull Mansion (CD) Blood On The Moon (In ... DJ Magazine 2006
Protocol (CD, Album) When The Sun Turns To ... Planet Mu 2006
Silver Monk Time - A Tribute To The Monks (2xCD, Comp) Silver Monk Time, Silv... Play Loud! Productions 2006
Some Thing Came Up (Album) (3 versions) Blood On The Moon PIAS/Wall Of Sound ... 2006
The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes (1991-2006) (Comp) (2 versions) Deadman V2 Records ... 2006
CD Side 39 (CD, Smplr) 13 Crosses, 16 Blazin ... D-Side 2007
Commits Suicide (CD, EP) Cheree (Richard Formby... Mind Expansion 2007
Elegy Sampler 48 (CD, Smplr) Freedom's Smashed Elegy 2007
Elegy Sampler 51 (CD, Smplr) Ghost Rider Elegy 2007
One-Psychic Altercation (CD, Comp) Ghost Rider 84 Infrastition 2007
Tapes 81-89 (3 versions) Automatic 2, Radiation Vinyl-on-demand 2007
The Ninth Floor (CD, Album) Ghost Rider Manic Depression 2007
Weird News From An Uncertain Future (Album) (3 versions) I Remember Alfa Matrix 2007
Are You Real? (2xCD, Album + CDr + Box, Ltd)   Rustblade 2008
Bruce Springsteen / Suicide (EP) (2 versions)   Blast First Petite 2008
Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne (10", Ltd)   Blast First Petite 2008
Frankie Teardrop (10", Ltd)   Blast First Petite 2008
Knock On Wood - The Acoustic Sessions (Comp) (3 versions) Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 2008
The Horrors / Suicide (10", Ltd, EP)   Blast First Petite 2008
A Man And A Machine (2xCD, Comp) Radiation, Dream Baby ... Le Maquis 2009
Bye Bye Bayou (12", Single)   DFA, Virgin 2009
Harbour Boat Trips 01 - Copenhagen (CD, Comp, Mixed) Cheree A:larm Music, HFN Music, Rough Trade Germany 2009
The Velvets Revolution - 15 Bands Inspired By The Velvet Underground (CD, Comp) Pain Of Ruin Uncut Magazine 2009
Tsugi Sampler 22 (CD, Smplr, Car) Dream Baby Dream (Long... Tsugi Sampler 2009
ZE30 - ZE Records Story 1979-2009 (2xLP, Comp) Dream Baby Dream (Long... Strut 2009
A Man &. A Machine 02 (2xCD, Comp) Ghost Rider, Wild In Blue Le Maquis 2010
The Best Of New Wave Club Class•X Vol. 2 (YY) (2xCD) Jukebox Babe Antler-Subway  
Tracks Appear On:
A Christmas Record (Comp) (6 versions) No More Christmas Blues ZE Records ... 1981
Celluloid Presents (LP) Juke Box Babe Celluloid 1982
Disco Rough (LP) Juke Box Babe Island Records 1982
Hot, You're Hot (LP, Album) Juke Box Babe Ariola 1982
Tant Pis Pour L'Idaho ! (VHS, SECAM, Bla) Speedway Virgin Music Video 1989
Zetrospective (2xLP) Juke Box Baby Island Records 1989
Zetrospective: Dancing In The Face Of Adversity / Hope Springs Eternal (2xCD, Album) Juke Box Baby Island Records 1989
Infinite Zero Promotional CD #2 (CD) Sucker, Cry A Sea Of T... Infinite Zero, Infinite Zero 1994
Infinite Zero Promotional CD #3 (CD, Promo) The Pleaser, Jab Gee, ... Infinite Zero, Infinite Zero 1995
Infinite Zero Promotional CD #4 (CD, Smplr, Promo) Raver, Lonely Infinite Zero 1996
La 2ª Internacional (CD, Comp) Lover Of Love Munster Records 1996
Bentism #1 (CD, Maxi) Protection Rat Creeping Bent 1997
Sampler VI (CD, Smplr, Promo) Raver Infinite Zero 1997
Deceptive Fifty (CD, Comp) On Me Not In Me Deceptive 1998
The Freestyle Files Vol. 4: Crackers Delight (2xCD, Comp) Medal Studio !K7 1998
A Galaxy Of Sound (Album) (2 versions) Meditation Rat Sulphur Records ... 1999
Bentism (The Underground Sounds Of Creeping Bent) (CD, Comp) Meditation Rat Creeping Bent, Creeping Bent 1999
25 (CD, Comp) The Werewolf Sinedín Music 2000
Sonar 2000 (4xCD) Re-up So Dens 2000
Gdansk LATO 001 (CD) Motox (Scientific Supp... Gdansk Recordings 2003
Mutant Disco Volume 3: Garage Sale (Comp) (2 versions) Outlaw (August Darnel ... ZE Records 2004
The Glimmers ® (Comp) (5 versions) Jukebox Babe Eskimo Recordings 2004
Undercover (CD) Be Bop A Lula ZE Records 2004
DJ-Kicks (Comp) (5 versions) Jukebox Babe Studio !K7 2005
Silver Monk Time - A Tribute To The Monks (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Silver Monk Time Play Loud! Productions ... 2006
The Trip - Curated By Jarvis Cocker & Steve Mackey (2xCD) Juke Box Babe Family Recordings (UK) 2006
The Wire Tapper 16 (CD, Comp) 13 Crosses, 16 Blazin'... Wire Magazine 2006
CD Side 39 (CD, Smplr) 13 Crosses, 16 Blazin ... D-Side 2007
Elegy Sampler 48 (CD, Smplr) Freedom's Smashed Elegy 2007
100% New Wave (5xCD, Comp) Jukebox Babe EMI Music (Belgium) 2008
Sound Postcards (CD, Comp) Love The Bookmakers Ed. 2008
Luvafair (31xFile, MP3, Comp, VBR) Ghostrider Not On Label (Steven R. Gilmore Self-released) 2009
ZE30: ZE Records Story 1979-2009 (CD, Comp) Jukebox Babe Strut 2009
The Best Of New Wave Club Class-X Vol. 2 (YY) (2 versions) Jukebox Babe Antler-Subway  
Unofficial Releases:
The Lonely Jukebox (LP)   Democrazy Records 1984
Beat Track 2 (12", W/Lbl) Jukebox Babe B.T.S. Records 1987
Emma / Ghost Rider (7") Ghost Rider Stampa Alternativa 1988
Trans-Europe Excess (CD, Album) Ghost Rider Kiss The Stone 1992
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - "History Of Cover Versions" (2xCD) Ghostrider (Live Amste... Not On Label (The Sisters Of Mercy) 2002
Collectors (12") Juke Box Babe Not On Label  
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