We didn't invent the word-I probably got it from an article on the Stooges by Lester Bangs-but I think we were the first band to describe our music as punk. "On the gig flyers, we announced it as a Punk Music Mass. "The second gig took place at the Soho gallery OK Harris, where Vega also held his first show.
2008 – Live 1977-1978A 6-CD box set containing 13 complete Suicide live performances from September 1977 to August 1978 plus bonus material.
2004 – Attempted: Live at Max's Kansas City 1980Soundboard recordings from a NYC rock club performance.1997 – Zero HourLate 70s live recordings.1986 – Ghost RidersA live concert from 1981 – originally released on cassette only.Originally released by ROIR on cassette only. 1981 – Half AliveA collection of live and demo material recorded from 1975–1979.2002 – American Supreme Initial CD copies included a live bonus disc recorded in 1998.1992 – Why Be Blue The 2005 Mute / Blast First CD reissue includes a live bonus disc recorded in 1989 and a complete remix by Martin Rev of the original album and different track order.Videos for Dominic Christ and Surrender by Stefan Roloff 1988 – A Way of Life The 2005 Mute / Blast First CD reissue has a slightly different mix of the album, most notably the song "Surrender", and includes a live bonus disc recorded in 1987.1980 – Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev.Furthermore, Springsteen also used a solo keyboard version of "Dream Baby Dream" to close the concerts on his 2005 Devils & Dust Tour, and released a studio version of his cover on his 2014 album High Hopes.īoth Alan Vega and Martin Rev have recorded solo albums, see Alan Vega discography and Martin Rev discography. Bruce Springsteen was also influenced by the band, as evident by the song "State Trooper" from his album Nebraska. Among others, Steve Albini (Shellac, Rapeman, Big Black), Panthére, Gang Gang Dance, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Sisters of Mercy, She Wants Revenge, Henry Rollins, Joy Division/ New Order, Soft Cell, Nick Cave, D.A.F., Erasure, the music of Giant Haystacks, The KLF, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, OMD, Pet Shop Boys, Tears for Fears, Cassandra Complex, Mudhoney, Nitzer Ebb, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Radiohead, Kap Bambino, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Angel Corpus Christi (covers of Dream Baby Dream and Cheree with Alan Vega guest vocals), Michael Gira, MGMT, Sky Ferreira, Sonic Boom, Loop, The Fleshtones (both of whom have recorded cover versions of "Rocket USA"), Ric Ocasek of The Cars, Mi Ami, Depeche Mode, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, R.E.M., Devo, Ultravox, Massive Attack, Air, Autechre, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin and The Kills, Bono Vox and Bruce Springsteen have all listed Suicide as an influence. Suicide's albums of the late 1970s and early 1980s are regarded as some of the most influential recordings of their time and helped shape the direction of indie rock, industrial music and dance music. Their first album was reissued with bonus material, including " 23 Minutes Over Brussels", a recording of a Suicide concert that deteriorated into a riot. After the collapse of the Mercer Arts Center in 1973, Suicide played at Max's Kansas City and CBGB, often sharing the bill with emerging punk bands. Just from the way we looked they started giving us hell already." This sort of audience confrontation was inspired by Vega's witnessing of an Iggy and the Stooges concert at the New York State Pavilion in August 1969, which he later described as "great art". Vega once stated "We started getting booed as soon as we came onstage. Vega and Rev both dressed like arty street thugs, and Vega was notorious for brandishing a length of motorcycle drive chain onstage. David Johansen once played harmonica with Suicide in an early show there. Many of their early shows were at the Mercer Arts Center, alongside bands like the New York Dolls and Eric Emerson and the Magic Tramps. Suicide emerged alongside the early glam punk scene in New York, with a reputation for their confrontational live shows.