alan vega – Rocknerd

Martin Rev on “Suicide” by Suicide.

22 July, 201922 July, 2019 Punk, Record 0

Dangerous Minds interviews Martin Rev, going through the recording process for the first Suicide album.

Synth links: Detroit techno, old gadgets, TR-08, Alan Vega, making your synthesizer fart.

12 August, 2017 Dance, Musician, Punk 0

The one thing anyone wants from a new synth.

Links: Music journalism still buggered, Alan Vega final album, Denuvo LOL.

14 June, 201714 June, 2017 Games, Links, Punk, Writing 0

More news during the tinnitus hiatus.

Links: Dr Dre and Apple, Alan Vega, Dangerous Minds.

16 August, 20169 September, 2018 Esoterica, Industry, Links, Punk, R'n'B, Your rights 0

Dr Dre and Apple’s new headphone jack, reminiscences on Alan Vega (and Bruce Springsteen) and clickbait for aging record nerds.

The guy who called his band Suicide dies of old age.

18 July, 20165 September, 2016 Punk 0

Alan Vega has died at 78.

(78, not 68. He lied about his birth date for decades.)

Reissues, past subcultures and the dead foot of the market.

8 December, 201512 September, 2017 Opinion, Record 0

Amanda Petrusich at the New Yorker writes a ramble on the reissue market. It’s not clear, but she seems upset these previously-unavailable classics are available again, because they’re available again for the wrong reasons.