ldquo;We were living through the realities of war and bringing the war onto the stage... Everybody hated us; manrdquo; Alan Vega Born out of the citys vibrant artistic underground as a counter-cultural performance art statement; opposing the war by mirroring its turmoil; Suicide became the most terrifyingly iconoclastic band in history; and also one of the most influential. By the time the punk scene theyre usually associated with came out of CBGBs in the mid-seventies; Suicide had already been causing havoc in New Yorkrsquo;s clubs for several years. Working closely with the author; Rev and Vega explain the influences and events which led to the birth of Suicide and their early struggles. They invoke another world and era; peppered with smoky jazz clubs; Iggy Pop in his new-born Stooge persona and even suffer an attack from beat guru Allen Ginsberg. Along with interviewing major figures in the Suicide story; the author reaches back into 40 years chronicling and interviewing major players in New Yorkrsquo;s musical history; including Blondie; Jayne County; James Chance and the New York Dolls. While the city changes around them; it all adds up to the definitive account of the lives and times of this unique duo.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Self Indulgent Crap!By CustomerAs a resident of Charleston. WV I was looking forward to this book. Ive spent a good deal of time in South Charleston and am well aware of its rich history. especially industrial. I am also a big fan of the "Images of America" series and personally own about ten of them and have never been disappointed.I am not 100% clear on how Arcadia Publishing does the Images of America series but from what I understand anyone can publish a book under the system.Well. whoever made this book had NO business doing so. I am somewhat of a history buff and have seen a lot of information about South Charleston in other books as well as the WV State Archives. This book was made up of a very sparse collection of historical photos and to my dismay the bulk of the photos were semi recent (1970s-1990s?) photos that appeared to be the author and her friends at various cocktail parties and social events! Very little effort was made to chronicle South Charlestons rich industrial history that was result of the two World Wars. and next to nothing was mentioned about the regions rich Native American history.Just because anyone can publish a book under the Images of America series doesnt mean that everyone should!
