2026 will mark the tenth anniversary of Alan Vega‘s passing and the 45th anniversary of his self-titled solo debut, a marvelous psychobilly affair the American artist issued around the time his band’s SUICIDE released their sophomore effort “Suicide: Alan Vega And Martin Rev” that only goes to show how much material this musician had on his hands. Surprisingly, Alan’s minimalistic longplay produced a hit, when “Jukebox Babe” dented the charts in France, and proved to be rather influential, what with “Bye Bye Bayou” getting covered by MERCURY REV almost three decades later. No wonder, then, in the platter deserving a deluxe edition – even though what’s to see the light of day on January 23rd isn’t really deluxe, apart from packaging, as there’s just a bunch of demos added to the freshly remastered album.
