Story By Matt Kivel

To celebrate Suicide co-founder Alan Vega's 70th birthday, UK-based label Blast First (Petite) will release a year long, monthly, series of Limited Edition 10" Vinyl E.P's. and downloads as well as a Limited run (3000 copies only) Suicide 6-CD Box Set entitled "Live 1977/78." The box set culls a number of rare tracks from early New York performances and their first European tour supporting both The Clash and Elvis Costello - it comes out this month.

The forthcoming E.P. releases will contain three Vega songs each - one performed by an established recording artist, one by an up-and-coming artist, and one rarity from the Suicide/Vega archives. Bruce Springsteen covers "Dream Baby Dream" on the first E.P. release, scheduled for July 28.   

Established artists included are:

Bruce Springsteen, Primal Scream, Peaches, Grinderman (feat. Nick Cave), Spiritualised, The Horrors, Sunn 0))+Pansonic, Julian Cope, Lydia Lunch, Vincent Gallo, LIARS, & The Klaxons.

Up-And-Comers:

Beat The Devil/Shilpa Ray, No Bra, HTRK, X-Vectors, Nik Void (ex Kaito) , Effi Briest, S.C.U.M, Stephen Burroughs (ex Head Of David).

Springsteen Live Performing "Dream Baby Dream"