Monday, July 18, 2016 Alan Vega, Suicide frontman and punk pioneer, dies at 78The New York City punk rock legend and frontman for the band Suicide reportedly passed away quietly in his sleep. Alan Vega was born Alan Bermowitz, growing up in a traditionally Jewish household in Brooklyn. Along with Martin Rev, in the early 1970’s, they formed the two person avant band known as Suicide. Alan Vega moved away from music after suffering a stroke in 2012, though he still focused on other forms of art including painting, Brooklyn magazine noted. “Alan was not only relentlessly creative, writing music and painting until the end, he was also startlingly unique.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 18, 2016 03:15 UTC