Suicide

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Suicide was a pioneering American electronic proto-punk duo known for their minimalist, confrontational sound and influential role in shaping punk, industrial, and synth-based music.

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Suicide canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical duo ⓘ
proto-punk band ⓘ
activeStartTime 1970 ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
formedIn New York City ⓘ
genre electronic ⓘ
industrial ⓘ
minimalist music ⓘ
no wave ⓘ
proto-punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
synth-punk ⓘ
hasMember Alan Vega ⓘ
Martin Rev ⓘ
influenced Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Depeche Mode ⓘ
Nine Inch Nails ⓘ
Soft Cell ⓘ
The Jesus and Mary Chain ⓘ
influencedGenre electronic rock ⓘ
industrial music ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
instrument drum machine ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
notableCharacteristic confrontational live performances ⓘ
dark and intense lyrical themes ⓘ
minimalist instrumentation ⓘ
use of drum machines instead of live drums ⓘ
notableSong Cheree ⓘ
Dream Baby Dream ⓘ
Frankie Teardrop ⓘ
Ghost Rider ⓘ
notableWork A Way of Life (1988 album) ⓘ
American Supreme (2002 album) ⓘ
Suicide (1977 album) ⓘ
Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev (1980 album) ⓘ
Why Be Blue (1992 album) ⓘ
occupationOfMembers keyboardist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
recordLabel Mute Records ⓘ
Red Star Records ⓘ
ZE Records ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dream Baby Dream → artist → Suicide ⓘ
Dream Baby Dream → performer → Suicide ⓘ
Suicide → hasTitle → Suicide ⓘ
R. (album) → hasTrack → Suicide ⓘ
Suicide (album) → name → Suicide ⓘ
Live and Dangerous → hasPart → Suicide ⓘ
Martin Rev → memberOf → Suicide ⓘ
Alan Vega → memberOf → Suicide ⓘ
Alan Vega → coFounderOf → Suicide ⓘ
Alan Vega → associatedAct → Suicide ⓘ
ZE Records → releasedMusicBy → Suicide ⓘ