I've written about Suicide (above, as captured by Adrian Boot) several times here before.
Punks before Punk was Punk, Suicide were genuine trailblazers, making bold new music in an environment then charitably described as hostile. Pairing Martin Rev's spartanly innovative electronics with Alan Vega's confrontational stage presence, Suicide shows left precious few audiences indifferent.
And they started doing all this way before there was any semblance of a compatible scene for them to slot into (and even when there was, Suicide didn't always "fit").
In any case, I spied the flyer below on the band's official Instagram page and again my eyes went right to the address.
Dating back to the early `70s (when the world was otherwise listening to stuff like Pink Floyd, Elton John and Bread), Suicide maintained a residency at a venue called Museum at 729 Broadway. Curious punters weren't charged for admission. Every Friday night, for a while, Suicide would get up on stage and let unsuspecting audiences have it. For free.
Here in 2024, the space that had been Museum is now....a Fresh & Co.
ADDENDUM: In the spirit of full disclosure, it should be pointed out that the building which housed Museum at 729 Broadway was razed some time ago, and the Fresh & Co. building that stands in its footprint is a different structure entirely. While, in recent years, it's conceivable that surviving member Martin Rev may have indeed enjoyed a salad within the blindingly bright, white antiseptic walls of that Fresh & Co. (although I somehow doubt it), the building currently standing on that corner never hosted a live Suicide performance.
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