Suicide

Summary

Suicide is a musical group^[1]. Suicide ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,903 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Suicide's instance of is recorded as musical group^[3].
• Suicide's genre is no wave^[4].
• Suicide's genre is industrial rock^[5].
• Suicide's genre is electronic music^[6].
• Suicide's genre is synth-pop^[7].
• Suicide's genre is post-punk^[8].
• Suicide's record label is recorded as Mute Records^[9].
• Suicide's record label is recorded as Blast First^[10].
• Suicide's record label is recorded as Bronze^[11].
• Suicide's record label is recorded as Red Star Records^[12].
• Suicide's Commons category is recorded as Suicide (musical group)^[13].
• Suicide's country of origin is recorded as United States^[14].
• Suicide comprises Alan Vega^[15].
• Suicide comprises Martin Rev^[16].
• January 1, 1970 marks the founding of Suicide^[17].
• Suicide's location of formation is recorded as New York City^[18].
• Suicide's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Suicide (band)^[19].
• Suicide's different from is recorded as Suicide^[20].
• Suicide's start of work period is recorded as 1970^[21].
• Suicide's end of work period is recorded as 2016^[22].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[23]

• Country: US^[24]

• Began / founded: 1975^[25]

• Ended / dissolved: 2016^[26]

• Genre(s): art punk, avant-garde, electronic, electronic rock, electropunk, experimental, experimental rock, industrial, minimal synth, minimal wave, no wave, noise rock, post-punk, proto-punk, punk, synth-pop^[27]

• Community tags: art punk, avant-garde, cbgb scene, electronic, electronic rock, electropunk, experimental, experimental rock, industrial, minimal synth, minimal wave, new york punk, no wave, noise rock, post punk, post-punk, proto-punk, punk, synth punk, synth-pop^[28]

• MusicBrainz ID: 7a0f02e0-0ab8-4a62-9e14-c6925cfaed07^[29]

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Founding

January 1, 1970 marks the founding of Suicide^[17]. Suicide's location of formation is recorded as New York City^[18].

Why It Matters

Suicide ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,903 views/month).^[2] Suicide has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]

Suicide has been cited as an influence by Black Flag^[31], a rock band^[32], founded in 1976^[33] and Spacemen 3^[34], a musical group^[35], founded in 1982^[36].

FAQs

Who did Suicide influence?

Suicide has been cited as an influence by Black Flag^[31] and Spacemen 3^[34].