Read Bruce Springsteen’s Eulogy for Suicide’s Alan Vega

On Saturday, Suicide‘s Alan Vega died at the age of 78. Today, Bruce Springsteen has written a eulogy for Vega on his website. “The blunt force power of his greatest music both with Suicide and on his solo records can still shock and inspire today,” he wrote. “There was simply no one else remotely like him.” Read it below, and revisit Springsteen’s cover of Suicide’s “Dream Baby Dream.”

Over here on E Street, we are saddened to hear of the passing of Alan Vega, one of the great revolutionary voices in rock and roll. The bravery and passion he showed throughout his career was deeply influential to me. I was lucky enough to get to know Alan slightly and he was always a generous and sweet spirit. The blunt force power of his greatest music both with Suicide and on his solo records can still shock and inspire today. There was simply no one else remotely like him.

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