Infinite Dreams

Best known for co-founding the proto-punk duo Suicide, Alan Vega lived a complex and labyrinthine life, driven by a desire to express himself uncompromisingly through art. From his days as a protege of Kurt Seligmann and Ad Reinhardt at Brooklyn College in the late '50s to the 2021 release of the album Mutator five years after his death and its follow-up Insurrection in 2024 and through all the music and art he left behind, Vega's unparalleled vision continues to be influential. This first-ever definitive biography of Vega tells the story of the man's life and art, beginning with his early attempts to live a normal life and his epiphanic encounter with Iggy Pop in 1969. Although becoming a performer on stage had been at the bottom of Vega's list of lifetime ambitions, seeing Iggy changed his mind: he knew if he was to be true to himself as an artist he also needed to perform music. Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega goes on to describe Vega's many experiments across a full range of media, including the partnership with Martin Rev that became Suicide, decades of unrelenting pursuit of a unique sound as a solo recording artist, and his radical visual art, all of which challenged audiences to look deep within and fulfill their dreams. Written by award-winning author Laura Davis-Chanin together with Liz Lamere, Alan Vega's wife and long-term creative collaborator, Infinite Dreams is a heartfelt, revelatory celebration of a singular and uncompromising visionary.