ALAN VEGA – Collision Drive (Remastered) – LP – Black Vinyl [JAN 23]

LP – Black Vinyl. Newly remastered by Josh Bonati from the original tapes.

Collision Drive is Alan Vegas second solo studio album, originally released in 1981. If his debut laid the groundwork for a raw, minimalist take on rockabilly and blues, Collision Drive expands the palette with a grittier, more layered, and unfiltered energy. Here Vegas lyrics channel universal themes rooted in his fascination with street life, science fiction, politics, comics, love and the mysteries of the universe. Its a record that pulses with feeling and rebellion, displaying the full spectrum of human experience and Vegas evolving vision.

Alan was always reinventing himself, creating and refining his mastery of varia-tion while maintaining his own unparalleled and identifiable aesthetic. Sonically, this album is more dynamic than his first. Ditching drum machines for a live drummer, and enlisting a hard rock band to back him, Collision Drive offered a different view of Vegas artistic vision. The aching punk rockabilly of Magdalena 82 unfolds with a hypnotic blend of guitar slides and frenetic energy, while Vegas cover of Be Bop A Lula transforms Gene Vincents classic into an aggres-sively charged, manic howl. Elsewhere, tracks like the hard-driving cosmic rock n roll Raver push into psychobilly territory. Vega was relentlessly innovative, continuously paving new ground.

Newly remastered by Josh Bonati from the original tapes, Collision Drive receives a reverent reissue from Sacred Bones Records.

Here we witness the full ascension into his own mythology: part rockabilly out-law, part cosmic preacher, part outsider visionary. Broader in scope than his debut but just as uncompromising, Collision Drive is a bold and personal exploration of sound and identity. Raw, electrifying, and groundbreaking, it remains a cult cornerstone of outsider rock and a touchstone in the evolution of art-punk and experimental pop from one of New Yorks most fearless icons.

Tracklist:

1.Magdalena 82
2.Be Bop A Lula
3.Outlaw
4.Raver
5.Ghost Rider
6.I Believe
7.Magdalena 83
8.Rebel
9.Viet Vet