{"product_id":"collision-drive-lp-red-vinyl-remastered","title":"Collision Drive [LP] (Red Vinyl Remastered)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAlan Vega - Collision Drive [LP] (Red Vinyl Remastered)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollision Drive is Alan Vega's second solo studio album, originally released in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1981. 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 Vega's lyrics channel universal themes rooted in his fascination with street life, science fiction, politics, comics, love and the mysteries of the universe. It's a record that pulses with feeling and rebellion, displaying the full spectrum of human experience and Vega's 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 Vega's artistic vision. The aching punk rockabilly of \"Magdalena 82\" unfolds with a hypnotic blend of guitar slides and frenetic energy, while Vega's cover of \"Be Bop A Lula\" transforms Gene Vincent's 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 Record. 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 York's most fearless icons.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTracks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Magdalena 82\u003cbr\u003e2 Be Bop a Lula\u003cbr\u003e3 Outlaw\u003cbr\u003e4 Raver\u003cbr\u003e5 Ghost Rider\u003cbr\u003e6 I Believe\u003cbr\u003e7 Magdalena 83\u003cbr\u003e8 Rebel\u003cbr\u003e9 Viet Vet\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Vega","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63801694519673,"sku":"843563194317","price":4.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/noirvinyl.com\/products\/collision-drive-lp-red-vinyl-remastered","provider":"NOIR VINYL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}