Rockpalast (Rock Palace) is a German music television show that broadcasts live on German television station Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). Alan Vega's performance was part of his 'Collision Drive' tour in 1982.

The exhibition 'Alan Suicide: Collision Drive' and the conversation were filmed on February 15 and March 16, 2002 at Deitch Projects in New York City. It was Alan Vega's first exhibition in 18 years.

Interestingly, both the Rockpalast show and the art exhibition were titled Collision Drive. A term that perhaps best describes Vega's art and music.


FILM I
ALAN VEGA LIVE AT ROCKPALAST (1982)

As part of the play loud! (live) music series
Vocals, Harp, Guitar: Alan Vega
Guitar: Mark Kuch
Drums: Sesu Coleman
Bass: Larry Chaplan
Produced by: Peter Rüchel
Executive producer: Wolfgang Böttcher
Sound engineer: Winfried Pannen
Sound technician: Georg Lersch
Remastered by: Moritz Illner (Duophonic)
Special thanks to:
Liz Lamere, Chantal van Kessel & Joerg Fukking
All songs written by Alan Vega and published by Saturn Strip, Ltd. (Administered by BMG Gold Songs/ASCAP All rights reserved)
(c) 1982 WDR Licensed by WDR mediagroup GmbH
(p) 2022 play loud! productions

FILM II
ALAN SUICIDE: COLLISION DRIVE 2002
EXHIBITION & CONVERSATION

As part of the play loud! (live) word series
A film by Dietmar Post & Lucía Palacios
The exhibition and the conversation were filmed on February 15 and March 16, 2002 at Deitch Projects in New York City
Running time: 77 Min
Edited by Karl-W. Huelsenbeck
Color corrections by Franz Thienel Kattan
Special thanks to:
Jeffrey Deitch, Liz Lamere, Dante Vega, Txuspo Poyo, Mark Ledzian, Katie Daley, Tim van Beveren, Bryan Wendorf and John Mhiripiri
(c) + (p) 2022 play loud! productions


CONCEPT BEHIND THE PLAY LOUD! (LIVE) MUSIC SERIES:

The “play loud! (live) music series“ is based on three precepts: Alan Lomax´s work as an archivist and chronicler, John Peel´s BBC radio sessions, and the work of Direct Cinema pioneers, such as the Maysles Brothers, Leacock, Wildenhahn, Blank and Pennebacker.
play loud! aims to create an extensive archive of interesting popular music and culture that includes both material from the filmmakers' large amount of unreleased footage and material from other sources.
play loud!’s music films have been called raw, rough, canny, straightforward, adventurous, witty, insightful, direct, non-tricksy, minimal, unpretentious handheld camera work, artful film paintings, minimalist filmed paintings, painted films…
Some of the live performances are filmed with only one camera in one continuous shot and without any edits.
“When we film live shows, we don't use a TV style, but one that is very personal, intuitive and playful. Nothing is staged for the shoot. You go along with whatever happens.” (Dietmar Post)
Streaming offers everyone- fans, researchers, journalists- the opportunity to access the archive and support the use of the material by others. Paying a small fee to view the material helps to cover the immense costs of a private archive.
If there is great demand, some of the recordings will be made available on vinyl.
"Shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do." (Jonathan Demme)


PLAY LOUD! (LIVE) MUSIC SERIES

001 Floating di Morel: A Summer Evening (2009) (VOD, DL)
002 Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm (2009) (VOD, DL)
003 FM Einheit + Irmler: Live at Berghain (2012) (VOD)
004 Faust: Live at Klangbad (2010) (DVD, VOD)
005 Gebrüder Teichmann: Live at Maria (2011) (VOD, DL)
006 Christy & Emily: Live at Klangbad (2012) (VOD, DL)
007 Damo Suzuki & Sound Carriers: (2017) (VOD, DL, LP)
008 Camera feat. Rother & Moebius: Live at HBC (2012) (VOD, DL)
009 Friedman & Liebezeit: Live at Festsaal Kreuzberg (2013) (VOD)
010 Lydia Lunch & Philipp Petit: Live at Volksbühne (2013) (VOD)
011 Guru Guru: Live at Lido (2014) (VOD, DL)
012 Gisela Oberbeck & Limpe Fuchs: Animare (2015) (VOD, DL)
013 Limpe Fuchs: Live at Klangbad Festival (2015) (VOD, DL)
014 Die Regierung: Live in Essen (2015) (VOD, DL)
015 Anima in Two Films (1972-1973) (VOD)
016 Die Regierung: Live at Berghain (2017) (VOD, DL)

Up-coming: Gods Gift