People said that way back in the early days I was probably one of the first rappers; the reason is that I couldn't sing, so I had to talk! Lou Reed was probably the one who started it all.

In 1985 he released the more commercially viable Just a Million Dreams which nevertheless proved unsuccessful. But we couldn't call it Life. With Bermowitz finally settling on Alan Suicide as a working name they began to play music venues.

He is also an establiAlan Vegad sculptor.