Collision Drive is Alan Vega's 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 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.

A1 Magdalena 82
A2 Be Bop A Lula
A3 Outlaw
A4 Raver
A5 Ghost Rider
A6 I Believe
B1 Magdalena 83
B2 Rebel
B3 Viet Vet