= Backwrapper with diagonal fold. "We dedicate this issue to the average American in search of excitement. These images, distilled from the ambient culture, are the touchstones of a new sensibility, icons of the dissipations and strengths of the modern spirit. Let the way of life idealized in these pages by the To Lose Io Track of the punk scene bring into your home the romance of the underculture - horse racing, white trash smut, greasy rock 'n' roll, muscles, motorcycles and the end of civilization" (from the backwrapper).
Boruch Alan Bermowitz (1938-2016) was raised in Brooklyn. In the 1960s, he became involved with the Art Workers’ Coalition, a radical artists group that harassed museums and once barricaded the Museum of Modern Art. Seeing The Stooges perform at the New York State Pavilion, in August 1969, was an epiphany for Bermowitz. With Martin “Rev” Reverby, Bermowitz began experimenting with electronic music, and formed a band that would become Suicide, along with guitarist Paul Liebgott. With Bermowitz finally settling on Alan Vega as a stage name, they began to play music venues. Suicide went on to perform at the Mercer Arts Center, Max’s Kansas City, CBGB and ultimately, achieve international recognition. (source: wikipedia).