10 Most Disturbing Hard Rock Songs Ever Released
6. Frankie Teardrop - Suicide
Suicide don't really get talked up as much as their peers for how much they brought to the rock scene. Whereas other new wave acts like the Talking Heads were pushing the limits of the artier side of rock, these guys were making pure rock music solely with electronics. It was a noble endeavor, but no one could have imagined how much horrific imagery could be brought out of a synthesizer.
Coming towards the end of the band's debut album, "Frankie Teardrop" is one of the most tragic stories in the rock canon, as we follow Frankie as he's down on his luck after having just lost his job. There might some hope to turn this thing around, but once Frankie brandishes a gun, you know this isn't going to have a happy ending. Seeing no way out, Frankie goes home and proceeds to kill his wife and newborn baby.
Seeing the severity of what he has done, Frankie turns the gun on himself by the end of the song, leaving only law enforcement to discover the bodies. As if the story itself wasn't enough, vocalist Alan Vega sells it as he takes on the role of Frankie and vocalizes his torment with every other line. Synthesizers may have seemed fun and exciting at the time, but no one would have predicted something so cold and calculated could have created something this pitch black.