Alan L.

As the lead guitarist for 'No Excuses' he got his first guitar in 1963. He was influenced early in his life by the music of Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Turtles and The Doors. Alan joined the band Rendezvous in the late 1970s, playing primarily in Seattle and Portland. In the early 1980s, he landed at Mars Recording Studio where he met Dave Mustein of Megadeth who introduced him to Bruce Elliott. He played with numerous other groups in the Hollywood area, such as Raven Slaughter, and met a female guitarist around 1986 and formed a group called Sick Puppy. He then landed a job at New Renaissance Records owned by Ann Boleyn, lead singer of Hellion. During this time period, he met and played with Simon Steele, bassist for the band The Claw, which led to studio work with Penelope Ann Spheeris, a Hollywood producer who was producing a movie called “The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.” It was Lee’s job to fill in all of the empty spaces with dive-bomber guitar lead, including a scene during the Gazzari dance contest. He also worked on another movie at the time called “Dudes“. During this time at New Renaissance Records, Alan produced the album cover jacket and art for “King Kobra III”, a band formed by drummer Carmine Appice who was also working New Renaissance Records. Having returned to the Northwest in the early 1990s, Alan formed the band Nexus and was the guitarist for that band for six years. After Nexus broke up, Alan formed another band with bassist Joe Brosnan called Mozilla.