Alternate Learning
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Alternate Learning performing in 1980.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | ALRN |
| Origin | Sacramento, California |
| Genres | Power pop, new wave |
| Years active | 1977–1982 |
| Labels | Rational |
| Associated acts | Game Theory, The Loud Family |
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| EP by Alternate Learning | |
| Released | 1979 |
| Length | 12:19 |
| Label | Rational |
| Producer | Scott Miller |
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| Studio album by Alternate Learning | |
| Released | 1982 |
| Recorded | 1981 |
| Length | 36:11 |
| Label | Rational |
Alternate Learning (or ALRN) was a power pop/new wave band from 1977 to 1982, based in Davis, California and fronted by Scott Miller, a singer-songwriter later known for his work as leader of the 1980s band Game Theory and 1990s band the Loud Family.
Alternate Learning, which was Scott Miller's first band to record on independent recording label Rational Records, was initially formed while its original members were in high school. Miller, Jozef Becker, and Scott Gallawa began performing at Rio Americano High School under the name Alternate Learning as early as 1977.
The group's self-titled first release, a four-song 7" EP, was recorded by the three original members in Sacramento, in Miller's home recording studio. The EP was independently released on Rational Records in 1979.
The band and the Alternate Learning EP both became known by the abbreviation ALRN, which was prominently featured on the front cover of the debut release. Although the disc was labeled with the band's unabbreviated name, the release is most often known as the ALRN EP. The first EP is also sometimes referred to as the Green Card EP, based on the title of its first song.
In 1978, Miller moved the band to Davis, California, where he was attending college.
Bass player Carolyn O'Rourke and keyboard player Lynn Ross joined the Davis-based band, which became regionally well known for their performances in the Sacramento area, in San Francisco, and most frequently at U.C. Davis.
In 1980, Lynn Ross, Scott Gallawa and Jozef Becker left the group, with Becker citing conflicts of personality. Gallawa and Becker formed the Les-Z-Boys with Guy Kyser; Becker and Kyser went on to become founding members of Thin White Rope. Becker, who was also a member of True West, rejoined Miller as a member of Game Theory from 1989 to 1990, and later was a member of Miller's 1990s group The Loud Family.
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