Alan Lord
The details
Biography
Introduction
Alan Lord is a musician, writer, and engineer known as a prominent figure in Montreal’s alternative punk scene. He has been a part of the bands Vex (late 70s/early 80s), the Marauders (late 70s/early 80s), Vent du Mont Scharr (mid 80s to early 90s), and Alan Lord & The Falling Men (2008-2012). In the 80s, he organized Ultimatum Festival, a festival of avant-garde music and poetry at Les Foufounes Électriques. He was featured in Erik Cimon’s documentary, Mtl Punk – The First Wave (2011), which looks at the Montreal punk scene from 1977-78. He is a cancer survivor (Lymphomia).
He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985-1987.
Publications
Prose
- ATM Sex. Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions, 2011.