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Alan Bishop
Bishop at the UJAZZ Festival
(Aarhus, Denmark 2017)
Background information
Also known asAlvarius B.
Uncle Jim
GenresSound collage[1]
Formerly ofSun City Girls

Alan Bishop is an American musician best known for being the bassist and vocalist of experimental rock band Sun City Girls.[2] He has also released solo material under the aliases Alvarius B. and Uncle Jim. In the early 1980s Bishop played in the short-lived band Paris 1942 with Maureen Tucker of the Velvet Underground, and was briefly a member of skate punk group JFA. Bishop is now a member of the Cairo-based band The Invisible Hands. He is the co-founder, along with Hisham Mayet, of Sublime Frequencies, a Seattle-based record label focused on collating esoteric music and imagery from all over the world, most notably Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East.

References

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  1. ^ Heumann, Michael (March 24, 2004). "Various Artists - Radio Morocco". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Sun City Girls Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 11 January 2010
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