Alan Lord

Alan Lord is a Canadian musician, writer, and engineer who was a prominent figure in Montreal’s alternative punk music scene.

Lord has been a member of the bands Vex (late 1970s/early1980s), the Marauders (late 1970s/early 1980s), Vent du Mont Scharr (mid 1980s to early 1990s), and Alan Lord & The Falling Men (2008-2012).[1]

In the 1980s, Lord organized Ultimatum Festival, a festival of avant-garde music and poetry at Les Foufounes Électriques.[2] He was featured in Erik Cimon’s documentary, Mtl Punk – The First Wave (2011), which examines the Montreal punk scene from 1977-78.[3] He is a cancer survivor (Lymphomia).[4]

He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985-1987.

Publications

Prose
  • ATM Sex. Toronto, ON: Guernica Editions, 2011.
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References
  1. "Alan Lord - Guernica Editions". www.guernicaeditions.com.
  2. Nathalie Parent. "Le mepris des choses selon Alan Lord." Le McGill Daily francais. January 23, 1987. p. 5.
  3. Brendan Kelly. "Mtl Punk - The First Wave captures the original punk scene here." Montreal Gazette. March 18, 2011. https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/mtl-punk-the-first-wave-captures-the-original-punk-scene-here
  4. "Burroughs Makes It to The Foufounes Électriques — Alan Lord." minor literature[s]. https://minorliteratures.com/2019/03/22/burroughs-makes-it-to-the-foufounes-electriques-alan-lord/#
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