Alternate Learning: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:54, 18 September 2019

Latest revision as of 05:04, 11 April 2025

(12 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown)

Line 1:

{{Short description|American power pop/new wave band}}

{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

| name = Alternate Learning

{{Infobox musical artist

| image = Alternate Learning performing in Davis, California, in 1980.jpg

| caption name = Alternate Learning performing in 1980.

| image = Alternate Learning performing in Davis, California, in 1980.jpg

| background = group_or_band

| caption = Alternate Learning performing in 1980.

| alias = ALRN

| genrealias = ALRN
| genre = [[Power pop]], [[New wave music|new wave]]

| years_active = {{Start date|1977}}–{{End date|1982}}

| origin = [[Sacramento, California]], United States

| label = Rational

| associated_acts = [[Game Theory (band)|Game Theory]], [[The Loud Family]]

| past_members = * [[Scott Miller =(pop musician)|Scott Miller]]

* [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]]

* Jozef Becker

* Scott Gallawa

Line 54:

{{Track listing

| headline = Track listing

| collapsed = no

| all_writing =

| title1 = Green Card

Line 108 ⟶ 107:

{{Track listing

| headline = Track listing

| collapsed = no

| all_writing =

| title1= Another Wasted Afternoon

Line 152 ⟶ 150:

On [[Game Theory (band)|Game Theory]]'s double album ''[[Lolita Nation]]'' (1987), the track "Pretty Green Card Shark" includes the opening portion of "Green Card."

In 1990, former Alternate Learning members [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]], Jozef Becker, and Nancy Becker returned to the studio, joined by [[Michael Quercio]], to record a new version of the Alternate Learning song "Beach State Rocking." Despite being a new recording by [[Game Theory (band)|Game Theory]], the 1990 remake of "Beach State Rocking" was the opening track on the chronologically- ordered Game Theory compilation CD ''[[Tinker to Evers to Chance (album)|Tinker to Evers to Chance]]'', released on [[Enigma Records]].

=== Memorial performance (2013) ===

After [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]]'s death, a [[Game Theory (band)#2013 Reunion|memorial tribute concert]] was held in [[Sacramento]] on July 20, 2013, with proceeds directed to a memorial fund for the education of Miller's children.<ref name=cosper-obit/> Nancy Becker performed alongside Fletcher Gallawa (son of original member Scott Gallawa) and his band, billed as "Nan Becker and the Wheels," to open the show with a set of Alternate Learning songs that included "Green Card," "What's the Matter," and "When She's Alone."<ref name=yudt-obit/><ref name=cosper-obit/>

=== TracksRemastered tracks on Game Theory reissues (2014–20152014–2020) ===

TheAlternate Learning's original [[Mastering (audio)|master tapes]] were obtained by [[Omnivore Recordings]] after Miller's death, in connection with Omnivore's series of Game Theory reissues that began in 2014.<ref name=cmj2014/><ref name=omnivore/> As a result, the 2014 reissue of Game Theory's ''[[Blaze of Glory (Game Theory album)|Blaze of Glory]]'' included four bonus tracks from Alternate Learning: "What's the Matter" from the ''ALRN'' EP, and "Another Wasted Afternoon," "Beach State Rocking," and "The New You" from ''Painted Windows''.<ref name=slicing2014/> The material on the expanded version of ''Blaze of Glory'' was remastered from the original tapes.<ref name=cmj2014/> ''Blaze of Glory'' was reissued by [[Omnivore Recordings]] in September 2014 on CD and vinyl, as the first of a series of remastered releases of the complete Game Theory catalog.<ref name=cmj2014/><ref name=omnivore/>

A newly released live version of "Beach State Rocking" appearsappeared as a bonus track on Omnivore's March 2015 reissue of ''[[Real Nighttime]]'', and the 2020 Game Theory's compilation ''[[RealAcross Nighttimethe Barrier of Sound: PostScript|Across the Barrier of Sound]]'' concluded with a remastered version of "When She's Alone."<ref name=omnivore-rnpr/>

==Discography==

Line 258 ⟶ 256:

|-

|{{dts|2014}}

|''[[Blaze of Glory (Game Theory album)|Blaze of Glory]]''

|{{smalldiv|ubl

|"Another Wasted Afternoon" {{small|(track 13)<br />}}

|"What's the Matter" {{small|(track 14)<br />}}

|"Beach State Rocking" {{small|(track 20)<br />}}

|"The New You" {{small|(track 23)}}

}}

|rowspan="2"|LP, CD

|rowspan="23"|OmnivoreLP, CD

|rowspan="23"|LP, CDOmnivore

|-

|{{dts|2015}}

|''[[Real Nighttime]]''

|<small>"Beach State Rocking (Live)" {{small|(track 19)</small>}}

|-

|{{dts|2020}}

|''[[Across the Barrier of Sound: PostScript]]''

|"When She's Alone" {{small|(track 25)}}

|}

Line 293 ⟶ 296:

{{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=

<ref name=omnivore-rnpr>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Game Theory ''Real Nighttime'' |publisher=[[Omnivore Recordings]] |date=January 26, 2015 |___location=Los Angeles, California |url=http://omnivorerecordings.com/press-release-game-theory-real-nighttime/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126211503/http://omnivorerecordings.com/press-release-game-theory-real-nighttime/ |archivedate=2015-01-26 |access-date=2015-01-28 }}</ref>

<ref name=slicing2014>{{cite web |title=Game Theory’sTheory's 1982 debut ‘Blaze'Blaze of Glory’Glory' to be reissued with 11 unreleased bonus tracks |date=July 15, 2014 |work=[[Slicing Up Eyeballs]] |url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/07/15/game-theory-blaze-of-glory-reissue/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715190405/http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/07/15/game-theory-blaze-of-glory-reissue/ |archivedate=2014-07-15 }}</ref>

<ref name=cmj2014>{{cite journal |last=Davidson |first=Eric |title=Game Theory Catalog To Be Reissued: Blaze Of Glory out September 2 |date=July 15, 2014 |journal=CMJ |url=http://www.cmj.com/news/game-theory-catalog-reissued/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715185802/http://www.cmj.com/news/game-theory-catalog-reissued/ |archivedate=2014-07-15 |access-date=2014-07-26 }}</ref>

<ref name=omnivore>{{cite web |author=Omnivore Recordings |title=Release: Blaze of Glory |date=July 14, 2014 |url=http://omnivorerecordings.com/music/blaze-of-glory/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715041732/http://omnivorerecordings.com/music/blaze-of-glory/ |archivedate=2014-07-15 }}</ref>

Line 306 ⟶ 309:

<ref name=discogs-dream>{{Discogs release|name=The Days of Wine and Roses|release=763716|type=album}}</ref>

<ref name=discogs-other1>{{Discogs release|name=The Other #1|release=2697492|type=album}}</ref>

<ref name=gimarc>{{cite book|last=Gimarc|first=George|authorlink=George Gimarc|title=Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982|year=2005|publisher=Hal Leonard Corp./Backbeat Books|isbn=9780879308483|page=676|url=https://books.google.com/books?vidid=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&pg=PA676 }}</ref>

<ref name=gt-news1>{{cite web|title=Game Theory Newsletter|date=Summer 1982|url=http://musicbrainz.org/release/e363939b-c700-4118-a71d-353e36fa1bf8/cover-art}} Archived ([http://coverartarchive.org/release/e363939b-c700-4118-a71d-353e36fa1bf8/6335633299.jpg front], [http://coverartarchive.org/release/e363939b-c700-4118-a71d-353e36fa1bf8/6335633829.jpg back]) from the original at [[Cover Art Archive]].</ref>

<ref name=rollingstone2013>{{cite journalmagazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|title=Scott Miller, Game Theory and Loud Family Singer, Dead at 53|date=April 18, 2013|journalmagazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-miller-game-theory-and-loud-family-singer-dead-at-53-20130418|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021223728/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scott-miller-game-theory-and-loud-family-singer-dead-at-53-20130418|archivedate=2013-10-21 }}</ref>

<ref name=strongdiscog>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|authorlink=Martin C. Strong|title=The Great Indie Discography|year=2003|publisher=Canongate Books|isbn=9781841953359|page=345|url=https://books.google.com/books?vidid=HJfGtREyuSAC&pg=PT128 }}</ref>

<ref name=twr-form>{{cite web|last=Becker|first=Jozef|title=Thin White Rope formation|work=Davis 80s Music|url=http://www.davis80smusic.com/davis80smusic%20thin%20white%20rope%20joe%20becker.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828221133/http://www.davis80smusic.com/davis80smusic%20thin%20white%20rope%20joe%20becker.htm|archivedate=2007-08-28 }}</ref>

<ref name=yudt-obit>{{cite news|last=Yudt|first=Dennis|title=A way with words: Friends pay tribute to Scott Miller, the late Davis artist who combined his love for music and literature into an influential career|date=July 18, 2013|newspaper=[[Sacramento News & Review]]|url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/PrintFriendly?oid=10674648|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119211740/http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/PrintFriendly?oid=10674648|archivedate=2013-11-19}}</ref>