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==Musical career==

===Early ''ALRN'' period (1977–1980)===

Alternate Learning, which was [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]]'s first band to record on independent recording label Rational Records, was initially formed while its original members were in high school.<ref name=burt/> Miller, Jozef Becker, and Scott Gallawa began performing at [[Rio Americano High School]] under the name Alternate Learning as early as 1977. The three original members recorded Alternate Learning's first release in [[Sacramento]].

Alternate Learning, which was

[[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]]'s first band to record on independent recording label Rational Records, was initially formed while its original members were in high school.<ref name=burt/> Miller, Jozef Becker, and Scott Gallawa began performing at [[Rio Americano High School]] under the name Alternate Learning as early as 1977. The three original members recorded Alternate Learning's first release in [[Sacramento]].

[[File:Alternate Learning band photo 1980.jpg|thumb|376px|float|right|314px|Alternate Learning performing in Davis, 1979–1980. L-RLeft to right: Lynn Ross, [[w:Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]], Carolyn O'Rourke, Jozef Becker (drums), Scott Gallawa.]] In 1978, Miller moved the band to [[Davis, California]], where he was attending college. Bassist Carolyn O'Rourke and keyboard player Lynn Ross joined the band, which performed in the [[Sacramento]] area, in [[San Francisco]], and most frequently at [[U.C. Davis]].

The group's self-titled debut, a four-song 7" [[extended play|EP]] (sometimes referred to as the ''ALRN'' EP), was independently released on Rational Records in 1979.<ref name=burt/> Alternate Learning became known by the abbreviation ALRN, which was prominently featured on the front cover. The disc was labeled with the band's unabbreviated name.<ref name=alrncover/> The first EP is also sometimes known as the [http://www.discogs.com/Alternate-Learning-Green-Card-EP/release/1619964 ''Green Card'' EP], based on the title of the first song.<ref name=alrncover/>