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Alan Bishop

Alan Bishop

United States

Alan Bishop is an American musician best known for being the bassist and vocalist of experimental rock band Sun City Girls. 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.

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Albums5

Mother of All Sinners (Puppet on a String)

Mother of All Sinners (Puppet on a String)

2016
Parallelogram

Parallelogram

2015
Burj Al Imam

Burj Al Imam

2015
Radio Moderna

Radio Moderna

2013
The Brothers Unconnected: A Tribute To Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls

The Brothers Unconnected: A Tribute To Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls

2008

EPs1

Alan Bishop % Kink Gong Recordings

Alan Bishop % Kink Gong Recordings

2022

Live Albums1

Tropic Of Taurus

Tropic Of Taurus

2025