Alexander Gore

Bio:

Alexander Kenneth Gore was born in 1944, deep in the Outer Hebrides, in a small town named Cliasmol on the Isle Of Harris. Little is known about his early life. His father was an alcoholic miner, his mother a deaf jew. The youngest of seventeen children; life was never easy for Alexander. He was a sickly child, suffering from several serious diseases before his sixth birthday, and told when he was seven that he would not live to see sixteen. At age five, Alexander won a saxophone in a raffle at the local church. His life would be forever changed. After dropping out of school six months after he started, Alexander started to make a name for himself in the local sciffle circuit, sharing the stage with such legends as Graham Smendts, Larry "Prettyboy" Watkins, Jose Barabbas, and Jeb Westcoat (Alexander played bass on Jeb's 1951 album "The Songs Of Jeb Westcoat" at the tender age of 6). During this early period, Alexander blazed a trail so profound, it would kick pop music hard in the shin, and make it walk funny for ages. It is said that during this time, Alexander invented the power chord, pinch harmonics, reverb, calling girls "baby" and cut off shorts among other things. Pretty soon the Outer Hebrides were too small for a thriving Alexander Gore. America was calling and Al was all ears. By the time he had arrived in New York in 1953 by way of Chicagy (later that year it would become known as "Chicago"), A.G had already created quite a buzz around himself. The controversy started after the nine year old Gore allegedly head-butted Rita Hayworth outside the notorious Angry Dutchman bar in Soho. More scandal would follow after Gore's appearance on the Ed Sulivan show where he would expose himself several times to the nation in a drug fueled frenzy. There followed a dark time for Gore. After being banned from network television, depression swallowed him up like a cheap hooker. It was during this time that Alex would record the, at the time, greatly mis-understood, and later exulted "Beige on Tope" album (considered by some to be the first punk album by at least 10 years). Directly after this release, and subsequently a lengthy rehab visit, Alex turned his attention from music to art, particularly North American Aboriginal art, moving from his Manhattan penthouse to the Nuck Tunkra Nation reserve and earning the name "Salmonheart" which translates to "He who has the heart of a fish". After several years of intense carving, Alexander returned to New York and opened the "Nuck Tunkra Nation Aboriginal Culture and Wellness center" on 51st and Pine. It is still there today. Alex would now be on the verge of creating his Manum Opus, 1965's "Do you see me I see you see me seeing you" on Capital Records. Times they were a changing because Alexander Gore said they were. To list all of his achievements here would be a lengthy endeavor. Aside from single handedly kicking off the hippie era, Gore would go on to produce David Bowie's 1971 classic "Hunky Dory", win the 1974 pulitzer prize for his novel "Les Petit Enfants", establish the mysterious artist collective/occult secret society "The Priory", design and make the costumes for the hit broadway show "Cats" and lead a UN backed campaign to rid South America of all booby traps around their various sacred sites. Alexander Gore died of AIDS in 1992. His memory and spirit will live on in the hearts and minds of free thinkers and free lovers for generations to come. Alexander Gore 1944 - 1992 ..

Member Since:

March 16, 2009