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Alfunction (born Alan Leonard James; June 9, 1972 in Costa Mesa, California), is an American guitarist. His stage name was bestowed upon him in 1994, by future bandmate Lauren Boquette, in reference to his band at the time, "". He played guitar as a founding member of Six, from its beginning in 2001, until its disbanding in 2010. He was previously a hired guitarist for Cypress Hill during the Skull and Bones tours, making his debut U.S. performance for the band while playing keyboard on the Conan O'Brien show. Alfunction went on to play guitar for Cypress Hill until July 2000, when he toured with Famous on the Tattoo the Earth festival. In late 2010, he performed with Killing Joke, taking over bass guitar duties for original bassist Martin Glover on the North American tour in support of the Absolute Dissent Album. A Six song he co-wrote, "Circles (Better Than Mine)", was used in the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 video game. (en) |
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Alfunction (en) |
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dbr:Guitarist |
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| dbp:alias |
Alfunction (en) |
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Alan Leonard James (en) |
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Alfunction (en) |
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Guitarist, songwriter (en) |
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dbr:Guitarist |
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| rdfs:comment |
Alfunction (born Alan Leonard James; June 9, 1972 in Costa Mesa, California), is an American guitarist. His stage name was bestowed upon him in 1994, by future bandmate Lauren Boquette, in reference to his band at the time, "". He played guitar as a founding member of Six, from its beginning in 2001, until its disbanding in 2010. In late 2010, he performed with Killing Joke, taking over bass guitar duties for original bassist Martin Glover on the North American tour in support of the Absolute Dissent Album. (en) |
| rdfs:label |
Alfunction (en) |
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wikipedia-en:Alfunction?oldid=1066377824&ns=0 |
| foaf:givenName |
Alan Leonard James (en) |
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http://www.alfunction.com |
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wikipedia-en:Alfunction |
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Alfunction (en) |
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dbr:Hed_PE |
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