Artist description Music made while a teenager in Sacramento (1983-85)

Music Style Lo Fi, Sloppy Rock

Musical Influences Rush, Led Zeppelin, Fastway, Black Sabbath, Rainbow

Similar Artists Paradox, Cursed Net, Assylum, Putty Knife Hospital, Ospex

Artist History Alien of Fortune was formed in 1982 in Sacramento, California after Dennis Quinn's project with Mike French, tentatively called, Cursed Net, failed to materialize. Thus, Quinn decided to start a solo career in which he played all the instruments, including guitar, bass, harmonica, and percussion, as well as all the vocals. After writing a number of songs, Quinn recorded two demo albums, Shark Watch and Creeper, under the name of Alien of Fortune. It was from these two albums that he gathered material for his first album under KMJ Records, simply entitled Alien of Fortune in the winter of 1983, taking only eight hours to record. On this album were such classics as "The Slime Wave," "Shark Watch," and the epic, "Creeper," which is about a man, a monster, and gastero-intestinal issues.

Group Members Dennis Quinn: all noises

Instruments Guitar, Bass, noises

Albums Alien of Fortune, 2, Heaven Bent, etc

Press Reviews Critics were largely unanimous in their opinion of the breakthrough first album. Wendell Spindle, of Kloom: A Magazine for People who Like Magazines, perhaps said it best when he wrote, "This ... and ... but ... the year." Sotrid Ma, of radio station KNOB, Flagadelphia, EB, when asked about the Alien of Fortune debut remarked, "#%@%! Sanitation ... maximization." By such characteristic remarks, it was clear that Alien of Fortune was at the cusp of its potentially. Alien of Fortune 2, though not as successful as the first album, revealed Quinn's obvious competence in playing his own brand of "music." Ron "The Ron" Ronson, writing for the music magazine, Music Magazine, wrote, "without doubt, this is the greatest album in the last twenty-six days." Of course, he was reviewing another album, but such sentiments characterize nicely the Alien of Fortune ethic: "this is." Heaven Bent was not completely unrelinquished, eliciting the monuments contributor of the forlorn publication, Meandering Pebble, Barlindo C. Rofstomonovf's blink. Bill dePong, of Wyoming Catfisherman and Squirrel Emboweler, was more forthcoming when he wrote: "... inhalation ... albatross...." It is no surprise, then, that Dennis Quinn was compelled to begin work on the new Alien of Fortune album. He would also embark on a full length room tour, ultimately taking the greater part of one afternoon.

Location SACRAMENTO, CA - USA

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