Built Like Alaska

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rdf:langString Built Like Alaska

rdf:langString Built Like Alaska

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rdf:langString Davey Burtch : Drums

rdf:langString Ken Michaels : bass

rdf:langString Neil Jackson : Vocals, guitar, piano

rdf:langString Sean Norman : guitar, keyboard

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rdf:langString Oakdale, California, USA

rdf:langString Anthany Rossi : Bass Guitar

rdf:langString Chris Doud : Guitar

rdf:langString Doug Rice : keyboard

rdf:langString Jacob Canada : bass guitar

rdf:langString Joshua Barragan : keyboard

rdf:langString Matt Candelario : Bass Guitar

rdf:langString Susane Reis : Piano/Keyboard, Guitar, Percussion

rdf:langString Built Like Alaska is an indie rock band from Oakdale, California, USA. Forming shortly after Jackson's return to Oakdale from Humboldt State University in 1996, the band began playing local dives, dumps and police bars as a three-piece outfit. Signing with Grandaddy's label, they released their début full-length, Hopalong, in 2003. They attracted the attention of a larger indie label, Future Farmer, who released album number two, Autumnland, and re-released Hopalong, both in 2005. Also in 2005, the band provided the score for Scott Coffey's film Ellie Parker and spent a good deal of the summer touring the U.S. In 2011 Built Like Alaska released their 3rd album In Troubled Times... on now defunct Future Farmer (re-released 2019 on Way Grimace Records). 2020 brings the release of a long-awaited 4th record entitled Apartments on Way Grimace Records. After 20 years in the making and many failed attempts at completing the record, it seems that the 11 song album will tell the stories of the residents of a ramshackle apartment complex in which Jackson used to work at as an on site "fix it man".