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BIO
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"Alex
Grossi is the most gifted young guitar player I have heard since the first time
I heard Randy Rhoads in 1975"--- Kevin
Dubrow, QUIET RIOT
In only a few short years ALEX GROSSI is becoming
one of the hardest
working guitarists in the country. In 1999 he inked his first recording
deal with
ATLANTIC RECORDS with the Boston-based pop rock
band ANGRY SALAD. In support of the record
Alex and Angry Salad did over 1000 shows across the country, recorded music for
the QUINCY JONES produced movie "The
Smokers", did multiple television appearances as well as recording the
theme song for the WB NETWORK drama series "DC".
In 2001 when the AOL/TIME-WARNER merger cost the
band their deal, Alex
packed up and headed to Hollywood where within weeks he signed on with
TVT
Recording Artists IGNITE to do 2 world tours. Upon returning from
the tour, Alex was chosen by ELEKTRA RECORDS out of
over 75 L.A. area guitarists to be the
musical director for one of their new artists AIMEE ALLEN.
The band toured and
recorded for the better part of 2002.
In early 2003 Alex joined up with Hollywood rockers
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES,
fronted by BANG TANGO vocalist
JOE LESTE. Shortly thereafter, Alex and BC
began writing and recording BC's second record "DEUCE"
for JVC RECORDS (Japan) and
SPITFIRE/BMG (U.S.). In between working on that, Alex and Joe also
wrote and recorded a new BANG TANGO record entitled "READY
TO GO" for Mike Varney's SHRAPNEL RECORDS
Label. Alex was also asked to appear in a film documenting the Rhode
Island nightclub fire by the LIFETIME network which
aired in 2004.
In June of 2004 Alex was contacted by QUIET RIOT
front man KEVIN DUBROW to
participate in the first annual "BAD BOYS OF METAL TOUR"
which featured Kevin,
as well as JANI LANE of WARRANT,
STEVEN ADLER of GUNS-N-ROSES and
BANG
TANGO. "Everyone said I was crazy" said Alex "I had to learn
40-plus songs and
play for over 3 hours a night but it was an amazing experience, both musically
and personally. Guns and Roses "Appetite for Destruction" was the first
record I ever bought, Randy Rhoads (founding member of Quiet Riot) is one of my
all time favorite guitarists, and I always liked Warrant. On this tour I
got to
work with the guys who were a part of my musical upbringing---it was pretty
crazy and great fun". Immediately following the "Bad Boy's Tour",
IGNITE
Recruited Alex for an extensive tour which saw the band covering the U.S,
Canada, Europe, South America and Australia.
In late 2004 Alex was offered the guitar
position in QUIET RIOT, he played
his first QR date on New years Eve 2004, and has since written and toured
with the band full time in 2005, Including 75 dates with the "ROCK
NEVER STOPS"
tour which also featured CINDERELLA,
RATT and FIREHOUSE.
2006 has already been a very busy year for Alex, Since the new year he has
toured extensively, including a European Tour with
LOVE/HATE. Alex has also
performed on several European tribute albums including "It's
So Easy: A
MILLENNIUM TRIBUTE TO GUNS N' ROSES" as well as playing lead on Ex-MOTLEY
CRUE
frontman JOHN CORABI's remake of the Crue classic "HOME
SWEET HOME". "I feel really lucky to be able to do this for a living"
says Alex, "I can't imagine doing
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