Alan Lord

{{short description|Canadian musician, writer, and engineer}}

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Alan Lord is a Canadian musician, writer, and engineer who was a prominent figure in Montreal’s alternative punk music scene.

Lord has been a member of the bands Vex (late 1970s/early1980s), the Marauders (late 1970s/early 1980s), Vent du Mont Scharr (mid 1980s to early 1990s), and Alan Lord & The Falling Men (2008-2012).{{Cite web|url=https://www.guernicaeditions.com/author/1005|title=Alan Lord - Guernica Editions|website=www.guernicaeditions.com}}

In the 1980s, Lord organized Ultimatum Festival, a festival of avant-garde music and poetry at Les Foufounes Électriques.Nathalie Parent. "Le mepris des choses selon Alan Lord." Le McGill Daily francais. January 23, 1987. p. 5. He was featured in Erik Cimon’s documentary, Mtl Punk – The First Wave (2011), which examines the Montreal punk scene from 1977-78.Brendan Kelly. "Mtl Punk - The First Wave captures the original punk scene here." Montreal Gazette. March 18, 2011. https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/mtl-punk-the-first-wave-captures-the-original-punk-scene-here He is a cancer survivor (Lymphomia)."Burroughs Makes It to The Foufounes Électriques — Alan Lord." minor literature[s]. https://minorliteratures.com/2019/03/22/burroughs-makes-it-to-the-foufounes-electriques-alan-lord/#

He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985-1987.