Alan Gill

Alan Gill
Origin	Thingwall, Wirral Peninsula, England
Genres	Punk rock, R&B, synthpop, post-punk, new wave, psychedelia
Occupation(s)	Singer Songwriter Guitarist Record producer Sound engineer Film score composer
Instruments	Guitar, voice
Years active	Mid 1970s-present
Associated acts	Mr. McKenzie Radio Blank Dalek I Love You The Teardrop Explodes The Most High

Alan Gill (also called Alan David Gill) is an English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, who formed part of the synthpop band Dalek I Love You and the post-punk/neo-psychedelic band the Teardrop Explodes.

Living in Thingwall, Wirral, he formed alongside Keith Hartley, a band called Mr. McKenzie, with David Balfe joining later.

In November 1976, with the onset of punk rock, the band changed their name to Radio Blank, with Stephen Brick joining on drums. The band played punk and R&B songs as well as covers like "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks and "Peaches" by the Stranglers, but Gill and Balfe changed their musical views, dissolving the band to go in a far more experimental direction.

Gill and Balfe next founded the experimental band Dalek I Love You in December 1977, along with David Hughes and Chris Teepee.

Gill was also an influential member of the Teardrop Explodes, playing lead guitar and co-writing their biggest hit "Reward" with frontman Julian Cope, which reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart. Gill performed on their 1980 gold-selling album Kilimanjaro. He was an influence on Cope, as documented in the latter's 1994 autobiography Head On, in which Cope described Gill as his "guru", turning him from "tense to loose to slack in three months". Gill introduced Cope to LSD before leaving the band to concentrate on Dalek I Love You.

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