A brief chronology: Difference between revisions
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'''1978''': Allan leaves UK. | '''1978''': Allan leaves UK. | ||
'''1979''': Allan records "One Of A Kind" with Bruford. | '''1979''': Allan records "One Of A Kind" with Bruford. Meets Gary Husband at Ronnie Scotts. | ||
'''1980''': Allan and Gordon Beck record "The Things You See". | |||
'''1981''': Allan records "IOU" with Gary Husband and Paul Carmichael. | |||
'''1982''': Allan receives an offer for some gigs in California with IOU. This eventually leads to him relocating permanently with his family. The lineup changes to Jeff Berlin and Chad Wackerman. The IOU album is released independently. Allan signs a deal with Warner Brothers. Starts using a custom Charvel guitar. | |||
'''1983''': Allan records "Road Games". | |||
'''1984''': Jimmy Johnson replaces Jeff Berlin. IOU tour Japan, and the "Tokyo Dream" concert is recorded. Allan is dropped by WB, and uses demo tapes for WB and his severance pay to finish "Metal Fatigue". | |||
'''1985''': Releases "Metal Fatigue". Allan briefly endorses Ibanez, tries SynthAxe for the first time. Buys SynthAxe and writes music on it for next album. | |||
'''1986''': "Atavachron" is released. The album features the SynthAxe on many tracks. Allan starts using the SynthAxe for around half the tunes on gigs. Allan also picks up his first Steinberger. | |||
