Alex Rosamilia

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Alex Rosamilia
Birth nameAlexander Rosamilia
Origin New Brunswick, New Jersey, US
Genres Alternative rock, punk rock, hardcore, heavy metal
Instrument(s)Guitar, backing vocals
Labels Mercury Records
SideOneDummy
Resist records

Alex Rosamilia (born 1982) is an American musician. Rosamilia is one of the founding members of the band The Gaslight Anthem. He plays lead guitar and provides backing vocals for the band.

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Alex Rosamilia, guitarist for The Gaslight Anthem band, onstage at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado (October 2, 2023) Alex Rosamilia, guitarist for The Gaslight Anthem band, onstage in Denver, Colorado.jpg
Alex Rosamilia, guitarist for The Gaslight Anthem band, onstage at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado (October 2, 2023)

Biography

Early in his career he was involved in The Killing Gift, which also included drummer Benny Horowitz, now of The Gaslight Anthem. [1] Rosamilia has been the lead guitarist for The Gaslight Anthem since their formation in early 2006. With the band he has recorded five studio albums, Sink or Swim , The '59 Sound , American Slang , Handwritten , and Get Hurt .

He was also active in the band Spiro Agnew which is essentially The Killing Gift line-up without a vocalist.

In 2010, Rosamilia started the hardcore metal band Something About Death or Dying and released a five-song digital only E.P. on 11 November 2010 with Darrell Coco, bassist of Spiro Agnew, vocalist Dan Pelic, and drummer Wes Kleinknecht.[ citation needed ]

Rosamilia and Pelic worked together again to form another metal project dubbed Servitude in 2013 [2] and released an E.P., "No Foxhole Prayers", in 2015. The band includes Brad Clifford (formerly of Poison The Well and Sincebyman) on second guitar, Corey Perez (of Ensign and I Am The Avalanche) on bass and drummer Eric Schnee (of Organ Dealer). [3]

Discography

With The Gaslight Anthem
With Something About Death or Dying
With The Killing Gift
With Servitude

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References

  1. Hugo, Alexander (December 1, 2010). "The Gaslight Anthem – 'Earlier Bands', 'Side Projects', 'Discography' (source of majority of information)". gaslightanthem.org. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
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