Joshua Alan (born November 28, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, and was the singer for Bobby Blotzer's version of

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during the American Made 2016 tour.

Music career

In 2010, Josh moved to

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, to expand his musical career. After filtering through several local bands, He joined up with the Sin City Sinners, leading the vocals for the band that included members Brent Muscat (

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(RATT and

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), Michael "Doc" Ellis (RATT, Love/Hate, and

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and the Anti-Stars), and

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( Slaughter). In March 2015, RATT drummer

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guested with the Sinners. Blotzer asked Josh and fellow Sinners' members Doc and Scott to join him in forming a new version of RATT. Josh toured with Blotzer's version of RATT while continuing as the singer for the Sin City Sinners. February 14, 2016, the Sinners released the album ''Let It Burn''. On February 19, 2016, Josh announced his departure from the Sin City Sinners in order to work full-time with Blotzer's version of RATT. During this time, he toured world-wide with Blotzer's version of RATT as lead vocalist for the American Made tour, performing throughout the United States, in Canada, and the U.K. On January 23, 2017, Josh resigned from RATT to pursue his own musical career.

Charity Work

Josh has participated in several charity events including Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Susan G Komen Race for the Cure, Scale the Strat, Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and

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Awards

In 2014, the Sin City Sinners, in which Josh was lead vocals, won the Best of Las Vegas award for best local band. In 2015, they won Las Vegas Weekly's "Best of Vegas" Readers' Choice Award.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alan, Joshua 1984 births Living people Ratt members American male singer-songwriters American heavy metal singers Musicians from Las Vegas 21st-century American singer-songwriters Sin City Sinners members Singer-songwriters from Nevada Musicians from Tampa, Florida