Editing Alaska!

{{About||the British [[hard rock]] band|Alaska (band)|other uses|Alaska (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Alaska!
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| origin          = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States
| genre           = [[Indie rock]]
| years_active    = {{start date|2000}}–{{end date|2005}}
| label           = B-Girl, [[Flying Nun Records|Flying Nun]], Altitude
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| past_members    = [[Russell Pollard]]<br />[[Imaad Wasif]]<br />Lesley Ishino
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'''Alaska!''' is an [[indie rock]] trio from the [[United States]]. The band was formed in [[San Francisco]] by [[Russell Pollard]] (formerly of [[Sebadoh]] and later of the [[Folk Implosion]]), [[Imaad Wasif]] (also later of Folk Implosion), with Lesley Ishino (formerly of the [[Red Aunts]]) later joining as drummer.<ref name="Wilson">Wilson, MacKenzie "[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alaska-p553199/biography Alaska! Biography]", [[Allmusic]], retrieved 2011-11-20</ref><ref name="Deusner">Deusner, Stephen M. (2005) "[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/97-rescue-through-tomahawk/ ''Rescue Through Tomahawk'' Review]", [[Pitchfork Media]], August 4, 2005, retrieved 2011-11-20</ref>

==Discography==
The band released their debut album, ''Emotions'', in 2003, and a second, ''Rescue Through Tomahawk'' in 2005.<ref name="Cramer">Cramer, Stephen "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/emotions-r622760/review ''Emotions'' Review]", [[Allmusic]], retrieved 2011-11-20</ref><ref name="Prato">Prato, Greg "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/rescue-through-tomahawk-r729513/review ''Rescue Through Tomahawk'' Review]", [[Allmusic]], retrieved 2011-11-20</ref>

*''[[Emotions (Alaska! album)|Emotions]]'' ([[B-Girl Records]], February, 2003)
*''[[Rescue Through Tomahawk]]'' (Altitude Records, 2005)
*"[[Kiss You (alaska! single)|Kiss You]]" (Single) (Altitude Records, 2005)

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F9A6A06630B03BA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Creative Alaska! One Heck of an Icebreaker."] Pioneer Press. {{Subscription required}}
* [http://www.dallasobserver.com/2004-03-11/music/gold-in-alaska/ Gold in Alaska! – Page 1 – Music – Dallas – Dallas Observer<!-- Bot generated title -->]

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[[Category:Indie rock musical groups from California]]
[[Category:Musical groups from San Francisco]]


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