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Alan Merrill and Monsieur Kamayatsu, Vodka Collins band Japan tour 1996.

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Alan Merrill at The Delancey NYC Feb. 25th 2020. 

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Left Banke and Arrows mix. Left to rightt: Left Banke founding members Tom Finn, George Cameron and Arrows (UK) lead singer Alan Merrill doing an acousitc set at the Bowery Electric, March 2011.

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Yuya Uchida! Rock n roller and actor!! 

Alan Merrill アラン・メリル and Japanese legend Yuya Uchida  内田 裕也 having a reunion at Yuya’s 71st birthday in Tokyo Japan, November 17th 2010 Yuya got Alan his management deal with Watanabe productions in 1969 which led to him being signed to the newly created Atlantic records division in Japan. Photo by Hitomi Ohmori.

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Alan Merrill portrait, Hell’s Kitchen NYC, Oct. 2009.

Photo by Neil Kitson / Getty Images.

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Alan Merrill in Little Venice, London 1974 photo by Alexander Agor.  This photo taken just a month or so before Alan’s band the Arrows got a record deal with RAK records in England. 

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Alan Merrill on stage at Hill Country NYC February 2011. Photos by Arnie Goodman of Elmore Blues magazine.

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Alan Merrill on stage with Derringer in Canada 1982.

Photo by Marko Shark.

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Alan Merrill Extravaganza at the Brighton Bar in Long Beach New Jersey, October 4th, 2019. Alan Merrill (guitar/vocals) Amy Madden (bass/vocals) Mark Brotter (drums). 

Photos by RJ Carroll

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Alan Merrill Extravaganza (Amy Madden bass / Mark Brotter drums) at The Delancey in New York City, Sept 24th 2019.

Thanks to Vika Janson for sharing the photos. 

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Radio Zero review by Alan Merrill in Vive Le Rock magazine 2019.

Excellent review by Mark McStea of the new album Radio Zero by Alan Merrill in the July issue of Vive Le Rock magazine 2019. 

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Arrows fan Cheryl clearing out an attic in 2019 and finds this Arrows autograph card from 1975 signed by lead singer Alan Merrill and detailing how hard it was for Arrows fans to get a copy of their single “I Love Rock N Roll” and how the record was getting no radio play. 

It’s a good thing they got their one and only TV appearance on producer / Arrows supporter Muriel Young’s TV series “45″ in 1975 that got the band their own TV series the next year in 1976 where they played the song often on the show. The song might have had a whole different life without that sole 1975 TV appearance. 

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Glam rock legend and rock n roll veteran Alan Merrill hosting the MyJam Music Network TV series “Across The Pond,” a show featuring acts from the UK, presenting them to the USA. The show ran for 2 seasons in 2018.

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Alan Merrill at the Grand Victory, Brooklyn NYC Feb. 7th 2015. 

Photo Joe Bottari.

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Alan Merrill and (second) wife Joanna Lisanti, mid 1980s, New York City.

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Alan Merrill and wife Cathee Dahmen, Mr. Chow restaurant Knightsbridge, London England 1977.

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The Lead, a professional American teenaged band based in Japan, the 2nd lineup, with Alan Merrill replacing Mark Elder on guitar November 1968 when Elder was deported for complex visa difficulties. Clock-wise from the top, Alan “Paul” Merrill, Tamia Arbuckle, Phil Trainer, Alan Hill - The band lasted until April 1969 when Phil Trainer was also deported for similar visa difficulties ending the band. They did manage to finish and release their second album “Sound Of Silence” (RCA Japan) in 1969.