My Era in ERRA - How ERRA got signed 

Augment is my favorite album of all time. I've listened to it hundreds of times. It's borderline life changing

I don't know how practical this is. But I'd LOVE Alan to be back with Erra again. Alan added so much to the sound and I'd love to hear modern Erra with his influence.

Man I still listen to Augment every day. What you guys were doing as kids basically, comparing it to the ‘top’ metalcore albums of that time, was utterly ridiculous. The crushing heaviness and the beautiful melodies fused together in spectacular fashion. Just brilliant.

Sean just left ERRA 🫢 come backkkkkk 🥺

Augment is my favourite metalcore album. You are a great musician and person

You've probably heard this a million times but Augment is my favorite album of all time for SO many reasons. It is a masterpiece. Thank you for your contribution Alan, you should be proud seriously.

Alan, Impulse and Augment will be forever top albums in my heart. Thank you and other guys from ERRA for all these amazing tracks, they seem to be perfect in all senses - beatutiful sound, sweet riffs, great vocals, unique song structure. Actually both Artificials and Erra perform great nowadays too - I am very happy with every release and very glad you keep up with music. Your music and playing has great influence on me as listener, guitar player and song writer as well. Here in Russia listeners of prog metal have lots of respect to ERRA.

Awesome video brother! I sure do miss those years, the golden years at least for me XD

My favorite Erra song is Rebirth. Thank you so much for changing my life through your music. I can't even describe it.

YO I didn't realize that you had a second channel (apart from your main one where you post Artificials stuff). I found ERRA in 2016 during the Drift album, but I've learned to appreciate both eras of the band. It seems like some fans are divided between the two, and it's really unfortunate. It's nice to finally hear this perspective, because even though you ultimately left the band, I can only hope that fans will stop tearing each other apart over which lineup of the band is better. That's not how it should be. You played such a monumental part in the band's early releases, and it's always nice to go back and listen to the 2009-2013 catalog. Thank you for everything. :)

I'll just echo what everyone is saying. Augment is personally the best album ever made. Crazy I found Erra through Jesse dropping Elixir of Life as his single and it popped up on my YT frontpage with 500 views, and I was left wanting, nay, needing more. So I found Hybrid Earth and rest is history. Impulse is also crazy good, but Augment is just such a complete album. I consider myself lucky to be one of the elected to have Augment as my guiding light, hehe!

Absolutely love all your music with ERRA. I regularly watch the impulse sessions and i love listening to Augment from start to finish. I probably have half the views on "Love always" haha good stuff! Exited for whats to come

Thanks so much for sharing your story, Alan. I also try to follow my intuition and that gut feeling that what I'm doing is good but it can be tough. I've had friends tell me it's just a matter of time. I've gotten kind words from some pretty big names in the scene but I just haven't hit that inflection point yet. Sometimes I get discouraged but eventually the urge to write comes back and I guess, at the end of the day, maybe that's enough. Anyway, I've subscribed and look forward to future music and videos from you. Cheers.

Really really great insights!!🤘

btw would be insane if you tell the whole story until you left the band including epic moments and worse moments and so on!

wow man incredible to hear things got started. This makes your departure even worse. Quality of Augment will never be reached again by this band, though their selftitled is pretty dope.

Thanks for sharing Alan. Old ERRA vibe is very unique and special, love your work!

It makes me upset that i didnt know who ERRA was back in my highschool days... i discovered ERRA 3 years ago and i love every album, my Metalcore days would have been alot better and different if i discovered ERRA during the Augment Era in 2013.. i felt like i re-discovered what Metalcore was when i learned who ERRA was 3 years ago.

Erra is the most important band in the world to me dude this video was so good. I found Erra through a "best breakdowns" video back in 2010 that had Of Rare Reform, and I immediately fell in love with the band. Augment and Impulse are my favorite albums ever made, and I can't thank you and everybody else in the band enough for everything Erra made from beginning to Augment.

I never knew Alan got kicked out of ERRA and that’s tragic. I always wondered why he left and still love the band, but no music will ever compare to impulse and augment. I think the majority of fans feel as though the band hasn’t been the same since he left, it it brought him to the place he’s at now, which seems like a good one and that makes me happy. Alan seems like such a great guy and he’s a great musician

To this day, Impulse is one of my favorite albums. Those tracks were so far ahead of their time and still hit so hard today. Thanks for creating something that has influenced my life so much!

White Noise, Seven, Heart, Impulse opened my eyes, ears, heart and soul. Augment evolved everything from there ... Cannot wait to see what else is to come, amazing to see you in 2022 with this new arc

Best band ever seen them live in Sydney of this year and I have so many song to love 😊but rev what a great song

Alan, your music have reached the islands of the Philippines. That's how awesome you are as a musician. A lot of guitarists here treat you as one of their main influences.

I was a freshman in high school. I was in a band so while I had any class that involved computer work I was on Spotify the whole time. And one day in December of 2011 I came across a band named ERRA. The album artwork looked gorgeous and I was like alright let’s do this. I hit play on their new album “Impulse” and I hear this melodic build up into this amazing break down pattern with a melodic lead over it and immediately I was in love. From that day on I was a die hard ERRA fan and still am today. When Alan and Garrison left it was definitely a hard transition to become comfortable with. Ian was a giant difference in vibe and feel but the instrumentation and song writing was still very much Jesse and ERRA. When Drift came it started a new era for ERRA that I love just as much as Impulse and Augment. But I have vinyls of Impulse and Augment hanging in frames in my studio because those two albums built me into the guitarist AND person I am today. Thank you Alan for what you did with this band. It wouldn’t have happened without you and I think your talent is second to none. I subbed to your channel hope to see more content in the future

Wow dude the concept of “purpose” really resonates with what I’m going through with my creativity right now.

Augment and Impulse are the best Erra albums. Probably 2 of my all times favorite albums ever! The albums that followed after are good but honestly just don’t hit the same. Especially without Garrisons vocals. Glad you are doing good brotha! Love what you do with the Artificials!

I love Erra since when Alan stay at Andromeda, Impulses until Augment. My influence with Alan Melodic

Once you got kicked out (which I didn’t realize that was the case), I realized how much I enjoyed your riffs compared to Jesse’s. Augment is definitely one of my favorite metalcore albums of all time

Birmingham native, that damn carvin is definitely in my top 10 favorite guitars I’ve ever seen lol. Took a couple lessons from Jesse back in the day. Pretty sure there is a tabit file he loaded up on my old laptop of isolation blue. Got to hear it in 8 bit form about 3 months before andromeda came out lol.

Never thought I'd hear this story but holy crap am I glad it's here.

What do yall know about Sonitum Intransit tho

You never fell off, you only gained a better perspective of life. Great work with Erra but great job at keeping your happiness and peace of mind. Keep it up man 🤘🤘🤘

Maaan, discovering all theses stuffs is amazing for me, you can't imagine, i always wondered and now i have sure that you was the main mind behind the writing for ERRA, the era gold of ERRA for sure, i always be a great fan, i have a huge love for Andromeda, Impulse and Augment... Omega Children was my ringtone for much long on my phone in the past, Alan, you're amazing and i wish you the best on your life, can't wait to meet you personally!!!

You were offered the world and turned it down. Love that song

So glad I found your channel!! I still enjoy today's Erra, but miss your influence (as well as Garrison) for sure.. looking forward to all your uploads!

Been a fan of erra and the artificials for over a decade. Met you about 5 times over the years. Getting this inside scoop makes me giddy. Love hearing about the history!

Such a good watch. Both SEA and MIS SIGS are my favorite bands so this hit home right from the start. Thanks for sharing dude

We love you Alan.

Dude I didn't even know you were the guitarist for The Artificials but I can definitely see the similarity in playing styles to old Erra. And even though I still love everything the Erra puts out, Augment just hits different and I regularly listen to that album. Im even more hype now for the new Artificials now, good luck and keep shredding.

I love u

Since Sean left you should rejoin the band

And they've never been the same since you left. You can hear from the later stuff that the earlier work is clearly more influenced by your style of playing. Always preferred it to their new stuff (although the self titled one was their best so far without the original lineup). It was more technical sounding back then. Every ones loving Augment (which is great don't get me wrong) but where's the the love for Impulse? Every song on that album is gold. Didn't they lose their guitarist recently? Hint hint wink wink

Definitely gunna check those books out.

Man I just moved to Birmingham from Phoenix. I used to tour warped tour in various bands but I got my start touring with bands like Sky Eats Airplane back when one of their listed members was a laptop on myspace lmao. I went on to start a band produced by Matt Good who records Asking Alexandria, Veil of Maya, ect with Ben Anderson of Nothing More on drums/Ronnie Radke(quite the asshole lmao) and when I moved here 6 months ago I have been looking to connect with some like minded people. If there's ever anything I can do I'd love to connect with you brother. I'm back and forth from Birmingham-ATL but seriously if there's ever anything I can do I'd love to assist in exchange to just hang out with some people from my world. Cheers mate!

Impulse and augment are perfect. I love playing those songs on guitar. So good.

How did you write spirits away? That song is so amazing. Thanks for sharing this story

Augment is still one of the best albums I've ever heard

Dude the artificial was a killer song. Honestly that whole album was incredible. Great talk

Awesome stuff !!

Good stuff dude, thanks for sharing your story

Erra had someone’s daddy funding their rise.

Awesome!

I discovered ERRA about a year ago from a youtube video from Nik Nocturnal. I was searching for some nice drop A# songs to learn outside of a band called Miss May I that I really like. Funny enough, they have a song called "The Artificial". One of my favorites from them. I was searching for something like heaviest or coolest drop A# riffs. I was keeping tabs open on the riffs I liked until he played that tapping lick from Rebirth. I was like damn, that sounds so techy and tight. I immediately paused the video to search for this song and low and behold. I was greeted with a nice warm melodic piano intro and what would become the best band to pleasure my ears. ERRA is one of the very few bands that I have connected with on a deep emotional level. There has never been another band that I have resonated better emotionally an musically. They have transformed my own guitar playing tremendously. The synergy y'all must've had back then was godly and I don't think it can be topped. Impulse and Augment are my personal top albums of all time. The newer stuff is nothing short of top notch especially the self titled album but I feel my soul warmly touched from the intense passion of Andromeda --> Augment. These were albums that I had to listen to one song at a time several times each because they take time to really break down and feel. The melodies go really deep and the dissonant chords done right just bring out so much emotion. Same song, something new on every listen. IMO Impulse and Augment were far ahead of their time. Every one of those songs are bangers. You know they are when people online cant agree what the best songs are. I Just wanted to say thank you to you and the other band members for guiding me through a difficult period in my life and helping me to transform.

Impulse and Augment are ERRA’s best albums.

I would love to see a new album with the original bass player, Alan, and Garrison, with a new drummer . Might be able to get closer to that og sound

This is so much motivating for a noob musician (like me), hence proved hardwork and determination is what it takes to nail ur goals. Btw how much time did it take for u to get recognition since the time u started guitar and music??? I teared out while listening to ur story... thanks for sharing.

This was such an incredible watch/listen really cool to hear how everything came to fruition

Proud of you bro! Growth! 👊🏽

Erra will NEVER be the same. Impulse and Augment have a special place in my heart. White Noise still remains in my Top 5 songs. Always listening to it in the gym. Garrisons pure, raw vocals and Alan's serene melodic guitar play is what made Erra, Erra. No offense to the boys now but I can't stand the current Erra. Their music is catering to mainstream and they are losing their touch. Thats what made Erra unique they evolved Metalcore with their distinct sound but I feel as if they no longer carry that distinct sound. Really hoping that Alan, Garrison, Alex, Adam and Jesse can play as Erra again. Thank you for sharing and being vulnerable with us Alan. We'll always support you and The Artificials.

I can actually provide some backstory to even before this. Just on how the band formed. I found Garrison Lee while recording his local band , god prob in 2006. He actually played guitar and just by chance, did backing vocals on one song. I was blown away and recruited him to join our band Even Idols Die. Over a year or two we played shows with a band called By Blood and Iron, who had Jesse, Alex and Adam as well. Once EID was winding down jesse ( i think ) hit me up one day about starting a side project with them and Gary in the vein of misery signals and we went for it. Wrote a few songs ( towers, i remember) but by that point i was already kind of burned out with the scene and driving an hour to practice so i bowed out a couple months in and a little down the road they brought in Alan. Took off from there. I was always so happy to see where it went because i remember Jesse even as a young guy probably 15-16 having this crazy fire in him and just an itch to get better. Hell, i remember one night we played a show at the fish and he was freaking out because he didnt know how to restring his ibanez floyd rose and we put strings on that bad boy, tuned it up quick fast and he was so pumped. That might have even been with his first band "take this and aim" if anyone remenbers them. Now the dude is repping Ibanez. Crazy shit. Just proof if you have that fire and stick with it, everything comes together eventually.