ALAN NAJARIAN : Singer/Songwriter/Multi - Instrumentalist/Producer
Currently : Alan's first solo single is “ Million Miles “. is now available on all music platforms and his website najariansongs.com
Originally from Boston Mass. Started at the age of 16 as a drummer in the underground rock scene in Boston performing at , The Rat , The Middle East Nightclub, The Paradise , The Hatch Shell and many others around the east coast. Opening for bands The Go Go’s , The Police and other National acts through the 80’s
1991-1998: Alan came out from behind the drums with a passion to write and perform his own songs and formed NAJARIAN , After many shows and opening for large audiences and developing a dedicated following the the band recorded their first record self titled " NAJARIAN " written and produced by Alan Najarian.
1996 Debut record was critically acclaimed and received regular local airplay. NAJARIAN became a headlining act playing all the major venues in Boston while gaining a big following and got the attention of major record companies. The songs received notable airplay were “All the you love” , “Making it easy “, “Innocence in Blue” , Out of the Red was used in some international TV and Movie soundtracks . Notable Live Performances, The Middle East Night Club, Cambridge Ma, The Esplanade Half Shell for the International Music Festival , Boston Ma, A Television performance “Party in the Park “that aired for several months on Cablevision, House band at Aerosmith’s venue Mama Kin , Boston Ma. Special HMV Records Performance- Harvard SQ, Cambridge Ma. and many more.
1998 Alan was contacted by K.I.L. international to sing on a dance hit single. for a world wide release which was a new dance version of “ Every Breath You Take by The Police which was internationally acclaimed .
1999 - Alan got back to his Armenian roots and was invited to join an Armenian folk band called AREV and played guitar and performed with them for 2 years.
2002 Moved to Florida raising a family Alan had continued to do studio work and produce records with other independent Artists in West Palm Beach and Miami while writing and honing his skills as a Singer ,Writer, Performer and Producer. In 2012 he reformed the band NAJARIAN and began performing live once again with all new songs and the response was exceptional continuing building a new audience and following but Covid 19 hit live performances and the band had to stop preforming.
Fun Fact
FOR THE RECORD : In 1996 Alan was able to get a copy of the debut record in the hands Pete Ganbarg VP Arista Records who said “ This is the best self produced records I have ever heard” Pete wanted to sign the “NAJARIAN: and had brought it to a meeting with the head of the label Clive Davis at Arista Records. Alan got a call from Pete saying that it was between “NAJARIAN” and another Artist he could not mention at the time. Two weeks later Pete had called Alan and said Arista Records decided to go with the other Artist which was Santana and Rob Thomas from Match Box 20 and the Hit single Smooth which went on to receive a grammy.
Alan says " I was honored to be considered and on the same playing field with such Icon Artists Congratulations Pete, Carlos and Rob ."