The many socially disruptive activities of Jack Grisham have been fairly well documented, ranging from singing in grindcore and punk rock bands to running for governor of California in 2004. A more obscure but nonetheless compelling aspect of his devious nature involves what appears to be nothing less than a vicious assault on mild-mannered discographers and other brilliant minds researching music history. Grisham invented the name Alex Morgan as a bogus credit for his vocal performances on the album Dance With Me by T.S.O.L. Stingy typesetters and other "just call me Al" types have helped create confusion with, among others, the great jazz bassist Al Morgan -- whose collected discography could conceivably be formed into a medium-sized hut in order to provide a safe haven for Grisham during his wilder years.

He supposedly would have needed such a shelter during the years when he came up with a new name for himself for every new T.S.O.L. release, a period that ran roughly between 1981 and 1983 and resulted in the fabrication of such important grindcore personalities as Morgan, Jack Greggors, Jack Ladoga, and Jack Delauge. "He used to change his name with every release; I heard it was to annoy scenesters and keep ahead of the authorities," writes a correspondent on the Interpunk cyberstore, not the only T.S.O.L. fan to spread the exciting word that these aliases were meant to confuse Johnny Law as well as Danny the Record Nerd. Otherwise, Grisham's activities relate to an honored tradition in the music business, although index cards full of aliases have been more normally concocted in order to skim publishing revenue rather than skew scenesters. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, Rovi