Alexander William Bleeker (born July 28, 1986) is an American musician and guitarist. He is best known as the bassist of the American
indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...
band
Real Estate
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, with whom he has recorded four studio albums, and as the frontman and primary recording artist of the
indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...
band Alex Bleeker and the Freaks. Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann joined the Freaks onstage at Outside Lands in 2015.
Bleeker's most recent release is Alex Bleeker and the Freaks' third studio album, ''Country Agenda''.
Early life and personal life
Bleeker was born in
New Jersey
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and raised in
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 24,958,Ridgewood High School with two of his
Real Estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more general ...
bandmates,
Martin Courtney
Martin Courtney IV (born September 28, 1985) is an American musician and the frontman of the American indie rock band Real Estate.
In 2015, Courtney also released his first solo album, ''Many Moons,'' followed by his second solo album, ''Magic S ...
and
Matt Mondanile
Matthew A. Mondanile is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American indie rock band Real Estate (band), Real Estate, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and for his solo music ...
. After graduating from high school, he studied at
Bennington College
Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...
in
Bennington, Vermont
Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 15,333. Bennington is the most populous t ...
. Bleeker currently resides in
Bolinas, California
Bolinas is an unincorporated coastal community and census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,483. It is located on the California coast, approximately (straight line dist ...
.
Discography
with Real Estate
*''
Real Estate
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'' (2009)
*''
Days
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'' (2011)
*''
Atlas
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Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geograp ...
'' (2014)
*''
In Mind
''In Mind'' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Real Estate, released on March 17, 2017, on Domino Records. It is the band's first album since founding member Matt Mondanile's departure, and the first with his replacement as l ...
'' (2017)
with Alex Bleeker and the Freaks
*''Alex Bleeker and the Freaks'' (2009)
*''How Far Away'' (2013)
*''Country Agenda'' (2015)
Solo
*''These Days'' (7" Group Tightener, 2010)
*''From the Archives Vol. 1'' (7" Modern Country Records, 2011)
*''Heaven On The Faultline'' (Night Bloom Records, 2021)