Alex: Music has just always been a part of my life. It speaks my language.
Alex: There was definitely a time in eighth or ninth grade when I decided that instead of skateboarding with my friends, I should go home and play guitar.
Alex: My mom is a guitar teacher and an abstract painter--an all-around artist and a wonderful woman.
His band played their first show in 1995 at The Dragonfly in Hollywood.
He is a big Beach Boys fan.
He feels that David Byrne of the Talking Heads has been an inspiration in his life.
Alex originally played the piano but changed to guitar when he was 14.
He is of Jewish heritage.
He is friends with Drew Barrymore and Jena Malone.
He played the sociopathic school bully Seth Devlin in Donnie Darko.
Alex was a model for the clothing company The Gap and was featured in many of their ad campaigns.