A hard-working punk band from Wilmington, CA, Left Alone were formed by leader Elvis Cortez (guitar/vocals) and played their first keg party in 1996. Combining his love of punk, ska, the Clash, Rancid, and Elvis Costello, Cortez was loyal to the D.I.Y. attitude from the very beginning and formed his own label, Smelvis, to release his band's music. Numerous EPs and singles were issued, and while the band's following slowly grew, a rotating lineup stalled their momentum. In 2003, things started falling into place. Smelvis rounded up the band's hard to find recordings for the Left Alone: 1996-2000 compilation, while Cortez hit the road with the influential Vans Warped Tour as a roadie. His backpack was filled with Left Alone CDs, which were handed out to anyone and everyone. A year later the band was invited on the tour as "the BBQ Band," a band that got to play a set in exchange for the honor of cooking and feeding the other bands on the tour. They played the same role in 2005, but this time they ran into Tim Armstrong of Rancid. Armstrong signed the band to his Hellcat imprint and issued the full-length Lonely Starts & Broken Hearts that same year. By now the lineup had settled with Rick Cruz on bass, Ramrod Briseno on drums, and longtime fan Noe Guzman joining on sax. This crew appeared on the 2006 album Dead American Radio, which featured a guest appearance from Tim Armstrong along with Patricia Day from the Danish psychobilly sextet HorrorPops.

Studio Albums:

Title	Year	Tracks
Checkers And Plaid	2021	9
Harbor Area	2014	11
Left Alone	2009	15
Dead American Radio	2006	16
Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts	2005	13
Streets Of Wilmington	2002	14

 Compilation Albums:

Title	Year	Tracks
Left Alone (1996-2000)	2003	22

 EPs:

Title	Year	Tracks
Split	2006	8
Split	2004	4
Anything For The Kids E.P.	2004	4
Wilmington, Ca.	2002	4
Lonely Ride	2002	4
My Mistake E.P.	2000	6

 Tracks:

Title	Album
3 Bottles Of Wine	Left Alone
4 Weeks	Dead American Radio
9 To 5	Split
A Letter To Tracey	Lonely Ride
A Letter To Tracy	Streets Of Wilmington
All Alone	Streets Of Wilmington
Alone Song	Lonely Ride
Always On My Mind	Streets Of Wilmington
And I	Wilmington, Ca.
And I	Streets Of Wilmington
Another Day	Streets Of Wilmington
Another Feeling	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
Another Longisland	Streets Of Wilmington
Ayer	Wilmington, Ca.
Back Yard City Rockers	Anything For The Kids E.P.
Bastard Son	Dead American Radio
Better Off	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Better Off	My Mistake E.P.
Better Tomorrow	Harbor Area
Black Derby Jacket	Hooligans United: A Tribute To Rancid
Blackhole	Checkers And Plaid
Bombs Away	Left Alone
Branded	Left Alone
Brindle	Left Alone
Broad And Opp	My Mistake E.P.
Broad And Opp	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Broke My Heart	Split
Broke My Heart	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
Broken Promise	Harbor Area
Buda	Left Alone (1996-2000)
By My Side	Warped Tour 2005 Compilation
By My Side	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
City To City	Dead American Radio
City To City	Give 'Em The Boot VI
Dark Room	Wilmington, Ca.
Darkroom	Split
Day By Day	Harbor Area
Dead American Radio	Dead American Radio
Dead Red Roses	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
Dead Red Roses	Split
Do The Depression	Left Alone
Done Wrong	Dead American Radio
Don't Want It	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Drum Roll	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Drunk Again	Dead American Radio
Empty	Left Alone
Endless Race	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Enrique	Anything For The Kids E.P.
Every Night	Dead American Radio
Far Away	Harbor Area
Get Dead	Left Alone
Girl With A Matching Heart	Streets Of Wilmington
Gone	Harbor Area
Harbor Area	Harbor Area
Heart Of Mine	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
Heart Riot	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
Heart Riot	Warped Tour 2004 Compilation
Hollywood	Harbor Area
I Hate Emo	Dead American Radio
In My Blood	Left Alone (1996-2000)
In The Dark	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Intermission	Left Alone
Into The Sun	Checkers And Plaid
Intro	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Justino	Dead American Radio
Kill Her	My Mistake E.P.
Kill Her	Left Alone (1996-2000)
La Pregunta	Dead American Radio
Leather Bound Book	Harbor Area
Left Alone Boys Are Dead	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Left Out	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Lonely Starts & Broken Hearts	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
Looking Forward To Yesterday	Lonely Ride
Low Fidelity	Left Alone
Lush	Checkers And Plaid
Malcontent	Harbor Area
Marie	Streets Of Wilmington
Mile High	Checkers And Plaid
Monday Morning	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
My 62	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
My Mistake	Left Alone (1996-2000)
My Mistake	My Mistake E.P.
My Way	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
My Whole Life	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
New Disease	Anything For The Kids E.P.
New World Order	Harbor Area
New York City	Dead American Radio
No One Likes Us	Dead American Radio
Nowhere Fast	My Mistake E.P.
Nowhere Fast	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Odio El Dia	Dale La Bota
One	Streets Of Wilmington
Out Of Tune Melody	Streets Of Wilmington
Panic	Wilmington, Ca.
Panic	Split
Porcelain	Left Alone
Punch Drunk	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Punk Rock Life	Harbor Area
Regret	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Rizzo	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Rude Girl China	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Sad Story	Left Alone
Scars	Checkers And Plaid
Self Made	Left Alone
She's The Only One	Dead American Radio
Something For Nothing	Left Alone
Something New	Split
Spiked With Pain	Left Alone
Star Wars	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Stranded Again	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Streets Of Wilmington	Streets Of Wilmington
Tanto Tiempo	Anything For The Kids E.P.
Te Quiero Ver	Checkers And Plaid
Temptation	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Temptation	My Mistake E.P.
The Darkness	Ska Against Racism
The Darkness	Checkers And Plaid
The Fix	Checkers And Plaid
The Question	Lonely Ride
The Sinner	Dead American Radio
The Sinner	Give 'Em The Boot V
Waiting For You	Dead American Radio
Wash Away	Dead American Radio
Wasted Time	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
West End Girl	Checkers And Plaid
What Am I To Do?	Streets Of Wilmington
Why Do You Do This To Me	Left Alone (1996-2000)
Wishing Well	Left Alone
Would You Stay Now	Lonely Starts And Broken Hearts
Yesterday	Streets Of Wilmington
Your The Reason	Streets Of Wilmington