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Bart Mendoza (Born Sept. 5, 1962) is an American journalist, musician and songwriter. Currently the front man for mod-influenced power-pop group,The Shambles (1991 - today), Mendoza was previously a member of Manual Scan (1981-1990). As San Diego, California based journalist he has written for numerous publications including the local editions of The Reader and Citybeat, as well as The San Diego Union and it's weekly arts insert Night & Day. International publications include British Time Out Guides for Southern California and Spanish rock magazine Ansia De Color. He has also penned liner notes for artists including The Lolas, Ryan Ferguson and Phil Angeloff.

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 Bart Mendoza (Born Sept. 5, 1962) is an American journalist, musician and songwriter. Currently the front man for mod-influenced power-pop group,The Shambles (1991 - today), Mendoza was previously a member of Manual Scan (1981-1990).  As San Diego, California based journalist he has written for numerous publications including the local editions of The Reader and Citybeat, as well as The San Diego Union and it's weekly arts insert Night & Day. International publications include British Time Out Guides for Southern California and Spanish rock magazine Ansia De Color. He has also penned liner notes for artists including The Lolas, Ryan Ferguson and Phil Angeloff.
-Mendoza is known to use seven aliases for his writing. The only one that has surfaced is Alan "Scoop Stevens." The psuedynm was first used by Mendoza in 1998 as a music columnist in D-Town, a regional San Diego newspaper. The name was next used starting in 2001 when he began writing for SLAAM Magazine. When that magazine was acquired by Citybeat in 2002, Mendoza kept the Stevens tag to pen the Citybeat column "Locals Only" from 2003-2007. Concurrently, he wrote the "NightLife" column for Night & Day under his own name from 1999-2003.
-As a songwriter, he has written songs that many artists have covered including Canada's Kingpins "Plan Of Action", the Lola's "I Cant Dont Want To," The Eddies "Jungle Beat," Glowfriends "Blindspot",  with "Survive" (co-written with Jeppe Riddervold) winning first place in the 2003 EMI Publishing Awards held in Berlin.
-On the production side of music, he handles all of Rachael Gordon's musical dealings and works with other bands on their recording projects. Since 2006 he has worked closely with guitarist Anna Troy, filling in on guitar with her band regularly. He rarely plays solo, but can often be found sitting in with San Diego area artists, notably, The Spring Collection, Static Halo, Marie Haddad, Dave Humphries and Four Eyes front man Mark DeCerbo.
-His day jobs have generally been music related including stints at record stores, Licorice Pizza, The Wherehouse and Off the Record. He also spent 11 years working for Capitol Records and moonlighted for Chrysalis, Angel, Enigma, EMI, Rhino, SBK, amongst others.
-===COVERS===
-In addition to discs from Manual Scan and The Shambles the following releases include a song penned by Bart Mendoza, either individually or alongside main lyrical cohort Maya Morris. Mendoza has also written lyrics for numerous songs with Jeppe Riddervold. "Survive" a track from thier initial collaboration won first place in the 2003 EMI Publishing Awards.<br /><br />
-- '''The Kingpins''' - "Plan Of Action" (Stomp/CD/Canada)  features: ''"Plan Of Action"''(Mendoza)<br />
-– '''Various Artists: Pop Greetings: California''' (Yesterday Girl/Sweden) features: '''Rachael Gordon''' -  ''"Fun At Your House"'' (Mendoza/Morris) (remake) <br />
-- '''Various Artists: San Diego Music Awards''' (SLAAM/US) features Rachael Gordon - ''"Sense Of Perception"'' (Mendoza/Morris) (remake)<br />
-- '''Rachel Gordon & The Very Idea''' (Snap 7002/PS7"EP/Spain) features : ''“Sense of  Perception”'' (Mendoza/Morris) (Version I) / ''"And Sometimes"'' (Mendoza/Morris) (Version 2)/ ''"Fun At Your House"'' (Mendoza/Morris) (Version 2). Regular black vinyl edition + 100 blue vinyl promo copies. <br />
-/02 - '''The Lola's''' - "A World Of Powerpop with..." (Wizzard In Vinyl WiV 008S/7"EPPS/Japan) features ''"I Can't Don't Want To"'' (Mendoza) <br />
-/02 - '''Jeremy''' - "Pop Dreams" (Jam/ CD/US)features ''"I Believe"'' (Mendoza/Morris)<br />
-- '''Various Artists: Moloko''' (Germany/VACD+)features '''Rachael Gordon'''- ''"Fun at Your House"'' (Mendoza/Morris) (remake) - this CD was given with copies of German magazine "Moloko"<br />
-- '''Lipstick''' - "The Band From Denmark" (Promo 001/CD/Denmark) features ''“Diana”'' , ''“The Girl From MTV”'' , ''“Survive”'' ,  ''“Annabel”'' , ''"Let’s Get Married"'' , ''“Seventeen”'' ,  ''“Welcome”'' ,'' “Hold Me”'' , ''“Meet You With The Sun”'' – (all tracks Riddervold/Mendoza)<br />
-- '''The Kingpins''' - "Plan Of Action" (Mad Butcher BBRO19/CD/Germany)  features ''"Plan Of Action"''(Mendoza)<br />
-- '''The Lola's''' – “Silver and Gold (Snap/CD/Spain) features ''"I Can't Don't Want To"''(Mendoza)<br />
-- '''Rachael Gordon''' - "Coming Of Spring" (Subterranean/CD/Germany) –features ''“Fun At Your House”''  (Mendoza/Morris) – Also available on vinyl. <br />
-- '''Cockeyed Ghost''' – "Rarities Vol. 2" ( Karma Frog/CD/US) features ''“Brilliant”'' (Mendoza)<br />
-- '''The Eddies''' – "In the Sunshine"(Twist/CD/UK) features ''“Jungle Beat”'' (Mendoza)<br />
-- '''Daniel Hall''' – "Drive" (Safety Records/CD/Germany) features ''“Survive”'' (Riddervold/Mendoza)<br />
-- '''Peter Max''' –  "Peter Max"   (PromoCD/Denmark) features ''“Survive”'' (Riddervold/Mendoza) <br />
-- '''Various Artists: International Pop Overthrow''' (Not Lame/CD/US) features  '''Static Halo''' – ''“Fade”'' (Martinez/Mendoza) <br />
-- '''Yeh Yeh'''  - "EP"  (CDEP/UK) features ''“And We Still Feel The Same”'' (Mendoza) <br />
-- '''Glowfriends''' – "Tour EP" (Jam Records/CDEP/US) features ''“Blindspot”'' (Mendoza/ Morris)<br />
-- '''Marie Haddad''' – "A Beautiful Road" ( Hobo Kitty/CD/US) includes ''“Where You Are”'' (Mendoza/Morris)<br />
--'''Rachael Gordon''' “Rock ‘n’ Roll Girl” (Wizzard In Vinyl/CD/Japan) features ''“Fun at Your House”'' (Mendoza/Morris), ''“Sense of Perception”'' (Mendoza/Morris), ''“And Sometimes”'' (Mendoza/Morris) <br />
-- '''Mod Fun''' – "Now and Again" (Makin Tyme/CD/US) 2007 features ''“Nothing Can Be Everything”'' (Mendoza)<br />
-- '''The Eddies''' – "Twice Around The World" (Twist/CD/US) 2007 features ''“Jungle Beat (remake)”'' (Mendoza)<br />
-– '''Various Artists: Staring at the Sun VI''' (Blindspot/VACD/US) features '''The Anna Troy Band''' - ''“31968”'' (Mendoza)<br />
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