Effective period / Period of releases: 1985

Austin, Texas musician and producer.

Mike Alvarez formed Not Records/Tapes in Austin just before the demise of Max And The Makeups and produced a lot of the premiere musicians in Austin at the time - The True Believers, Daniel Johnston, Roky Erickson and many more.

Alvarez has been a professional musician since 1970, beginning in high school as a guitarist for the McAllen, Texas rock group, Medusa