Alexander William "Alex" Gaskarth (born December 14, 1987), is an English-American musical artist, recording artist, musician, singer, songwriter and podcast host, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of the American rock band All Time Low. 　　During his teens, Gaskarth was part of a band performing cover songs called Crew Fighters. Soon after, he met Jack Barakat, who persuaded him to join a band called NeverReck, later renamed as All Time Low. All Time Low started doing cover songs of Blink-182 and Green Day. Subsequently, the formation of the band was completed by Zack Merrick (bass, backing vocals) and Rian Dawson (drums, percussion), who left Crew Fighters to join All Time Low. 　　Gaskarth started playing music bandmate Jack Barakat in eighth grade. In ninth grade they acquired Zack Merrick and Rian Dawson, forming the band All Time Low in 2003. They signed to Emerald Moon Records in 2004 while still in high school and released their debut EP, "The Three Words to Remember in Dealing with the End". In 2005, they released their debut studio album "The Party Scene". 　　In 2006 the band signed with Hopeless Records. In 2007, they released a Platinum single "Dear Maria, Count Me In" and in 2008 it was certified 4x Platinum by Billboard. They also released their second studio album "So Wrong, It's Right" in 2007. In 2009, All Time Low released their third studio album “Nothing Personal” which debuted number 4 in Billboard 200. In 2010 the band released two CD/DVD packages, MTV Unplugged and the documentary/live concert Straight to DVD. 　　In 2011, the band signed with Interscope Records and released their fourth studio album "Dirty Work". In early 2012, the band re-signed with Hopeless Records and released their fifth studio album "Don't Panic". On 7 April 2015, All Time Low released their sixth studio album "Future Hearts" which reached number 2 on Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart with 75,000 copies sold in its first week, and number 1 in the U.K official Album Charts with 19400 copies being sold. In 2016 Straight to DVD 2: Past Present and Future Hearts was released. This is a sequel to Straight to DVD, documenting the past four years of the band as well as another live concert. 　　Gaskarth has written songs for/with other bands such as 5 Seconds of Summer, McBusted, and Simple Plan. He has also been a host of the podcast Full Frontal with bandmate Jack Barakat since 2013.