Sumith Prasad
Lifetime’s biographical drama film ‘Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story’ sheds light on the emergence of Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam as a sensational freestyle music group. While Lisa Lisa becomes an electrifying frontwoman and Mike Hughes leads the band as the driving force behind it, Alex “Spanador” Moseley extends his support to both of them. Even when his bandmates fight over varying matters, he keeps a distance and focuses on his musical work, significantly contributing to the trio’s success. As the movie reveals, Spanador was obsessed with creating good music, which made him a reliable musician in the industry!
Alex “Spanador” Moseley Performed for Several Renowned Musicians After Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Disbanded
In the early 1980s, Alex “Spanador” Moseley was an emerging multi-faceted musician based in New York City. At the time, a hip-hop and R&B band called Full Force had written the song “I Wonder If I Take You Home” and wanted to perform the same with another group. The song ended up in the hands of Mike Hughes, who was asked whether he could form a gang to sing it. His search for bandmates led him to Spanador, who left an impression on the former with his performance with a piano. Mike then watched a rehearsal session of the emerging musician who also played bass. That was all it took for him to ask Spanador whether the latter wanted to join his group.
Spanador created 3 multi-platinum albums and several #1 songs as part of Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. Their phenomenal success took him and his bandmates to tours across the United States and Europe, which lasted until the beginning of the 1990s. By then, the group reportedly decided to go on a hiatus because of the exhausting tour schedule and the changing priorities of their record label, Columbia Records. Even though Spanador planned to reunite with Mike and Lisa, it never materialized, as the latter decided to pursue a solo career instead of returning to the band. The other two tried to replace the frontwoman with a male vocalist, but the experiment didn’t last long.
Soon, financial difficulties affected Spanador, making him look for other gigs. Fortunately for him, opportunities were several. He even went on to perform with heavyweights such as Bobby Brown. “Spanador is [still] a musician. On the radio, you hear him on everything [because] he plays for everybody,” Lisa told the New York Post in 2020 about her former bandmate. Spanador, Mike, and Lisa had plans to get back together as a band for good, but the reunion didn’t materialize even after multiple attempts.
Alex “Spanador” Moseley is Part of a Reinvented CultJam Today
Alex “Spanador” Moseley continued to play for several musicians until the COVID-19 pandemic, during which Mike Hughes proposed reinventing Cult Jam once again. When the latter expressed his desire to bring the band back to life with a new vocalist, the guitarist made it happen by suggesting Mystina Sol, a singer he had already worked with. Based on his long-time friend’s suggestion, Mike watched Mystina perform and reintroduced the band as “CultJam.” Spanador then turned his attention towards making music for the group. The band broke into the scene with the 2023 singles “What Love Can Do,” “Celebrate,” and “Come My Way.”
In March 2024, Spanador’s CultJam released another single titled “Holding Back the Years.” This was followed by their first album, ‘CultJam Love.’ The group’s latest release is the single ‘One of Us,’ released in November 2024. CultJam has been performing on venues across the East Coast since its reintroduction with Spanador, Mike, and Mystina. The guitarist remains an ever-reliable and respectable part of the band, especially as the musician with arguably the most experience among the three. When he is not performing as part of CultJam, the musician is an extremely private person with little to no presence on social media platforms.
Spanador is also highly private about his personal relationships, but not when it comes to Mike. The former has described the latter as a “brother from another mother,” which is evidently what holds CultJam together. Despite the setbacks he has faced over the years, the guitarist continues to make music with his long-time best friend and brother and even lets his works speak for himself and themselves.
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