[2] She is credited with having discovered alternative rock bands including Creed,[3] Finger Eleven, Evanescence, Alter Bridge, Seether, Drowning Pool, 12 Stones, and Company of Thieves, all of whom signed with the former label in the late 1990s or early 2000s.
[4] She began her career as a fashion model, and later owned a record store in Connecticut in the late 1980s.
It was during that time when Alan was looking for an artist Meltzer heard Creed's first album My Own Prison and decided almost immediately that she wanted to sign them to the label.
"Seeing the energy in the room when Scott Stapp stepped up to the mic, and hearing his powerful voice fill the room, alongside Mark Tremonti’s now legendary guitar riffs and that big Creed anthemic rock sound, was all I needed," she told HitQuarters.
She told HitQuarters that, although they already exhibited huge talent, they were still young and needed to be developed, and "given the time and opportunity they could deliver a breakthrough sound.