Alkana was a short-lived American hard rock band formed in San Bernardino, California, in the mid-1970s. Its members were Danney Alkana (g), Jack Rucker (voc, p, g), Craig Williams (b) and Donny McLaughlin (dr). They recorded their debut album, Welcome To My Paradise, in 1978 at Audiotronics Recording Studios in nearby West Covina. It was released by the band themselves that same year as a private pressing on their own label, Baby Bird, in a limited edition of just a few hundred copies. Their sound ranged from progressive, at times symphonic hard rock and psychedelic-tinged heavy metal to grandiose, epic proto-metal.

With the songwriting skills and spectacular lead guitar work of Californian guitar god Danney Alkana, and the outstanding vocals of Jack Rucker (aka Damien King), who later became the lead singer of Warlord, they were years ahead of their time. However, their first and only release went completely unnoticed, and the band split up shortly afterwards. Over time, the band became an underground cult favourite and their sole LP is one of those legendary and extremely rare heavy rock albums that is sought after worldwide.