- Scott Kelly (musician)
Scott Kelly is one of three founding members of
Oakland, California experimental metal band Neurosis. He has been writing and publishing music since 1985 with Neurosis,Tribes of Neurot , Blood and Time and his solo acoustic project. He has also appeared in other recordings, most notably Mastodon's "Leviathan" (2004) (on the song "Aqua Dementia") and "Blood Mountain" (2006) (on the song "Crystal Skull").Currently he is still writing, recording and performing with Neurosis and all of the related projects as well as being part owner of Neurosis' record label Neurot recordings.
He has recently started an Internet radio station/website called [http://www.combatmusicradio.com Combat Music Radio] .
Equipment
Playing with Neurosis, Kelly plays a stock 1993 Gibson Les Paul Studio with the addition of a
Seymour Duncan Distortion pickup. Foramplification he uses a Marshall JCM 800 head and EarCandy speaker cabinets. In addition, Kelly uses anMXR Flanger , anMXR Blue Box, and/or an EVHPhaser Boss DD-6 Delay and Footswitch for amps distortion channel, Boss Tuner for guitar effects and Dunlop Ultex .60mm orTortex .88mm guitar picks. [cite news |url=http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/neurosis/Jun-07/27774 |title=Neurosis |last=Jones | first=Dierdre H. |accessdate=2008-01-19 |date=2007 |publisher=Guitar Player Magazine; New Bay Media, LLC]Musical influences
Kelly cites his own involvement with Neurosis as a central influence on his musical style. He also considers
Black Flag ,Pink Floyd ,Die Kreuzen ,Amebix ,Jimi Hendrix ,King Crimson ,The Melvins ,Celtic Frost andHank Williams important influences. [cite news |url=http://www.ram.org/music/articles/neurosisinterview.html |title=Q & A with Scott Kelly of Neurosis |last=Samudrala | first=Ram |accessdate=2008-01-20 |date=2000 |publisher= Music Ram-blings; www.ram.org]olo discography
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Spirit Bound Flesh " (full-length, 2001)
*"The Wake" (full-length, 2008)References
External links
* [http://www.neurotrecordings.com/artists/smk/index.aspx Scott Kelly's Artist Page on Neurot Recordings]
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