Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly
Background information
Birth Name	Scott Michael Kelly
Alias	Sleepy Chico Bonemouth
Born	16 July 1967
Occupation	Musician
Genres	Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Dark Ambient, Experimental, Folk
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Vocals
Years active	1985 - 2022
Labels	Neurot Recordings, My Proud Mountain
Associated acts	Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot, Shrinebuilder, Mastodon, Corrections House, Violent Coercion, Mirrors For Psychic Warfare, Blood & Time, Milk Cult
Website	Scott Kelly Official

Scott Michael Kelly is a former singer and musician from The United States. He is one of three founding members of the seminal post-metal metal band Neurosis, in which he is a vocalist and guitarist. He has been writing and publishing music since 1985 with Neurosis and the band's experimental sister project Tribes of Neurot. Along with these two bands, Kelly has been involved with numerous collaborative projects such as Blood & Time (An ambient folk project with members of Neurosis and A Storm of Light, Shrinebuilder (A short-lived supergroup with Al Cisneros, Dale Crover and Scott Weinrich.) Corrections House (An experimental project with Sanford Parker and Mike IX Williams) and Mirrors For Psychic Warfare (An experimental collaborative project with Sanford Parker) among other musical endeavors. He is also notable as a recurring guest vocalist for the Georgia heavy metal band Mastodon, having contributed vocals to seven songs with the band and toured with them in the late 2010s.

In addition to his musical projects, Scott, along with his bandmates in Neurosis, is co-owner of Neurot Recordings. Beginning in April 2011 he began hosting a monthly three hour streaming radio show on Scion A/V.com channel 5 called KMBT. He previously owned and operated an Internet radio station of his own called combatmusicradio.com that featured weekly shows from him as well as others such as Eugene S. Robinson, Joe Preston, and others. Kelly cites Swans, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Die Kreuzen, Amebix, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Neil Young, Melvins, Celtic Frost, Negative Approach, Townes Van Zandt, Voivod, and Hank Williams as important influences.

Kelly also has worked extensively as a solo artist, releasing three albums and doing over 400 solo performances worldwide since the year 2000, including involving Neurosis bandmates in his The Road Home project. A native of the East Bay, Kelly resides with his wife Sarah and two youngest children in the woods of Southern Oregon. To date Kelly has released eleven studio albums with Neurosis, along with three solo records and numerous other releases be it albums with collaborative projects or guest appearances.

On 28 August 2022 Scott Kelly would announce that he is "100% permanently retired from being a professional musician" and publicly admit to engaging in "the emotional, financial, verbal and physical abuse" of his wife and children.

Biography

Neurosis

• For more details, feel free to view the Riffipedia page on Neurosis.

Neurosis would be founded in late 1985 by Dave Edwardson, Jason Roeder and Scott Kelly. Prior to the band's formation the trio had played in a hardcore punk band known as Violent Coercion. Neurosis' sound in their formative years continued the hardcore punk theme, with elements of crossover and crust punk, drawing influence from the likes of Black Sabbath, Crass, Amebix, Discharge and Rudimentary Peni. In their early years the band played with punk and hardcore bands such as Christ on Parade, 7 Seconds, Econochrist, Spitboy and The Adolescents among others.

Not long after forming Chad Salter would join in 1986 as a second guitarist and vocalist. This quartet lineup would largely perform in California, recording a demo and eventually releasing a debut album in Pain of Mind via Alchemy Records (A label owned by Mark Deutrom) in 1988. An EP in Aberration would follow circa January 1989 but not long after it's release Salter would leave the band with Steve Von Till (Transgressor, Peace Test, Tribe of Resistance) taking his place. In an interview with Revolver Magazine Scott Kelly would explain the events leading to Steve Von Till joining Neurosis:

“	"Right after my oldest child Damon was born we were playing this show at the Gilman St. project in Berkeley. Damon's mon... Something had happened, I don't know if somebody broke into our car or what it was but she had come into the club with Damon and she was trying to get my attention. This guy like, just jumped up on stage and ran over and stage dived right onto my kid when he was like eleven months old. But I remember looking into the audience and just seeing this guy grab the guy around the throat and just start fucking strangling him, y'know. Flash-forward six months or a year later when we're looking for a second guitarist and Dave's like "I know this guy Steve.". So we went down to Steve's house to see what he was all about. We walked in and there's this guy. The guy who strangled the guy who accidentally jumped on my kid. So you know it's kind of like one of those moments where you're like "Yeah, this is our guy."."	”
	— Scott Kelly, Revolver

Signing with Lookout Records and recording in December 1989 with synthesizer player Simon McIlroy, the quartet would release a second album in The Word As Law circa 1 June 1990. The band's sound began to incorporate longer songs and already expanding beyond their crusty hardcore sound. In the same sessions the band recorded a cover of "Day of The Lords" by Joy Division and a series of Discharge covers for a split tribute 7". Notably when McIlroy joined a close friend of his in Adam Kendall would also join to provide visuals, having played in experimental projects prior).

Following touring through the Midwest and the East Coast in support of The Word as Law, Neurosis would begin work on a new album. Signing to Jello Biafra's label Alternative Tentacles, the band would begin exploring new sounds, experimenting with new styles of playing while attaining multitudes of footage for visual displays to compliment their ever-changing live experience. The band also would draw heavily from the likes of Joy Division, Coil and Throbbing Gristle, along with the 1973 film "The Wicker Man". The band would even make their own straw effigy for the album cover.

With signs of their drastically changing sound indicated by their radically re-imagined cover of "Saturday Night Holocaust" of the Dead Kennedys on Virus 100 (Released circa 1 May 1992), Souls at Zero would see release on 19 May 1992, displaying a sound drawing elements of doom metal, industrial, psychedelic, folk and post-punk. Ultimately Souls at Zero would attain universal acclaim upon retroactive observation and, along with being cited as influential to the then-developing sludge genre, would be cited as a pioneering album in post-metal.

Neurosis would tour to support the album, including their first ever shows in Europe. Working with engineer Billy Anderson, work would quickly begin on a follow-up. Drawing in more tribal elements and more samples to further expand on this ever-evolving sound, Enemy of The Sun would see release circa 17 August 1993. The band would begin touring heavily to support Enemy of the Sun through North America and Europe. Like Souls at Zero, retroactive praise for Enemy of the Sun has been universal, with The Quietus observing that "at the time few could have predicted this black hole of agonizingly precise metal riffs, unnerving backmasking, industrial folkisms and extensive sampling". The band would also form a project known as Tribes of Neurot which would see the core members of Neurosis exploring dark ambiance, field recordings and sonic experiments as a sister project to Neurosis.

Following touring in support of the album McIlroy would quit music entirely and a childhood friend of Dave Edwardson in Noah Landis would take over on keyboards and effects. The band would also sign with Relapse Recordings when searching for a label for Tribes of Neurot and thus would sign with the label.

With a new label and a bigger audience ahead of them, Neurosis would record at Brilliant Studios and Coast Studios in Oakland, California in December 1995, working again with producer Billy Anderson. Through Silver In Blood would see release on 23 April 1996 to critical praise at the time of release, over time attaining universal praise and cited as an important album in the development of post-metal and sludge genres. Terrorizer would rank it #2 among the heaviest albums ever made while Fact Magazine would cite it as the greatest post-metal album of all time.

To support Through Silver in Blood Neurosis would tour through North America and Europe, along with appearing at the inaugural OzzFest. Pantera would contact the band in regards to touring together the next year as they were fans of the group, with Phil Anselmo citing them as "the most dangerous band in the world". That January Neurosis would tour with Clutch and Pantera through North America, followed by a full tour at OzzFest. The band would close out the year touring Europe with Entombed. In 1998 Neurosis would tour Europe again, sharing the stage with the likes of Pantera, Coal Chamber, Helloween and Black Sabbath.

Following the 1998 European tour and a North American tour, Neurosis would begin work on their sixth album that October and November. It would be the first album the band would record at Electrical Audio, beginning a working relationship with Steve Albini that would maintain for every subsequent album. Times of Grace would see release on 4 May 1999 to critical praise, in particular the production of Albini. Critics such as NME, BBC and A.V. Club would all praise the album. Tribes of Neurot would release a complimentary album entitled Grace on 13 July 1999, created in concept to be played simultaneously with Times of Grace to compose a multi-dimensional sound experience. Neurosis would tour heavily in support of Times of Grace, sharing the stage with the likes of Hatebreed, Skinlab, Cave-In, Today is The Day and Voivod among others.

In the late 1990s the band would begin to officially establish a label known as Neurot Recordings means to further their musical vision while achieving control of their own destiny. Through the 1990s the label largely put out releases by Tribes of Neurot but would eventually sign other bands and, once Neurosis' contract with Relapse had finished, would begin releasing their own works through the label. Aside from re-issues of early albums and a bootleg known as Short wave Warfare, Neurosis' first studio release through Neurot would be Soveriegn circa 31 October 2000. Along with Neurosis and the members' respective side projects the label would begin to sign more acts, eventually attaining distribution through Southern Records and Revolver USA. Josh Graham would also notably join as visual artist in 2000.

Neurosis would largely take off from touring to concentrate on their next album, working again with Steve Albini and finishing it by the Spring of 2001. A Sun That Never Sets would see release on 7 August 2001, noting a shift in the band's sound. Neurosis began incorporating more clean vocals and acoustic instrumentation with a growing folk music influence, more noted presence of classical string instruments as well as slower tempos and a more contemplative sound. A visual DVD was also composed to compliment the audio release. A Sun That Never Sets would see generally positive reception both at the time of it's release and retroactively.

Neurosis would only perform a handful of shows throughout 2001, namely with the likes of Botch and Shellac, while 2002 would prove equally sporadic with a handful of shows, namely the 2002 edition of Beyond The Pale. Notably along with Tribes of Neurot, the respective members of Neurosis would embark on new side projects and careers among their main band, Scott Kelly and Steve Von Till both releasing solo albums in between their respective personal endeavors.

With Neurosis leaving Relapse and focusing entirely on releasing through Neurot, the band would re-issue some of their early works on the label in the early 2000s. Having performed with former Swans vocalist Jarboe at Beyond The Pale, the two artist would collaborate together for a studio album. Neurosis & Jarboe would see release on 21 October 2003 to critical praise. Around the same time as the collaborative album would see release, Neurosis would begin recording a new studio album at Electrical Audio, finishing it by January 2004.

The Eye of Every Storm would see release on 28 June 2004, the band's first album being released through Neurot. Notably it would continue on the folk themes established on The Eye of Every Storm but push into different musical territories, incorporating more ambient tones and eliciting a sound similar to post-rock. The Eye of Every Storm would see positive reception from several critics such as Pop Matters, Your Last Rites, Scene Point Blank and Pitchfork to name a few. To support the album Neurosis would play four dates, featuring Jarboe and spanning 2 1/2 hours with no openers. Following an appearance at Fury Fest in France circa 2005 and a string of shows in 2006 with Grails and Grey Daturas, work would begin on the next album, recording at the end of 2006 at Electrical Audio.

Recording and mixing at Electrical Audio in just six days and following with a string of shows in California, details on Neurosis' ninth album would surface. Returning to a heavier direction, Given To The Rising would see release on 8 May 2007 to widespread critical acclaim. Along with critical acclaim, Given To The Rising would also chart in the United States for the first time, peaking at #31 on the Heatseekers.

To support Given To The Rising Neurosis would make a headlining appearance at Roadburn Festival, followed by appearances at Hellfest, Hovefestivalen and FunFunFun Fest. Following a string of short winter residencies sharing the stage with the likes of Converge and Mastodon, Neurosis would tour Europe again that Summer, touring with A Storm of Light and appearing in seven different countries.

In 2009, following an appearance at Scion RockFest. Neurosis would return to Roadburn Festival. Along with performing the band would also serve as that year's curator with their theme of "Beyond The Pale", including several of the band's side projects and bands associated with Neurot Recordings. The band also toured through Europe alongside Amenra. In an interview with Brooklyn Vegan, Scott Kelly would explain the sudden resurgence of European touring and the band's sporadic performing schedule:

“	"It's always possible, as far as a larger scale tour is concerned. I mean, we all work and have got a gang of kids so it's difficult. The kids are the priority as far as touring goes so it's totally possible that things in the future will happen that way, you know. Europe was the first place ever gave a shit about us, outside of Seattle and San Francisco. So we go back there and it's a comfortable place for us. It's also easier to get around there. In the US, you are fucking driving forever and that's difficult when you have limited timeframes like we have to deal with. We tend to hit and run in the states right now. I don't know, well see. We have definitely talked about it. When we initially stopped, we came off the road for about two years and we hadn't gone to Europe for almost seven years. It's only been recently that we've started going back over there... the only dates we were doing were in the states for quite a while. We're going to Finland and stuff... we've never been there. We just try and find interesting gigs to do... doing something different is what interests us now."	”
	— Scott Kelly, Brooklyn Vegan

Building up to the band's tenth album, Neurosis would perform at the 2010 edition of All Tomorrow Parties' Nightmare Before Christmas, followed by an appearance at Maryland Deathfest and a tour of Europe, sharing the stage with the likes of Amenra, Ufomammut and Karma To Burn among others. On 30 August 2010 via Roadburn Records and 7 September 2010 Neurosis would release Live at Roadburn 2007 while announcing plans to record their next album. Classic Neurosis albums would also see re-issue on CD and vinyl for the first time in years.

Recording again with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio, finishing by the Spring of 2012. Details on the band's tenth album would surface by August with an album title, songs and artwork being revealed. Honor Found in Decay would see release via Neurot Recordings on 30 October 2012, peaking at #10 on the Heatseekers charts, along with attaining significant critical acclaim. A release party would be hosted at The Fox Theatre on 17 November, with support for Yob and Voivod. Following an appearance at ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas (Curated by Shellac) the band would embark on a winter mini-tour, followed by touring Europe the next year surrounding appearances at Primavera Sound and Hellfest. Notably longtime visual artist Josh Graham would amicably part ways with the band, leading to the band to cease using visual media at their shows.

In 2014 Neurosis, following a string of shows in Canada, Europe and an appearance at Temples Festival, would tour Australia for the first time in their career. The band would also make marquee appearances at Bestia Festival in Mexico City, Southwest Terror Fest in Rialto, Arizona and Husecore Horror Fest in Austin, Texas. In 2015 Neurosis would return to Maryland Deathfest and embark on their most extensive North American tour in over fifteen years. The band would announce plans for their thirtieth anniversary in the Fall, along with working with Steve Albini and Electrical Audio for their eleventh album.

Neurosis would begin 2016 having announced a series of special shows for their thirtieth anniversary as a band. The band would perform three sold out nights at the Regency Ballroom from 4 March to 6 March, each night featuring a two hour set with songs spanning the band's entire career. The band would follow up on this theme with two performances at Roadburn Festival the next month. Along with the special residency shows the band. Along with vinyl reissues, The band would also announce and release a career spanning box set entitled Strength & Vision, featuring eleven CDs and nineteen LPs, comprising every studio album to that point. Decibel Magazine would also release a special issue that August dedicated entirely to Neurosis, along with inducting three of their albums into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

With recording taking place at the end of 2015 going into 2016 at Electrical Audio with Steve Albini, an eleventh album would be recorded and mixed in seven days to coincide with the band's anniversary and career-spanning box set. Following a tour of Europe, Fires Within Fires would see release on 23 September 2016, peaking at #8 on the Heatseekers and charting in several other countries. Fires Within Fires would attain critical acclaim despite it's shorter length, even being cited as album of the year by both Terrorizer and CVLT Nation.

Neurosis would embark on their most extensive world tour in years to support Fires Within Fires, beginning with a tour of Australia and New Zealand, a short European tour including the band's first ever show in Iceland and an extensive North American tour with Converge and Amenra. After appearances at Psycho Las Vegas and Days of Darkness the band would embark on their first ever South American tour. The next year would see a return to Hellfest and Copenhell surrounding a tour of Europe, another North American tour with Converge and Amenra, followed with a headlining appearance at Muddy Roots Music Festival.

In 2019 Neurosis would tour with Converge for their first ever tour of Japan, followed by appearances at Rock im Roma, Dour Festival and Supersonic Festival, rounding out the year touring North America with Deafkids and Bell Witch. At the end of 2019 Scott Kelly would be no longer associated with the band, as revealed by Neurosis in their public statement on him in August 2022.

Solo Endeavors

In the early 2000s Scott Kelly would begin working on solo material in the form of acoustic folk but still retaining the underlying themes of the music created in Neurosis. His first solo album, Spirit Bound Flesh, would be released in July 2001 via Neurot Recordings. His earliest known solo live performances wouldn't be until 2006, when work would begin on a follow-up album.

Featuring his son Damon on bass and Frank Sullivan on Lap Steel, The Wake would see release on 5 May 2008, preceded by Kelly performing solo at Roadburn Festival, along with touring in support. In between endeavors with Neurosis and other projects, Kelly would tour under his own name.

His next solo endeavor would be under the stage name Scott Kelly and The Road Home, collaborating with with Noah Landis and Greg Dale though Jay Munly would later replace Dale in 2015. Kelly's third solo album The Forgiven Ghost In Me would see release on 14 August 2012 to positive reviews. To support the album, Kelly would tour extensively through North America, Europe and Australia.

Kelly would tour sporadically in the years solo following the release of The Forgiven Ghost in Me, including releasing a 12" EP in Push Me On To The Sun on 15 January 2016. Kelly would also tour in 2017 and 2018 with John Judkins (Rwake), including an appearance at Muddy Roots Music Festival. A live 7" featuring the duo would be released in January 2017, notably featuring a rendition of the Shrinebuilder song "We Let The Hell Come".

Mastodon

• For more details, feel free to view the Riffipedia page on Mastodon.

Mastodon would release their second album entitled Leviathan on 31 August 2004 to widespread critical acclaim. It is a concept album loosely based on Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick. The album's theme would also take the elemental theme of "Water" while Leviathan marked the beginning of a long-standing tradition of the band in Neurosis guitarist/vocalist Scott Kelly making a guest appearance (In regards to "Leviathan" he appears on "Aqua Dementia".). With significant critical acclaim Leviathan would be named record of the year by Kerrang!, Terrorizer and Revolver. Metalsucks would retroactively place it at #1 on their "21 Best Albums of the 21st Century So Far" in 2009.

From then on, Kelly would be a recurring guest on several Mastodon releases: "Aqua Dementia" on 2004's Leviathan, "Crystal Skull" on 2006's Blood Mountain, "Crack The Skye" on 2009's Crack The Skye, "Spectrelight" on 2011's The Hunter, "Diamond in the Witch House" on 2014's Once More 'Round The Sun and "Scorpion Breath" on 2017's Emperor of Sand. Notably the sole original song presented for 2020's Medium Rarities compilation would be a "Fallen Torches", which featured Kelly on vocals and later released as a single. In 2021 the band would release a new studio album in Hushed and Grim, the first album to not feature Kelly since the band's 2002 debut Remission.

Scott Kelly would also perform as a live guest for Mastodon on several occasions. The earliest known instance would be at Scion RockFest at The Masquerade on 28 February 2009, joining the band on "Aqua Dementia", "Crack The Skye" and "Crystal Skull". In November 2017, Mastodon would tour Europe with Kelly on vocals, performing all six songs he had sung with the band to that point and the first instances of "Scorpion Breath" and "Diamond in The Witch House" performed live.

In 2019 the band would embark on a tour of Europe with longtime guest Kelly joining each night to perform the six songs he guested on. Notably the band performed a secret set at Blondies in London doing only the Scott Kelly songs. This would be to a crowd of fifty people and hosted by Kerrang!.

Shrinebuilder

• Fore more details, feel free to view the Riffipedia page on Shrinebuilder.

Shrinebuilder would be founded in 2008, when Al Cisneros contacted Scott Weinrich sometime after the dissolution of The Hidden Hand and proposed that they form a new collaborative three piece group with Om drummer Chris Hakius. Cisneros named the band and it was intended that Wino would be the only vocalist. A few years later, and after sporadically working on some music together, Cisneros enlisted Scott Kelly on guitar and vocals to round out the band to a four-piece.

In early 2008, drummer Chris Hakius retired from playing music. As a result, Dale Crover was brought in to replace him. Over the next year the band sent audio files to one another, refining their material, and rehearsed when possible in various configurations of two or three in Baltimore, San Francisco, Ashland and Los Angeles.

In January 2009 the full band met together for the first time to set about recording the material they had previously sketched out. Kelly documented the recording sessions via his blog site "We Burn Through The Night". A majority of the writing process was done by the respective members sending files to each other over a period of time. The debut record was recorded in three days, with Crover and Toshi Kasai (Collectively known as The Deaf Nephews) as producers. Notably, while Kelly, Cisneros and Wino would share vocal roles, Kelly would sing on every track.

Shrinebuilder was released in October 2009. Following the album's release, the band announced a string of concerts, and the first Shrinebuilder track, "Pyramid Of The Moon," was added to the band's Myspace page. On November 11, 2009, Club My War arranged and hosted the band's first live show in the United States with two performances at The Viper Room. A short string of dates followed that year.

Shrinebuilder largely toured in 2010 whenever each member’s schedules had allowed, beginning with a west coast tour of the United States in 2010 leading up to Scion Rock Fest. Whilst unable to fly over to Europe to tour during the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption of April 2010, the band returned to LA and completed the writing stage of their second record after a surprise show in New York. According to Scott Kelly their flight to the venue was literally missed by six hours at the time of the volcanic eruption . Two tours of Europe would follow in it's wake. One year later the band performed on the main stage at the 16th Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, the Netherlands which they had been previously set to appear at had there been no hindrance in schedule. This ended up being their final live performance. By 2012, Shrinebuilder would be essentially broken up, with Kelly stating for The Obelisk that "I don’t even know if there’ll be another Shrinebuilder record.".

Notably, one of the band's two unrecorded songs ("We Let The Hell Come") would be performed live by Scott Kelly as a solo artist, and recorded live in 2017 with John Judkins (Rwake), later released as a 7" single via My Proud Mountain.

Corrections House

Corrections House would be founded in 2012 and officially revealed late that year. Along with Scott Kelly on guitar and vocals, Corrections House would feature Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod, Outlaw Order, Arson Anthem, etc.), Sanford Parker (Buried at Sea, Minsk, Mirrors For Psychic Warfare, etc.) and Bruce Lamont (Yakuza, Minsk, etc.). The project would be a mix of sludge metal, industrial, d-beat and harsh electronics. Following a tour of the USA to introduce the project, the band's debut single Hoax The System would see release on 2 April 2013. A studio album would follow in Last City Zero would see release via Neurot Recordings on 28 October 2013 to positive reviews, with a tour of Europe to follow in support of the record.

Further touring would take place in 2014, including shows with the likes of Wrekmeister Harmonies, Author & Punisher, Pinkish Black and Sleep among marquee appearances at Roskilde Festival and Roadburn Festival. Work would begin on a follow-up in 2014, though the last shows the band would host that year would be canceled to health issues from Mike IX at the time. Know How to Carry a Whip would see release on 23 October 2015 to positive reception, with the project largely being put on hold.

Mirrors For Psychic Warfare

Scott Kelly, along with Sanford Parker (Buried at Sea), would follow up with a new experimental project in Mirrors For Psychic Warfare which would be founded in 2015. The sound would lean into industrial with hints of drone doom and electronic, described on the band's press release as a "sonic manifestation of insomnia, complete with the tossing, the turning, and the perennial dread that comes with facing another shabby daylight.". Following the release of a 7" single in The Oracles Hex via My Proud Mountain on 27 February 2015, along with shows in Europe, the project would begin work on a debut studio album. The eponymous Mirrors For Psychic Warfare would see release on 22 April 2016, preceded by a marquee appearance at Roadburn Festival.

Following a tour of Europe in 2017, along with a string of shows with The Atlas Moth and Royal Thunder, details would begin to surface on a second studio album. I See What I Became would see release on 28 September 2018 via Neurot Recordings, surrounded by a string of shows with Godflesh and as direct support for Sleep to close out the year. The band intended to tour Europe in the Fall of 2018 but would cancel due to Kelly struggling with mental illness at the time.

The project would no longer be active by 2020, as noted by Sanford Parker no longer speaking to Kelly by that point.

Other Projects

Kelly's first band would be Violent Coercion, a hardcore punk band that would be founded in 1985 by Kelly, Jason Roeder (Drums) and Dave Edwardson (Bass), all of whom would later form Neurosis not long after releasing the demo House of Terror. Notably the project featured two other members: Jason Storey (Whom later drew the album cover for Pain of Mind and a fifth member who would later join Samiam.

Scott Kelly and Neurosis bandmate, Noah Landis, with help from Anthony Nelson, have created a staggering, stark work that will survive long after their forms are reduced to dust. It seems that this was evident to them and weighed heavily in the process of creating their first record. At The Foot Of The Garden is remarkable for its honesty alone. It is so deeply personal that it makes one a bit uncomfortable. Like all things Neurosis, it is amazingly dark without being pretentious. It is heavy without sonic volume. The ten songs here fumble naked through darkened corridors and beg to be heard. Each note plods along moving inch by inch towards your heart, not terribly unlike the band's name: Blood & Time'. The songs are more like confessions, and whispered secrets, songs that are years of profound sorrow slowly exhaling as Scott Kelly settles into what will be the rest of his life. That makes the record comforting after being uncomfortable. After watching Neurosis mature over the years, Blood & Time just seems to fit into the equation. A moving testament to human endurance and humility. This ambient folk project would release a single album in 2003's At The Foot Of The Garden, along with an Untitled release via Latitudes in 2007.

Absent In Body is a unique experimental sludge metal/post-metal collaboration between Kelly, Mathieu Vandekerckhove (Syndrome, Amenra) and Colin H Van Eeckhout (CHVE, Amenra). The project would be founded in 2015 by Kelly and Vandekerckhove, with Eeckhout joining in January 2016. This project would release a single 20-minute song in The Abyss Stares Back - Vol. V, released in early 2017.

Scott Kelly and Neurosis drummer Jason Roeder would record for a one-time project known as Hayward. The duo would record a cover of the Celtic Frost song "Jewel Throne" for the tribute album Morbid Tales! A Tribute To Celtic Frost, released in 2015 via Corpse Flower Records.

Retirement and Abuse

On 28 August 2022, Kelly would announce that he would be "permanently retiring" from music, along with publically admitting to engaging in "the emotional, financial, verbal and physical abuse" of his wife and children. The following day, Neurosis would make an official statement speaking out against Kelly and offering support for his family, along with links to The National Domestic Abuse Hotline and 988lifeline. The band also noted that they cut ties with Kelly in late 2019 once more details had surfaced to them. Sanford Parker also made a statement of his own speaking out against Kelly, stating that Kelly cut all contact in January 2020 and that he'd find out about the extent of his abuse early the next year.

Bands

• Violent Coercion - Guitar, Vocals (1985)
• Neurosis - Guitar, Vocals (1985 - 2019)
• Tribes of Neurot - Contributor (1995 - ?)
• Scott Kelly - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals (2000 - 2022)
• Blood & Time - Guitar, Vocals (2003 - ?)
• Shrinebuilder - Guitar, Vocals (2008 - 2011)
• Corrections House - Guitar, Vocals (2012 - 2015)
• Absent in Body - Contributor (2015 - ?)
• Mirrors For Psychic Warfare - Guitar, Vocals (2015 - 2019)
• Razors in the Night - Guitar, Vocals (2017 - ?)
• Mastodon - Live Vocals (2009, 2017, 2019)

List of Known Solo Tours

• 2008 European Tours (2008)
• 2010 European Tour (2010)
• 2010 UK Tour (With Stephen Brodsky) (2010)
• 2011 Winter North American Tour (With Wino) (2011)
• 2011 European Tour (2011)
• 2011 Spring North American Tour (With Bob Wayne, Jay Munly) (2011)
• 2012 Australian Tour (With John Dyer Baizley) (2012)
• 2012 North American Tour (With Eugene Robinson) (2012)
• 2012 Summer European Tour (2012)
• 2012 Fall North American Tour (Select dates with Mike Schiedt) (2012)
• 2012 Winter European Tour (2012)
• The Road Home West Coast Tour (2013)
• The Road Home Australian Tour (With Jarboe) (2013)
• The Road Home European Tour (2014)
• 2015 North American Tour (With Bruce Lamont) (2015)
• 2016 European Tour (With CHVE) (2016)
• 2017 North American Tour (With John Judkins) (2017)
• 2018 European Tour (With John Judkins) (2018)

Discography

With Neurosis (Selected Works)

• Pain of Mind (1988, Alchemy Records)
• The Word as Law (1990, Lookout Records)
• Souls at Zero (1992, Alternative Tentacles Records)
• Enemy of The Sun (1993, Alternative Tentacles Records)
• Through Silver in Blood (1996, Relapse Records)
• Times of Grace (1999, Relapse Records)
• Sovereign (Extended Play) (2000, Neurot Recordings)
• A Sun That Never Sets (2001, Relapse Records)
• Neurosis & Jarboe (Collaborative Album with Jarboe) (2003, Neurot Recordings)
• The Eye of Every Storm (2004, Neurot Recordings)
• Given to The Rising (2007, Neurot Recordings)
• Honor Found in Decay (2012, Neurot Recordings)
• Fires Within Fires (2016, Neurot Recordings)

With Tribes of Neurot (Selected Works)

• Rebegin (1995, Alley Sweeper)
• Silver Blood Transmission (1995, Release Entertainment; Relapse)
• Grace (1999, Neurot)
• Cairn (2002, Neurot)
• Adaptation and Survival: The Insect Project (2002, Neurot)
• Meridian (2005, Neurot)

With Shrinebuilder

• Shrinebuilder (2009, Neurot Recordings)
• L•i•v•e (2011, My Proud Mountain)

With Mastodon

• Leviathan - Lyrics, Vocals on "Aqua Dementia" (2004, Relapse)
• Blood Mountain - Additional Vocals on "Crystal Skull" (2006, Relapse)
• Crack The Skye - Vocals on "Crack The Skye" (2009, Reprise)
• The Hunter - Vocals on "Spectrelight" (2011, Reprise)
• Once More 'Round The Sun - Vocals on "Diamond in the Witch House" (2014, Reprise)
• Emperor of Sand - Vocals on "Scorpion Breath" (2017, Reprise)
• Medium Rarities - Vocals on "Fallen Torches" (2020, Reprise)

Solo Albums

• Spirit Bound Flesh (2001, Neurot Recordings)
• The Wake (2008, Neurot Recordings)
• The Forgiven Ghost in Me (Scott Kelly and The Road Home) (2012, Neurot; My Proud Mountain)

Other Solo Discography

• Untitled (Demo & Live Compilation) (2009, Self-Released)
• Winter Tour 2010 (Live Album; Recorded 2008 - 2009) (2010, Self-Released)
• Manifesto / The Field That Surrounds Me (Split 7" with Wino) (2011, Volcom Entertainment)
• Truth Against The World - Live In San Diego 08.02.2011 (Live Album) (2011, Self-Released)
• Songs of Townes Van Zandt (Tribute Album) (2012 & 2013, My Proud Mountain)
• The Traveling Sun / Three Barron Eye (Split 7" with Nate Hall) (2013, Domestic Genocide)
• Eternal (7" Single; As Scott Kelly and The Road Home) (2014, My Proud Mountain)
• Push Me On To The Sun (12" EP) (2016, My Proud Mountain)
• We Let The Hell Come (7" Single with John Judkins) (2018, My Proud Mountain)

With Corrections House

• Hoax The System / Grin With A Purpose (7" Single) (2013, War Crime; Burning World)
• Last City Zero (Studio Album) (2013, Neurot Recordings)
• Writing History in Advance (Live Album) (2014, War Crime Recordings)
• Know How To Carry A Whip (Studio Album) (2015, Neurot Recordings)

Other Releases

• Violent Coercion - House of Terror (Extended Play) (1985, Self-Released)
• Blood & Time - At The Foot of The Garden (Studio Album) (2003, Neurot Recordings)
• Blood & Time - Untitled (Extended Play) (2008, Latitudes)
• Mirrors For Psychic Warfare - The Oracles Hex (7" Single) (2015, My Proud Mountain)
• Mirrors For Psychic Warfare - Mirrors For Psychic Warfare (Studio Album) (2016, Neurot Recordings)
• Absent in Body - The Abyss Stares Back - Vol. V (12" EP) (2017, Hypertension)
• Mirrors For Psychic Warfare - I See what I Became (Studio Album) (2018, Neurot Recordings)

Other Guest Appearances

• Milk Cult - Burn or Bury (Vocals on "Bow Kiness Static") (1994, Priority)
• 7000 Dying Rats - Season in Hell (Keyboards on Track 20) (2007, Hewhocorrupts, Inc.)
• Amenra - Mass V (Vocals on "Nowena | 9.10") (2012, Neurot Recordings)
• Amenra - Live II (Vocals on "Nowena | 9.10") (2014, My Proud Mountain)
• Yob - Atma (Vocals on Track 3; Percussion on Track 5) (2011, Profound Lore)
• Melvins - Everybody Loves Sausages (Guitar, Vocals on "Warhead") (2013, Ipecac)
• Melvins - A Tribute to Venom (Guitar, Vocals) (2013, Amphetamine Reptile Records)
• Hayward - Morbid Tales! A Tribute To Celtic Frost (Guitar, Vocals on "Jewel Throne") (2016, Corpse Flower)
• Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us (Voice on Track 1) (2016, Nuclear Blast)

External Links

Official Links

• Scott Kelly Official
• Scott Kelly Facebook
• Scott Kelly Twitter
• Scott Kelly Bandcamp
• Neurosis Bandcamp
• Tribes of Neurot Bandcamp
• Blood & Time Bandcamp
• Corrections House Bandcamp
• Mirrors For Psychic Warfare Bandcamp
• Return to Zero on Combat Music Radio