Simon Scott (drummer)
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Simon Scott (2014)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Simon Scott |
| Born |
3 March 1971 Cambridge, England |
| Genres | Shoegazing, dream pop, post-rock, electronica, indie rock |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion, guitar, synthesizer, vocals, laptop |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Touch, Creation, Club AC30, Miasmah, 12k, Kompakt, KESHHHHHH |
| Associated acts | Slowdive, Lowgold, Inner Sleeve/Televise, The Charlottes, Seavault, The Sight Below, James Blackshaw |
| Website | www.simonscott.org |
Simon Scott (born 3 March 1971) is an English musician, best known as the drummer in Slowdive and formerly of Lowgold. He also fronted Inner Sleeve/Televise, and has released ambient music as a solo artist.
Born in Cambridge, Scott first started drumming with female fronted Huntingdon band The Charlottes in 1987 at the age of 16 and left in 1990 to replace original drummer Adrian Sell in Slowdive who supported them in London at The White Horse in Hampstead. He played on albums Just for a Day and Souvlaki, which was voted in The Guardian as "One of the top 50 albums to hear before you die" in 2007. Scott left the band after 5 EP was released in early 1994, prior to the band working on their third album Pygmalion, but rejoined in 2014 when they announced their reformation.
Scott formed and fronted Inner Sleeve in 1997 who released two singles in 1998 and an album Looking Up in 1999, all on the Fierce Panda label.
In 1999, Scott split Inner Sleeve up to join Lowgold following the departure of original drummer Paul Mayes, appeared on one track on the band's debut album Just Backward of Square and toured it extensively (supporting Coldplay and Grandaddy) with the band. He left the band in 2002 after the band ran into financial problems following the collapse of Nude Records. Demo's recorded prior to the collapse of Nude and his departure were later released on the compilation Keep Music Miserable including the track ″Time Reclaims All Frontiers″, which was premiered at Reading Festival.
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