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{{short description|American guitarist and singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Scott Kelly
| image = ScottKelly-Neurosis.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Kelly in 2004
| image_size =
| birth_name = Scott Michael Kelly
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|07|16}}
| birth_place = [[Evanston, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| origin = [[Oakland, California]], U.S.
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Avant-garde metal]]
*[[sludge metal]]
*[[post-metal]]
*[[Experimental music|experimental]]
*[[Folk music|folk]]
*[[hardcore punk]] (early)
}}
| occupation = Singer, musician
| years_active = 1985–2022
| label = [[Neurot Recordings|Neurot]], [[Relapse Records|Relapse]], [[Alternative Tentacles]], [[Lookout! Records|Lookout!]], Alchemy
| past_member_of = [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]], [[Tribes of Neurot]], [[Shrinebuilder]]
| website =
}}
'''Scott Michael Kelly''' (born July 16, 1967) is an American retired musician. He was one of three founding members of California [[Avant-garde metal|experimental metal]] band [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]], in which he was the band's lead vocalist and guitarist from its formation until his firing in 2019.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Kennelty|first1=Greg|title=Neurosis Parted Ways With Scott Kelly In 2019, Issues Lengthy Statement After His Admission Of Abuse|url=https://metalinjection.net/news/breakups/neurosis-parted-ways-with-scott-kelly-in-2019-issues-lengthy-statement-after-his-admission-of-abuse|website=MetalInjection|access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref> Kelly retired from music in 2022 after admitting to many years of physically abusing his family.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=August 28, 2022 |title=Neurosis singer Scott Kelly retires from music and admits abuse |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/neurosis-singer-scott-kelly-retires-from-music-and-admits-abuse-3299228 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>
Aside from Neurosis, Kelly was also a member of the bands [[Tribes of Neurot]], Blood and Time, [[Shrinebuilder]], Corrections House, Mirrors of Psychic Warfare and Absent in Body.<ref name="Solis 2016">{{cite news |last1=Solis |first1=Matt |date=August 18, 2016 |title=Grace Period: Neurosis Talk Times of Grace's Companion Album |work=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2016/08/18/grace-period-neurosis-talk-times-of-grace-s-companion-album/ |access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref> He released three solo albums. Kelly has also appeared on six albums by the American metal band [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], featuring on all of their albums from 2004's [[Leviathan (Mastodon album)|''Leviathan'']] to 2017's ''[[Emperor of Sand]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shadows |first=Em |date=2022-10-11 |title=Brann Dailor Says New Mastodon May Be Coming "Sooner Than Later" |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2022/10/11/brann-dailor-says-new-mastodon-may-be-coming-sooner-than-later/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=MetalSucks |language=en}}</ref>
== Career ==
Kelly formed Neurosis in 1985 originally as a [[hardcore punk]] band with bassist Dave Edwardson and drummer [[Jason Roeder]]. Kelly was the band's vocalist and guitarist, and the band released eleven studio albums together with him. Kelly was fired from Neurosis in 2019 after the band learned that he had been abusing his wife and children, but this remained unpublicized until 2022 for his family's protection.<ref name=":1" /> Kelly admitted to committing the abuse in August 2022 and announced his retirement from music and public life.<ref name=":0" />
In Shrinebuilder, Kelly collaborated with [[Al Cisneros]], [[Scott Weinrich]], and [[Dale Crover]], whose first and only album was released in October 2009. Kelly was also a member of the supergroup Absent in Body which formed in 2022, with [[Amenra]]'s vocalist Colin H. Van Eeckhout and guitarist Mathieu J. Vandekerckhove alongside former [[Sepultura]] drummer [[Igor Cavalera]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=2022-03-10 |title=ABSENT IN BODY (Ex-SEPULTURA, NEUROSIS, AMENRA) Streams New Single "Rise From Ruins" |url=https://metalinjection.net/new-music/absent-in-body-ex-sepultura-neurosis-streams-new-single-rise-from-ruins |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref>
In addition to his musical projects, Kelly, along with his bandmates in Neurosis, was 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 had 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 (bassist)|Joe Preston]], and others.
Kelly also 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.<ref name="Sun 2012">{{cite news |last1=Sun |first1=Jake |date=November 8, 2013 |title=Scott Kelly & The Road Home @ The Zoo |work=theMusic.com.au |publisher=Handshake Media |url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/scott-kelly-and-the-road-home-the-zoo-jake-sun/aTB6fXx_fmE/25-11-13/ |access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref>
== Musical influences ==
Kelly cites [[Swans (band)|Swans]], [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Die Kreuzen]], [[Amebix]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[King Crimson]], [[Neil Young]], [[Melvins]], [[Celtic Frost]], [[Negative Approach]], [[Townes Van Zandt]], [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]], and [[Hank Williams]] as important influences.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ram.org/music/articles/neurosisinterview.html |title=Q & A with Scott Kelly of Neurosis |last=Samudrala | first=Ram |access-date=January 20, 2008 |year=2000 |publisher= Music Ram-blings; www.ram.org}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
A native of the East Bay, Kelly used to reside with his wife Sarah and two youngest children in the woods of [[Southern Oregon]]. In August 2022, after admitting to abusing his wife and children, Kelly officially retired from music and public life, and his current living situation is unknown.<ref name=":0" /> The other members of Neurosis said in a statement that they condemned Kelly's behavior and had expelled him from the band in 2019 after learning about the abuse, but had respected a request for privacy from Kelly's wife in not publicly discussing the matter at the time.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Kennelty|first1=Greg|title=Neurosis Parted Ways With Scott Kelly In 2019, Issues Lengthy Statement After His Admission Of Abuse|url=https://metalinjection.net/news/breakups/neurosis-parted-ways-with-scott-kelly-in-2019-issues-lengthy-statement-after-his-admission-of-abuse|website=MetalInjection|access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
== Discography ==
[[File:Scott Kelly - live 2009 - 02 new.jpg|thumb|300px|Kelly performing in 2009]]
'''Neurosis'''
*''[[Pain of Mind]]'' (1987)
*''Aberration'' (EP) (1989)
*''[[The Word as Law]]'' (1990)
*''[[Souls at Zero]]'' (1992)
*''[[Enemy of the Sun]]'' (1993)
*''[[Through Silver in Blood]]'' (1996)
*''[[Times of Grace (album)|Times of Grace]]'' (1999)
*''[[Sovereign (EP)|Sovereign]]'' (EP) (2000)
*''[[A Sun That Never Sets]]'' (2001)
*''[[The Eye of Every Storm]]'' (2004)
*''[[Given to the Rising]]'' (2007)
*''[[Honor Found in Decay]]'' (2012)
*''[[Fires Within Fires]]'' (2016)
'''Neurosis & Jarboe'''
*''[[Neurosis & Jarboe]]'' (2003)
'''Tribes of Neurot'''
*''Rebegin'' (1995)
*''Silver Blood Transmission'' (1995)
*''[[Static Migration]]'' (1998)
*''[[Times of Grace (album)#Grace|Grace]]'' (1999)
*''60°'' (2000)
*''Adaptation and Survival: The Insect Project'' (2002)
*''Cairn'' (2002)
*''Meridian'' (2005)
'''Solo albums'''
*''[[Spirit Bound Flesh]]'' (2001)
*''[[The Wake (Scott Kelly album)|The Wake]]'' (2008)
*''The Forgiven Ghost in Me'' (2012)
'''Blood and Time'''
*''At the Foot of the Garden'' (2003)
*''Latitudes'' (2007)
'''Shrinebuilder'''
*''[[Shrinebuilder (album)|Shrinebuilder]]'' (2009)
'''Corrections House'''
*''Hoax the System / Grin with a Purpose'' ([[7"]]) (2013)
*''Last City Zero'' (2013)
*''Know How to Carry a Whip'' (2015)
'''Mastodon''' (guest vocals)
*''[[Leviathan (Mastodon album)|Leviathan]]'' (on the track "Aqua Dementia") (2004)
*''[[Blood Mountain (album)|Blood Mountain]]'' (on the track "Crystal Skull") (2006)
*''[[Crack the Skye]]'' (on the track "Crack the Skye") (2009)
*''[[The Hunter (Mastodon album)|The Hunter]]'' (on the track "Spectrelight") (2011)
*''[[Once More 'Round the Sun]]'' (on the track "Diamond in the Witch House") (2014)
*''[[Emperor of Sand]]'' (on the track "Scorpion Breath") (2017)
*''[[Medium Rarities (Mastodon album)|Medium Rarities]]'' (on the track "Fallen Torches") (2020)
'''Mirrors for Psychic Warfare'''
*''Mirrors for Psychic Warfare'' (2016)
*''I See What I Became'' (2018)
'''Absent in Body'''
*''The Abyss Stares Back - Vol. V'' (EP) (2017)
*''Plague God'' (2022)
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Scott Kelly}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060518122155/http://www.neurotrecordings.com/artists/smk/index.aspx Scott Kelly's artist page on Neurot Recordings]
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