Scott B. Sympathy

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Scott Bradshaw, who records as Scott B. Sympathy, is a Canadian indie rock musician. He released several albums with his eponymously-named band in the 1990s, and subsequently became a member of Stratochief following the 1999 death of that band's singer Greg McConnell.

The name "Scott B. Sympathy" was originally intended as the name of the band, with his own stage name simply being "Scott B." However, this was so frequently misunderstood by fans and music journalists that when crediting the band's 1996 album Long Way Down to "The Sympathy" still failed to resolve the confusion, Bradshaw eventually relented and adopted "Scott B. Sympathy" as his own stage name.

His debut album, 1990's Neil Yonge Street, was titled with a pun combining Toronto, Ontario's Yonge Street with the name of one of Bradshaw's idols, Neil Young. His final solo album was also titled with a pun, referencing the Massive Attack song "Unfinished Sympathy" because of its obvious connection to his stage name. (It should be noted, however, that Massive Attack were not a strong influence on the album's guitar rock sound.)

He had one notable hit on the Canadian charts, "Drinking With the Poet" in 1993.

[edit] Discography

Scott B. Sympathy

• Neil Yonge Street (1990)
• Drinking With the Poet (1993)
• Long Way Down (1996)
• Unfinished Sympathy (1999)

Stratochief

• In Search of the Seven Foot Woman (2002)