Scott Helland

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Scott Helland

Helland performing with Deep Wound in 2013
Background information
Birth name Scott Donald Helland
Born (1967-12-27) December 27, 1967
Centralia, Illinois United States
Genres Alternative rock, Folk punk, Punk cabaret, Steampunk, Hardcore punk, New Age
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments guitar, bass, drums, Vocals
Years active 1982–present
Associated acts Deep Wound, Outpatients, The Gypsy Nomads, Frenchy and the Punk
Website www.frenchyandthepunk.com
Notable instruments
Godin Guitars
Fender Precision Bass

Scott Helland is an American Alternative rock Musician, Acoustic guitarist, bassist and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound,[1] Outpatients,[2] The Gypsy Nomads (a.k.a. Frenchy and the Punk). Helland was born in Centralia, IL, Illinois and raised in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Helland attended high school in Westfield, MA, where he met Lou Barlow. The two formed the Massachusetts-based hardcore punk band Deep Wound in 1982. J Mascis joined the band after answering their ad for a "drummer wanted to play really fast".[3] While playing bass guitar in Deep Wound, Helland formed the Outpatients with brother Vis Helland in 1982 and released The Basement Tape in 1983.[4] The Outpatients were also part of the Western mass hardcore scene and shared the stage with bands like Husker Du, Battalion of Saints, Crucifix, The FU's and GBH.[5] Deep Wound broke up in 1984 and "Scott... went in the Outpatients full time."[6] The Outpatients toured the East Coast of the US, Canada and Argentina throughout their 13 year career and disbanded in 1995.[7]

Helland released 7 albums under his own name beginning with the experimental Hellbox Mood Rings CD in 1996. In 2000 he released an ambient/instrumental/new age[8] CD called Space Age Tranceology "and made the striking transition to atmospheric soundtracks."[9] In the same year he composed music for the film Riders.[10] Songs from his 2002 CD release, Earthbound,[11] were played on the popular syndicated radio program Echoes.[12] In 2006 he released the all acoustic 12 song Catapult CD[13] with his tribute to the BBC Series of the same name Monarch of the Glen.[14] He formed Scott Helland and the Traveling Band of Gypsy Nomads[15] in 2005 with French Born Singer and percussionist Samantha Stephenson which later became Frenchy and the Punk[16]

In 2004 Helland reunited with his old Deep Wound bandmates for a song at the John M Greene Hall in Northampton, MA.[17] In June 2013 they reunited to perform the song Training Ground at the Governor's Ball in NYC.[18][19]

Discography

See also Deep Wound

Albums

Year Title Name Label
1996 Hellbox Mood Rings Scott Helland Exotic Aquatic Recordings
1998 Deep In It Scott Helland Hellectrifly Records
1999 Motion Sickness" Scott Helland Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2000 Space Age Tranceology"[20] Scott Helland Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2002 Earthbound[21] Scott Helland Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2004 Brocade"[22] Scott Helland Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2006 Catapult Scott Helland Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2007 Thread & Stone[23] The Gypsy Nomads Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2008 Eternal Summer[24] The Gypsy Nomads Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2008 At the Carnivale Eclectique The Gypsy Nomads Exotic Aquatic Recordings
2010 Happy Madness Frenchy and the Punk EA Recordings
2011 Live at Bube's Brewery Frenchy and the Punk EA Recordings
2012 Hey Hey Cabaret[25] Frenchy and the Punk EA Recordings
2013 Elephant Uproar[26] Frenchy and the Punk EA Recordings

with Other Bands

Albums

Year Title Name Instrument
1983 The Basement Tape Outpatients Bass Guitar
1984 Deep Wound Deep Wound Bass Guitar
1985 Committed Outpatients Bass Guitar
1987 Free Association[27] Outpatients Bass Guitar
1993 Test of Time Outpatients Bass Guitar
1997 Hardcore Outcast's `82-`84[28] Outpatients Bass Guitar
1997 Anthology Compilation" [29] Deep Wound Bass Guitar
1998 Outcasts II `85-`95 Outpatients Bass Guitar
1998 Ambitions Make Way for Dread[30] Darkside NYC Bass Guitar
2000 The Blushing Bachlor Stephen Rand and the Magic Ponies Bass Guitar
2004 Cathedral[31] Ware River Club Bass Guitar
2005 In Pursuit of Your Happiness[32] Mark Mulcahy Bass Guitar

Featured in Compilations

  • Bands That Could Be God LP (1984 - Deep Wound and Outpatients)[33]
  • Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol 2 LP (1985 - Outpatients)[34]

References

  1. ↑ Cogan, Brian: "The Encyclopedia of Punk", page 74. Sterling Publishing, 2006
  2. ↑ Blush, Steven: "American Hardcore: A Tribal History", page 244. Feral House, 2001
  3. ↑ Azerrad, Michael: "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991.", page 348. Little, Brown and Company., 2001
  4. ↑ Blush, Steven: "American Hardcore: A Tribal History", page 321. Feral House, 2001
  5. ↑ Turcotte, Bryan Ray and Miller, Christopher T: "Fucked Up and Photocopied: Instant Art Of The Punk Rock Movement", page 194. Gingko Press, 1999
  6. ↑ Mudrian, Albert: "Choosing Death The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore", page 51. Feral House, 2004
  7. ↑ http://www.frenchyandthepunk.com/about.html
  8. ↑ http://zonemusicreporter.com/directory/search.asp
  9. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/space-age-tranceology-mw0000026779
  10. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283572/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast
  11. ↑ http://zonemusicreporter.com/directory/search.asp?type=recording&id=1584
  12. ↑ http://www.echoes.org/playlists/wk19-02.html
  13. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Scott-Helland-And-Traveling-Band-Of-Gypsy-Nomads-Catapult/release/3347079
  14. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeZJly39qPg
  15. ↑ Digitalis, Raven: "Goth Craft", page 14. Llewellyn Worldwide, 2007
  16. ↑ Block, Jordan: "Sepiachord Interview", http://www.sepiachord.com/index/interview-frenchy-and-the-punk/ 2013
  17. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm-yxqcqWCA
  18. ↑ http://diffuser.fm/governors-ball-2013-day-one-recap/
  19. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9c1Kw_l5Y
  20. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-helland-mn0000838228/credits
  21. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/earthbound-mw0000595226
  22. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/brocade-mw0000358869
  23. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/thread-amp-stone-mw0001650209
  24. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/eternal-summer-mw0001272407
  25. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/hey-hey-cabaret-mw0002462460
  26. ↑ http://steampunkchronicle.com/ArticleView/tabid/238/ArticleId/397/Here-Come-The-Drums.aspx
  27. ↑ https://files.nyu.edu/cch223/public/usa/albums/outpatients_freeassociation.html
  28. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/hardcore-outcasts-revisited-82-84-mw0001208746
  29. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Deep-Wound-Almost-Complete/master/95079
  30. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/ambitions-make-way-for-dread-mw0000930629/credits
  31. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/cathedral-mw0000328871/credits
  32. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-pursuit-of-your-happiness-mw0000451271/credits
  33. ↑ https://files.nyu.edu/cch223/public/comps/bandsthatcouldbegod.html
  34. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Various-Flipside-Vinyl-Fanzine-Vol-2/release/532633

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