Introduction
Scott Helland is an American alternative rock musician, acoustic guitarist, bassist and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Outpatients, and Frenchy and the Punk). Helland was born in Centralia, Illinois and raised in Westfield, Massachusetts.
Career
Helland attended high school in Westfield, 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". While playing bass guitar in Deep Wound, Helland formed Outpatients with brother Vis Helland in 1982 and released The Basement Tape in 1983. The Outpatients were also part of the Western mass hardcore scene and shared the stage with bands like Hüsker Dü, Battalion of Saints, Crucifix, The FU's and GBH. Deep Wound broke up in 1984 and "Scott... went in the Outpatients full time." The Outpatients toured the East Coast of the US, Canada and Argentina throughout their 13-year career and disbanded in 1995.
Helland released seven albums under his own name beginning with the experimental Hellbox Mood Rings CD in 1996. In 2000, he released an ambient/instrumental/new age CD called Space Age Tranceology "and made the striking transition to atmospheric soundtracks." In the same year he composed music for the film Riders. Songs from his 2002 CD release, Earthbound, were played on the syndicated radio program Echoes. In 2006, he released the all acoustic 12 song Catapult album with his tribute to the BBC series of the same name Monarch of the Glen. He formed Scott Helland and the Traveling Band of Gypsy Nomads in 2005 with French-born singer and percussionist Samantha Stephenson, which later became Frenchy and the Punk.
In 2004, Helland reunited with his old Deep Wound bandmates for a song at the John M Greene Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts. In June 2013 they reunited, to perform the song "Training Ground" at the Governor's Ball in New York City.
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" | Scott Helland | Exotic Aquatic Recordings |
| 2002 | Earthbound | Scott Helland | Exotic Aquatic Recordings |
| 2004 | Brocade" | Scott Helland | Exotic Aquatic Recordings |
| 2006 | Catapult | Scott Helland | Exotic Aquatic Recordings |
| 2007 | Thread & Stone | The Gypsy Nomads | Exotic Aquatic Recordings |
| 2008 | Eternal Summer | 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 | Frenchy and the Punk | EA Recordings |
| 2013 | Elephant Uproar | Frenchy and the Punk | EA Recordings |
| 2014 | Cartwheels EP | Frenchy and the Punk | EA Recordings |
| 2014 | Bonjour Batfrog | 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 | Outpatients | Bass Guitar |
| 1993 | Test of Time | Outpatients | Bass Guitar |
| 1997 | Hardcore Outcast's '82-'84 | Outpatients | Bass Guitar |
| 1997 | Anthology Compilation" | Deep Wound | Bass Guitar |
| 1998 | Outcasts II '85-'95 | Outpatients | Bass Guitar |
| 1998 | Ambitions Make Way for Dread | Darkside NYC | Bass Guitar |
| 2000 | The Blushing Bachelor | Stephen Rand and the Magic Ponies | Bass Guitar |
| 2004 | Cathedral | Ware River Club | Bass Guitar |
| 2005 | In Pursuit of Your Happiness | Mark Mulcahy | Bass Guitar |
Featured in compilations
- Bands That Could Be God LP (1984 – Deep Wound and Outpatients)
- Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol 2 LP (1985 – Outpatients)
- Scott Helland. "Scott Helland | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Earthbound – Scott Helland | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. May 7, 2002. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Brocade – Scott Helland | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. July 7, 2004. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Thread & Stone – The Gypsy Nomads | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. November 13, 2007. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Eternal Summer – The Gypsy Nomads | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. January 30, 2008. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Hey Hey Cabaret – Frenchy and the Punk | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Here Come The Drums!". Steampunkchronicle.com. March 12, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "KFTH – Outpatients: Free Association LP". Files.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- Jack Rabid. "Hardcore Outcasts Revisited '82–'84 – The Outpatients | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Deep Wound – Deep Wound at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Ambitions Make Way for Dread – Darkside NYC | Credits". AllMusic. May 26, 1998. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Cathedral – The Ware River Club | Credits". AllMusic. March 9, 2004. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "In Pursuit of Your Happiness – Mark Mulcahy | Credits". AllMusic. March 22, 2005. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "KFTH – Bands That Could Be God Compilation LP". Files.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- "Various – Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol 2 (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-03.