My SAG name is Tim Anthony Scott. They wouldn't let me join with just "Tim Scott." So it stuck. Besides google seach "Tim Scott" - you get a congressman, baseball player, Jack Mack's bass player and a guy from the Havalinas.

With Neon Max, I've opened for the Bullet Boys at Dillon Roadhouse and Uriah Heep at the Sunset Strip Music Festival.

It's great that anyone can get music out there. Some really good songs (maybe not good performances) can be heard if you try to find them.

Duh, but not a 360 deal.

I have played in some very good bands in the past. Here's a sample:

Creativity is vital to local bands

Jordan Gruener
Arizona Daily Wildcat, January 28, 1987

Local bands resort to anything to get the music out there, including ghetto blasters, four track recorders at home, or 16 track recorders in studios. Vinyl is too expensive, so it's cassette instead.

Died Orange, the Deadbolts and Thai Pink are just a few of the many Tucson groups who have within the past two months recorded their own tapes and sold them locally...

The Deadbolts recorded their seven song cassette on a four track "to capture the type of sound the Beatles got" said singer/guitarist Tim Scott...

The Deadbolts have reproduced the sound they obtain in concert with accuracy on their self titled, seven song cassette.

Some of the vocals have too much echo, but the solid instrumental sound makes up for the tunnel effect.

Favorites here are "The Well" and the reggae-style "Can't Have Fun."

One disappointment was Tim Scott's "Whatch'ya gonna do", now an archetypal rock song. It was slower and sounded nearly acoustic on an earlier demo tape...

Of Boomers and Deadbolts

Jim Lipson
Tucson Weekly, circa 1987

Releasing an LP and cassette respectively, the Boomers and Deadbolts have proved you need not be a name band to come out with a quality product. Neither of these groups is what you'd call working bands. You'll rarely find then in the listings, and if you do it might be well off the beaten path... But that doesn't mean they can't play. Unable (or unwilling) to compete for the few good stages around town, both bands have opted to record.

What's nice about both of these recordings is they don't pretend to be anything they're not...

The Deadbolts have not so much created something new as much as recreated the past in their own image. Their seven tune self titled cassette might easily pass for an album recorded some 20 years ago. Between the muddied production (intentional? Too much bass), the power chords, raucous guitars, and three minute razor pop melodies, this could easily be vintage '60's stuff - somewhere between the early Kinks and the Standells.

On guitars, Pete Holmes and Tim Scott have done well reminding us how rock was once dominated by the basic two-guitar band and how for years guitar players have overshadowed the equally important rhythm section (bass and drums). With the volume turned up they are always in the foreground, yet their parts are neither indulgent nor inappropriate. Unfortunately, the tape tends to wear on Side 2, as the material - two slower tunes in particular - begins to wear thin. Still, given Side 1's sharp arrangements, guitar work, and material that might well have had hit potential 20 years ago, this tape can take its place alongside recordings by Yard Trauma, the Chesterfield Kings and others that have been making waves in what's come to be known as the psychedelic/garage band revival.

In addition to Holmes and Scott, the Deadbolts are also Erik Merrill on bass and Marvin Germain on drums...

"Whatch'ya gonna do?", Powerpop Now!!'s 8 song EP is available now at mp3.com. Combining a hard edge with melodic overtones, Powerpop Now!! shows us that guitar pop is cool! Progress lyrics by Bill McDonald. Music and arrangement by Tim Anthony Scott

Reviews

Powerpop Now!! - Progress (2.44M).....TTT As in most bands, the vocalist in Powerpop Now!! is the main point of focus, and he sounds peculiarly like a hilarious cross-breed of ancient crooners, Tony Christie and Gene Pitney. The song isn't up to much, sounding like some kind of weird 60's mod gubbins after being introduced to computerised loops, but the singer steals the band an extra 'T'. God knows what this lot would be like live.... Ian at http://surf.to/twang

Tim Scott is Powerpop Now. "Whatch'ya gonna do? is a collection of Alternative-Pop-Rock songs with some attitude. This is not a CD filled with sugar coated pop gems mind you. This is music with some guts and it's a little rough around the edges. Not for the faint of heart to say the least. Scott is able to speak his mind and get across his message with some straight ahead rockin' songs. Elements of alternative, rock and a tad of punk angst for good measure is all part of the mix. Scott's voice is slightly unpolished but it seems to fit very well for the type of music he plays. All the compositions are by Tim Scott and he plays all the instruments as well. Originality is alive and well in cyberspace. Keith Hannaleck, www.muzikman.com

You won't hear motown, or any n'sync. My influences are the Jam, Specials, and most of the 80's new wave propaganda.

Where I live. Palm Springs.

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