Mike Scott is the bassist of
Phinius Gage and vocalist from
Lay It On The Line. He had released three solo acoustic
folk punk
Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock. It was popularized in the early 1980s by the Pogues in England, and by Violent Femmes in the United States. Folk punk achieved some mainstream success in ...
albums and writes for long running punk zine Punktastic. He has also been in Brighton Pop Punks River Jumpers and UK82 punks
Anti-Establishment.
He actively promotes
animal rights and is vegan.
Scott played his first solo show in 2007, after five years as bassist for
Phinius Gage. He recorded a split 7-inch with
Kevin Seconds
Kevin Seconds (born Kevin Marvelli; March 24, 1961) is an American singer/songwriter/musician, born in Sacramento, California. As a teenager, he moved with his family to Reno, Nevada where he lived until 1988 when he relocated back to Sacrament ...
of
7 Seconds and has recorded three solo albums.
Since January 2012, Scott has also performed vocals in
hardcore punk band Lay it on the Line and this has become his main project. The band are notable for their choice of subjects - releases are concepts based on murders and deaths of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries - including the murder of Scott's friend Ben Gardner in 2009, which is the subject of the band's song "Therapia Lane". They (and Mike in particular) have regularly chosen the
Process Church of the Final Judgment as subject matter in the songs, too, including 2015 EP "A Prelude To The Process".
Academia
In addition to his musical endeavours, Scott is also a published historian; with his piece "The Spartan Legacy in the contemporary Popular Culture; A case study of the 300" being published in the ''Journal of Ancient Spartan and Greek History''.
Podcast
Scott is a regular presenter on the
Crystal Palace F.C. supporters' podcast, 'Back Of the Nest'.
Discography
Solo
with Phinius Gage
with Lay it on the Line
References
External links
Review of Mike Scott/Kevin Seconds split 7″ from national website PunktasticMike Scott cover of Propagandhi’s ‘Haille Sellasse, Up Your Ass’ played on BBC Radio 1's Lock Up Punk ShowMike Scott Last.Fm pageLay It On The Line BandcampLay It On The Line '120 Days' Video - From 'The Black Museum', 2017Mike Waldner-Scott "The Spartan Legacy In The Contemporary Popular Culture"
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English bass guitarists
English male guitarists
Male bass guitarists
English songwriters
Living people
Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
British male songwriters