Scott Ayers is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and keyboardist for the

noise rock Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise music, noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimal music, minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, a ...

band

Pain Teens Pain Teens was an experimental noise rock band (music), band formed in Houston, Texas in 1985 by Scott Ayers and Bliss Blood. The band used tape manipulation, digital delays, sampling, tape cut-ups and other effects in their music. They also in ...

based in

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. He has also released solo albums under the moniker Walking Timebombs and is involved with bands local to Texas, including Anarchitex, Exterminating Angels and Geltab.

History

Scott Ayers began playing guitar at the age of thirteen. He was initially inspired after hearing ''

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'' by

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and later became interested in the compositions and musicianship of

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and

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. As an adult, he studied

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at the

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. After

disbanded in 1995, Ayers began issuing music under the name Walking Timebombs. In 1997 he released ''

Walking Timebombs Scott Ayers is an American musician, best known as the guitarist and keyboardist for the noise rock band Pain Teens based in Houston, Texas. He has also released solo albums under the moniker Walking Timebombs and is involved with bands local to ...

'', which captured a live performance of Ayers accompanied by former Pain Teens' drummer Frank Garymartin.

Discography

Pain Teens

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'' (1988, Anomie) *''

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'' (1989, Anomie) *''

Born in Blood ''Born in Blood'' is a Album#Studio album, studio album by American noise rock and Industrial music band Pain Teens, released in 1990. It was their first album for the Trance Syndicate label. Reception Kathleen C. Fennessy of AllMusic wrote th ...

'' (1990,

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) *''

Stimulation Festival ''Stimulation Festival'' is a studio album by American band Pain Teens, released in 1992 by Trance Syndicate. "Wild World" is a cover of the Birthday Party song. Reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' deemed the album "a 14-track dread- and chaos-pe ...

'' (1992, Trance Syndicate) *''

Destroy Me, Lover ''Destroy Me, Lover'' is the fourth studio album by American noise rock and Industrial music band Pain Teens, released on July 5, 1993 by Trance Syndicate. Reception Jason Ankeny of allmusic gave it 2 out of 5 stars, expressing his dislike fo ...

'' (1993, Trance Syndicate) *'' Beast of Dreams'' (1995, Trance Syndicate)

Walking Timebombs

*''

'' (1997, Charnel Music) *with

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: ''

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'' (1998,

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) *with SubArachnoid Space:'' The Sleeping Sickness'' (1999, Elsie & Jack) *''

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'' (2001, Anomie)

References

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