Scott Garrett (March 16, 1966,

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) is an American drummer. He is known as the drummer for Wired All Wrong and Coloursound, and as support drummer for J between 1997 and 2016. He was also temporary drummer at the last few shows of

God Lives Underwater God Lives Underwater was an American rock band, formed during 1993 in Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania by vocalist/programmer David Reilly and guitarist/programmer Jeff Turzo. They were later joined by guitarist Andrew McGee and drummer Adam Kary ( ...

. Bands Garrett played with include Neverland, Pop's Cool Love,

The Cult The Cult are an English rock band formed in 1983 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury' ...

The Mission UK The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States) are an English gothic rock band formed in 1986. Initially known as The Sisterhood, the band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams (both from The Sisters of Mer ...

and

Dag Nasty Dag Nasty is an American punk rockGreenwald, p. 14. " Ian Mackaye was such a huge Rites of Spring fan that he not only recorded what was to be the band's only album in 1985 and served as a roadie for them while on tour, but his own new band, ...

Biography

Scott Garrett grew up in

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. Before age 10 he began drumming under the tutelage of William Frank Reichenbach Sr. legendary jazz drummer for Charlie Byrd, the Stan Getz album '' Jazz Samba'', and co-developer of the jazz-samba drumming style and American wave of Bossa Nova enthusiasm. From Reichenbach's training and exposure to the drum style in the D.C. area

Go-Go Go-go is a subgenre of funk music with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience call and response. Go-go was originated by African-American musicians in the Washington, D.C. area during the mid-60s to late-70s. Go-go has l ...

Scotts's approach to meter and rhythm developed.

Technique

In technical terms, "Go-go's essential beat is characterized by a syncopated, dotted rhythm that consists of a series of quarter and eighth notes (quarter, eighth, quarter, (space/held briefly), quarter, eighth, quarter)... which is underscored most dramatically by the bass drum and snare drum, and the hi-hat... ndis ornamented by the other

percussion instruments A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

, especially by the

conga drums The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

timbales Timbales () or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size.Orovio, Helio 1981. ''Diccionario de la música cubana: biográfico ...

, and hand-held

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Discography

With J

;Albums * ''Pyromania'' (July 24, 1997), Oricon Albums Chart Peak Position: #9 * ''Blood Muzik'' (December 27, 2001) #34 * ''Unstoppable Drive'' (November 27, 2002) #18 * ''Red Room'' (May 19, 2004) #24 * ''Glaring Sun'' (December 7, 2005) #39 * ''Urge'' (March 14, 2007) #39 * ''Ride'' (April 23, 2008) #36 * ''On Fire'' (March 21, 2012) #24 * ''Freedom No.9'' (October 23, 2013) #31 * ''Eternal Flames'' (September 2, 2015) #15 ;EPs * ''Igniter #081'' (July 18, 2002) * ''Crack Tracks'' (August 21, 2002) #28 * ''Go with the Devil -Crack Tracks II-'' (July 9, 2003) #26 * ''Stars From The Broken Night'' (August 5, 2009) #20 * ''Here Comes Nameless Sunrise'' (December 16, 2009) #36

Other work

* Zilch; '' 3.2.1.'' (1998) – additional drums on "Electric Cucumber" and "Pose" Neverland, Interscope

References

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