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Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast? 

Damn good question! I'm Scott Reynolds and I've played music in about...um... a lot of bands over the years. The most notable entry in my resume is singer and 1/4 of the songwriting department for the L.A. based post-punk-pop-jazz pioneers ALL. I left that band a "few" (a relative word) years ago and set off on a quest to make my favorite record ever. I figured the best way to do that would be to create, and later break up, as many bands as possible, until I had the best damned musical group on earth. So that's what I did. It didn't work out quite the way I wanted. I did make some records that I think are pretty cool with bands like The Pavers, and Goodbye Harry. I got to record with my hero Greg Ginn from the mighty Black Flag. And toured all over the planet. But all these changes in personnel made it pretty much impossible to credibly record and tour under a single moniker. And changing band names all the time made it very difficult to gain the notoriety necessary to become abhorrently rich and famous (which sucks, because being sickeningly rich was one of my goals after highschool.) I needed a way to play with as many of my friends as necessary while never having to change the name of the band. That way I could tour with whoever wanted to go, and make great records besides. So I started a musical situation called Scott Reynolds and the Steaming Beast. I asked musician types who I admire (and who are also my friends) to help me play my songs. And a bunch of them did!  We made a record called Adventure Boy, which just came out on Suburban Home Records in North America, and Boss Tuneage in Europe and Japan. It is a huge step toward making my favorite record ever, and here are the people who helped me out: 

First and foremost, was supergenius producer, and accomplished multi-instrumentalist,  Dave Fridmann.  His producer's resume is so extensive and diverse that I don't even know where to begin to tell you about it. Plus you may have heard him pickin' his  bass for the wildly eclectic Mercury Rev. We recorded the whole thing at Tarbox Road Studios (his sonic fortress in the woods of western New York.) 

Also on board was the freakishly talented musical magician Steven Drozd from the incomparable Flaming Lips. He played pretty much anything he could find that made a noise.

The Colorado based country combo Drag the River did a kickass version of one of my old Goodbye Harry tunes. 

And Tim Patterson and Eric Tuberdyke (a couple my old bandmates from the Pavers,) Chris Gajewski from the Buffalo NY based Bleed For Me, and Nick Gonzalez from The Bonesaw Romance (also from Buffalo) helped me record the rest of the record. And I think it turned out great! I hope you do too. I'm planning a tour for the spring and summer of 2008. It will be interesting to see who gets in the van!

1/2008