Scott Hull

Infobox musical artist
Name = Scott Hull


Img_capt = Scott Hull (guitar) with Pig Destroyer
Background = khaki
Birth_name = Scott Hull
Alias =
Born = United States
Instrument = Guitars, Programming
Genre = Grindcore, Thrash metal, Experimental, Noise Rock/Sludge
Occupation = Musician, Producer
Years_active = early 1990s - Present
Labels = Relapse Records
Associated_acts = Pig Destroyer, Anal Cunt, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Japanese Torture Comedy Hour, Scott Hull

Scott Hull is the current guitarist and producer for Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and Japanese Torture Comedy Hour. He has been part of many other projects including the controversial band Anal Cunt (AC or AxCx). Aside from his music projects, he currently works as a government computer specialist.

Head in the Picklejar

Member: 1991 - 1995 (Guitars)

Head in the Picklejar (known as HIPj) established Hull as a formidable guitar player with this thrash jazz trio (with Ben Eriksen on drums and Matt "Rosie" Rosen on Bass), genre hopping with songs about fishing, isolation, and the media. HIPj performed at CBGBs several times, opening for Urge Overkill, Unsane, the Supreme Dicks, Swinging Udders, and White Trash in their early days. HIPj had a previous incarnation as Technical Misanthrope which played from 1985-1988.

Pig Destroyer

Member: 1997 - Present (Guitars)

Scott can be seen as the driving force of Pig Destroyer's sound considering the lack of a bass player. He uses a multiple amplifier setup with rigs set on either side of the stage during live shows, spreading out his sound to fill the void left by the missing bassist. You can hear his distinct sound on Pig Destroyer's most prevalent releases: "Phantom Limb", "Terrifyer", "Prowler in the Yard" and "38 Counts of Battery", which includes the "Explosions in Ward 6" album remastered and is the complete discography of the band up until 2000. Recordings usually consist of multiple guitar tracks, such as a solo laid over a rhythm track.

Anal Cunt

Member: 1996 (Guitars)

Scott's guitar work can be heard on Anal Cunt's 1996 release "40 More Reasons to Hate Us". Although not as technical as Scott's work with Pig Destroyer, his heavy sound is still prevalent with AC. According to Seth Putnam, he (himself) did most of the guitar playing and a lot of the drumming, as Tim could not play what he wanted him to and Scott was too new in the band to know all of their songs, as well as the fact that Seth just wanted to play guitar. Thus, only 3 or 4 of the songs have the full Seth/Scott/Tim line-up. Scott did not take part in the 1998 Tenth Anniversary show with Anal Cunt, though all the past members did. After the show a group photo was taken with singer Seth Putnam holding a piece of paper with something written on it. The paper is unclear, but the caption underneath it on sethputnam.com reads "Scot Hull is a faggot nerd" [http://www.sethputnam.com/pix/html/4.htm the Picture]

Agoraphobic Nosebleed

Member: 1994 - Present

Formed in 1994, Scott has been the only permanent member in Agoraphobic Nosebleed. Their first live performance was in 2003 when Pig Destroyer cut their set short to let ANb play two songs and an intro.

Japanese Torture Comedy Hour

Member: 1996 - Unknown

Formed by Scott Hull and former AC member Tim Morse, with Andrew Kokes doing electronics, Japanese Torture Comedy Hour is, as Scott puts it, a "hybrid of noisecore and power electronics." Audio recordings are hard to come by for JTCH.

Producer

Scott is also known for his ability of producing not only his own projects' albums, but others' as well. His studio, Visceral Sound, is based in Bethesda, Maryland. He is not to be confused with New York based Scott Hull (Scott Hull Mastering) who is older and has been credited with mastering and production on albums for bands such as Steely Dan, John Mayer, Amy Grant, Panic At The Disco, and others over the years.

Influences

Hull has spoken highly of jazz fusion guitarists John McLaughlin and Alan Holdsworth, and sludge metal innovators the Melvins. [Albert Mudrian, "Top 20 Death Metal Guitarists". "Decibel", August 2007. [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/aug2007/scotthull.aspx] Access date: July 8, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.agoraphobicnosebleed.com/home.htm Official Agoraphobic Nosebleed Page]
* [http://www.PigDestroyer.net Official Pig Destroyer Page]
* [http://www.relapse.com Relapse Records - Pig Destroyer's Label]
* [http://www.myspace.com/agoraphobicnb ANb's MySpace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/therealpigdestroyer Pig Destroyer's MySpace]