Scott Helland

Scott Helland is an American alternative rock musician, acoustic guitarist, bassist and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Deep Wound, Outpatients, The Gypsy Nomads and Frenchy and the Punk. Helland was born in Centralia, IL and raised in Westfield, Massachusetts. Helland released 7 albums under his own name beginning with the experimental Hellbox Mood Rings CD in 1996. In 2000 he released an ambient/instrumental/new age CD called Space Age Tranceology "and made the striking transition to atmospheric soundtracks." In the same year he composed music for the film Riders. Songs from his 2002 CD release, Earthbound, were played on the popular syndicated radio program Echoes. In 2006 he released the all acoustic 12 song Catapult CD with his tribute to the BBC Series of the same name Monarch of the Glen. He formed Scott Helland and the Traveling Band of Gypsy Nomads. in 2005 with French Born Singer and percussionist Samantha Stephenson which later became Frenchy and the Punk.