Gary Schutt
{{Short description|American rock musician}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gary Schutt
| birth_name = Gary Christopher Schutt
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|12|29}}{{cite web |url=https://sortedbybirthdate.com/small_pages/1967/19671229_1006.html |title=Florida voter ID number 116986991 |location=Clearwater, Florida |publisher=GEDCOM Index |access-date=2021-02-06}}
| birth_place = Monticello, New York, {{nowrap|United States}}
| origin = Los Angeles, California
| genre = {{hlist|Rock}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|multi-instrumentalist|record producer}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|bass guitar|piano|drums}}
| years_active = 1990s–present
| label = Palisade Records
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Jeff Scott Soto|Takara|Signal Zero|Steel Panther|Category Three|Panic Fire|Diary of an Ozzman}}
| website = {{URL|https://garyschutt.com/}}
}}
Gary Schutt (born 1967) is an American rock musician who rose to prominence in Los Angeles during the 1990s while working with Jeff Scott Soto and Takara. In 1994, he moved to Florida and joined Signal Zero, later launching his solo career in 1999 with the release of Playthings. Schutt is currently in his own band, Panic Fire; and the tribute band, Diary of an Ozzman, based out of Tampa Bay, Florida.
Early life
Gary Schutt was born in 1967 in Monticello, New York, as the son of William and Linda Schutt. He is proficient in guitar, bass guitar, piano, and drums, and graduated in 1990 from the Berklee College of Music in Boston,{{Cite magazine|author=|date=Spring 2016|title=Gary Schutt|url=https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-today/spring-2016/alumnotes|url-status=live|department=Alumnotes|magazine=Berklee Today|location=Boston, Massachusetts|publisher=Berklee College of Music Office of Institutional Advancement|volume=27|issue=3|issn=1052-3839|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817205824/https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-today/spring-2016/alumnotes|archive-date=17 August 2018|access-date=17 August 2018|quote=CLASS OF 1990: Gary Schutt of Tampa, FL, is releasing the two-disc rock opera Under Sedation.}} where he obtained his bachelor's degree in songwriting. While at Berklee, he performed as a guitarist in two concerts: "Shouting in the Arena" by Mike Ciano (12 February 1988){{Cite web|url=https://archives.berklee.edu/islandora/object/berklee%3A44368|title=Shouting In The Arena|author=|date=12 February 1988|location=Boston, Massachusetts|department=Archives|publisher=Berklee College of Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817214335/https://archives.berklee.edu/islandora/object/berklee%3A44368/datastream/PDF|archive-date=17 August 2018|url-status=live|access-date=17 August 2018}} and "Parental Guidance Suggested" by Cliff Maddix (21 March 1989).{{Cite web|url=https://archives.berklee.edu/parental-guidance-suggested/39055/issue_pages|title=Parental Guidance Suggested|author=|date=21 March 1989|location=Boston, Massachusetts|department=Archives|publisher=Berklee College of Music|series=Berklee Faculty Association Concert Series|pages=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817215421/https://archives.berklee.edu/19890321-815pm-bpc-parental-guidance-suggested-p03/39089/datastream/PDF 2]–[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817215421/https://archives.berklee.edu/19890321-815pm-bpc-parental-guidance-suggested-p03/39089/datastream/PDF 3]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817220830/https://archives.berklee.edu/parental-guidance-suggested/39055/issue_pages|archive-date=17 August 2018|url-status=live|access-date=17 August 2018}}
Career
Gary Schutt came into prominence in the early 1990s when he moved to Los Angeles and toured and recorded with Jeff Scott Soto and Takara. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, he moved to Florida and joined the band Signal Zero. Despite his relocation, Schutt continued collaborating with Soto and released "Sentimetal" in Japan and Europe in 1994.
Schutt's solo career began in 1999 with the release of Playthings, in which he was the sole vocalist and instrumentalist. Schutt continues to write, record, and perform his own music under his own label, Palisade Records. He is currently in his own band, Panic Fire, and the Ozzy Osbourne tribute band, Diary of an Ozzman, based out of Tampa Bay, Florida. Panic Fire has performed opening for national acts, such as Steel Panther.
Schutt is sponsored by Atomic Guitar Works.{{Cite web|url=http://atomicguitarworks.com/artist/2221516|title=We are proud to sponsor the following artists|author=|date=|department=Artist|publisher=Atomic Guitar Works|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811171851/http://atomicguitarworks.com/artist/2221516|archive-date=11 August 2018|url-status=live|access-date=11 August 2018}}
Discography
=Solo albums=
- Playthings (1999){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/playthings-mw0001220533|title=Gary Schutt - Playthings|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}
- Excruciating Pleasures (2002){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/excruciating-pleasures-mw0001528068|title=Gary Schutt - Excruciating Pleasures|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}
- Dramatically Acoustic (2005){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dramatically-acoustic-mw0001650124|title=Gary Schutt - Dramatically Acoustic|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}
- B-Sides Myself (2005){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/b-sides-myself-mw0001652348|title=Gary Schutt - B-Sides Myself|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}
- Palisade Lost in Paradise (2006){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/palisade-lost-in-paradise-mw0001522134|title=Gary Schutt - Palisade: Lost In Paradise|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}
- Loss for Words (2008){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/loss-4-words-mw0001245231|title=Gary Schutt - Loss 4 Words|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-08}}
- Contingency Plan (2010)
- Puppets in Symmetry (2012)
- Moving Parts (2013)
- Under Sedation (2015)
=With Jeff Scott Soto=
- Sentimetal (Arise Records-Spain; Long Island Records-Germany; Zero Corporation-Japan 1994){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sentimetal-mw0001205833|title=Sentimetal - Gary Schutt {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-08-08}}
- Jeff Scott Soto, Gary Schutt, Michael Voss, Neal Grusky: 24th of June Alive and Kissing (Long Island Records 1995) - European Release
- Love Parade (Long Island Records, German release, 1995){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-parade-mw0000465207|title=Jeff Scott Soto - Love Parade|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}
- JSS Live at the Gods 2002 (2002){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-gods-2002-mw0000467067|title=Jeff Scott Soto - JSS Live At The Gods 2002|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}
- Holding On (2002){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/holding-on-mw0000457843|title=Jeff Scott Soto - Holding On|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}
- The JSS Concert Live at the Queen Convention 2003 (2003)
- Lost in the Translation (2004){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lost-in-the-translation-mw0000470537|title=Jeff Scott Soto - Lost In The Translation|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}
- Essential Ballads (2008){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jeff-Scott-Soto-Essential-Ballads/release/3672713|title=Jeff Scott Soto - Essential Ballads|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}
- Damage Control (2012) {{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/damage-control-mw0002309546|title=Jeff Scott Soto - Damage Control|website=All Music|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}
- Inside the Vertigo (2015){{Cite news|author=|date=18 January 2015|title=JEFF SCOTT SOTO's SOTO Band: 'Inside The Vertigo' Album Samples Available|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/jeff-scott-sotos-soto-band-inside-the-vertigo-album-samples-available/|url-status=live|department=News|work=Blabbermouth.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811185820/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/jeff-scott-sotos-soto-band-inside-the-vertigo-album-samples-available/|archive-date=11 August 2018|access-date=11 August 2018|quote=Others appearing as guests/co-writers are Casey Grillo (KAMELOT), Connor Engstrom, Tony Dickinson, Leo Mancini, Hugo Mariutti and Gary Schutt.}}
=With Takara=
=E19=
=Various compilations=
- MVP Compilations Series Vol. 8 (1994)
- Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crue Tribute (1999)
- MelodickRock.com Volume 7 Forces of Dark and Light (2010)
- Wolfpakk (2011){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/wolfpakk-mw0002193928|title=Wolfpakk - Wolfpakk|website=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11}}
- Working Class Dogs: A Tribute to Rick Springfield (Pulse Records 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/working-class-dogs-tribute-to-rick-springfield-mw0002381249|title=Various - Working Class Dogs: A Tribute To Rick Springfield|website=AllMusic|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://shutupproductions.com/ Shut Up Productions], Schutt's production company
- [https://PanicFire.com Panic Fire's official website]
- [https://DiaryofAnOzzman.com Diary of an Ozzman's official website]
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