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gib info im not going on facebook

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Due to recent events, I feel that I clearly need to address some rumors and set the record straight. For the past several years I have engaged in the emotional, financial, verbal and physical abuse of my wife and younger children. When I became paranoid that people were going to find out, I found ways to keep my wife and kids from work and school and created divisions with friends and family members. I became obsessed with control and used threats, manipulation, threats of self-harm and suicide, inflicted physical damage on people and their reputations all to keep that control. When I knew my wife was going to leave I tried to convince her and others that I was crazy, and seeing things, and that I did not know what I was doing. She tried to help me with therapy and psychiatrists. My lies and deceptions fell apart in front of the professionals. When my wife finally tried to leave, I stalked and harassed her day and night and caused her and our youngest to live in a constant state of fear. I have lied or told half truths to so many people about so much of this that I can’t keep track of them. I don’t want to lie about any of this anymore. I love my wife to no end. She is the best person that I know. She is intensely honest, loving and good to her core. This letter is massive simplification of the irreparable damage I have caused and the unforgivable things that I’ve done to her and our kids. To say more in this public forum would not help anyone. As the truth has started to leak out there have been people who have tried to blame my wife for my abuse to give me an out and people who have spread ridiculous and damaging rumors about her. This is fucked. She deserves so much better. If you are adopting this mentality or spreading these rumors you need to fucking stop. I have some serious issues that I am dealing with and I have separated myself from anyone who is connected with my public life so that I can focus on my own toxic shit. When my wife has been kind enough to answer questions about my absence, she has faced crazy accusations. There was a recent situation that was so fucked up that it necessitated immediate action on my part to set the record straight. My wife absolutely speaks for me in my absence and I have already said she is intensely honest. If you don’t want the truth definitely don’t ask her questions. Additionally it is never appropriate to approach or question our children.

I know now that choosing to live a public life and be onstage was the worst decision that I could have made given the way that I am. I have hidden behind the attention and unfounded respect and adulation. .

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I used my social position to directly and indirectly manipulate all of you and to hide the abuse of my family. I got satisfaction from my deception and perceived control of everyone involved. I am 100% permanently retired from being a professional musician. Some people can be in a scene like this where there is no accountability and maintain their integrity. I cannot. My sole focus for the rest of my life is on taking care of my family, allowing them safe space to heal and rebuilding their trust. I hope putting this out there will protect my wife from further attacks and finally allow my family some peace

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Man this hurts, Scott's a friend of mine (not super close) but he went dark about 2 years ago. I hope he gets through this without irreparable damage to his family.

I always took every time I saw neurosis as the last time cos after a band had been going that long you never know when it's the end

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fuck.

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this fucking sucks but if thats what he needs to do, i wish him the best and hope it all works out for him and his family.

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Man I wish him the best. I hope he is able to find light and peace to deal with the cards given to him. It sucks that there won't be ever another Neurosis album, though. It just would never work and I am sure all the other members would think so. It's over, man.



Edit: Now that I think about it this also explains why he wasn't on the last Mastodon album.

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yeah

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“I always took every time I saw neurosis as the last time cos after a band had been going that long you never know when it's the end”



hell yeah man. i just feel fortunate to have been able to see them as many times as i have

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man that hurt to read given that I got my wife and kids too



so that’s that

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That dude has has an unbelievable amount of bad luck through his life and its no surprise he struggles mentally. Honestly. This is a killer to read for real

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Goddamn. Heavy shit, hope he gets everything figured out in a positive way

Goddamnit. I had a feeling the silence over the last couple years was not a good sign. As someone else said, every time I saw them, I thought it might be the last. So glad I got to see them 4 times.

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Holy shit what the fuck

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Absolutely disgusting. I hope one day i can listen to Neurosis again without thinking about that shit. Hope his family's alright.

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scott: for the past several years I have engaged in the emotional, financial, verbal and physical abuse of my wife and younger children



thread: poor guy, hope he's alright, wish him the best



yall are scary

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^I think you are missing the part where he is talking about his past, his family is sticking with him through all of it, therefore sacrificing his career to work on his bs.



Plus, fans know he has gone through a lot of shit and it's good news he is willing to work on it. Give the guy a break.

I was gonna post what heck did yeah, weird language, dude beat his wife and children. Nobody gotta do that

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This admission isnt necessarily a sign that he's trying to be a better person, he may be trying to get ahead of an inevitable shitstorm that would have come out anyways. Or it might be a desperate attempt to hang onto his marriage. Maybe it comes from a genuine place, but im real skeptical. Either way, he did some really gross shit.