Scott Kempner
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Scott "Top Ten" Kempner is the rhythm guitarist with The Dictators
since they formed in 1974. He is also a founding member of The Del-Lords.
Kempner contributed "Apache Tears" to the 2007 compilation album, Song of America. He released his sophomore solo album, Saving Grace, in July 2008 on 00:02:59 Records.
In Summer 2008, Variety
said about Kempner: "If the world were a just and fair place, Scott Kempner would be stopped regularly by musicians and music fans thanking him for the effect the records he made with the Del-Lords and the Dictators had on their lives. Kempner's music is impossible to not like: He's the rare master at making three-chord rock 'n' roll - inspired by the 1950s and '60s - sound fresh and vital, simultaneously urban and twangy, heartfelt, political and personal."
The Dictators
The Dictators are an American punk rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth." The Dictators are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio...
since they formed in 1974. He is also a founding member of The Del-Lords.
Kempner contributed "Apache Tears" to the 2007 compilation album, Song of America. He released his sophomore solo album, Saving Grace, in July 2008 on 00:02:59 Records.
In Summer 2008, Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
said about Kempner: "If the world were a just and fair place, Scott Kempner would be stopped regularly by musicians and music fans thanking him for the effect the records he made with the Del-Lords and the Dictators had on their lives. Kempner's music is impossible to not like: He's the rare master at making three-chord rock 'n' roll - inspired by the 1950s and '60s - sound fresh and vital, simultaneously urban and twangy, heartfelt, political and personal."
External links
- http://www.thedictators.com/
- Kempner 7/08 Variety interview
- 2:59 Label's artist profile