“I went to the University of Maryland for a year and was considering maybe, you know, being a medical doctor but decided my other interest was maybe flying airplanes in the Navy and just kind of changed my mind and changed schools and changed majors and decided to focus a hundred percent on that.”

American musician

Scott Michael Kelly is an American musician, associated with the experimental metal band Neurosis. He was a founding member of the California group and served as its lead vocalist and guitarist from the band’s start until 2019. Kelly later retired from music in 2022, after acknowledging years of physical abuse toward his family. His public profile is tied chiefly to his role in Neurosis, where he helped shape the band’s sound over many years before his departure.