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Name: Thomas "Scott" Phillips

Born: February 22, 1973 in Georgia

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Who can keep up? Brown, blondish, even shades of red. Faux Hawk, buzzcut...or hell. Give the man a drink and he's likely to take it all off with a BIC~! "Mr. Clean" style!

Marital Status: Flip got married in August 2001 to his long time girlfriend and high school sweetheart, April----they seem to be an incredibly happy and good natured couple, and if you ever met her, you'd clearly see why Scott adores her! She's delightful!

Children: We found out that the happy couple was expecting during the New Years Eve show in Philly (Dec 31, 2002), and Scott & April welcomed their first little one, Cadence, into the world on 7/2/03.

Influences: Living Color (Will Calhoun), Soundgarden (Matt Cameron), Metallica (Lars Ulrich), plus Tool, Rush and many others....

School: 1991 Graduate of Madison County High School
Attended Florida State University

 

Interesting Tid-Bits:

~ Favorite Albums: 'Time's Up' (Living Colour), 'Dark Side of the Moon' (Pink Floyd)

~ Favorite Bands: Living Color, Tool, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin

~ Previous Jobs: He worked at a knife/razor store in a mall in Tallahassee, was employed at a convenience store for 6 weeks, sold vacuum cleaners for 2 months and also worked at Pizza Hut for three years. (Note---I have NO idea what order these actually occurred in.)

~ Scott's brother, Todd, is also a drummer. So, yeah...besides that and I used to have this...'THING' for the guy's HAIR...its just...INCREDIBLE. My vote is for the mohawk to come back!! hehehe...Don't ask. lol...ANYway...Four Years Past has 'officially' broken up, which ROTS. Though they did give a one night "reunion" show in the Spring of 2006. They were still a great band...great music...their cd, "Surface" just plain ROCKS. I *highly* recommend checking some of the older stuff, which can still be purchased through Screamline. Go there. Now.

~ Scott played the saxophone throughout middle school and high school marching band. Also took four years of piano lessons when he was about seven or eight. Finally decided to grab the sticks and hit the drums in his Senior Year.

~ Flip and Todd come from a very 'musical' family. Looks like there's a whole line of musicians that they picked up the trait from: Dad was the big time jazz influence and he also played the trumpet...while Mom was the pianist and even knew a lil' bit of guitar, too. But still...Scott credits his Grandma for passing down the musical gene: "She taught piano her whole life and just had a real good sense for music. She could play by ear and all that stuff. [She] Passed it on to my dad, who I guess kind of passed it on to me. And I got the bug for it an an early age."

~ The first 'real rock band' Scott was in was called "Crosscut"

~ The nickname "Flip" was the brainchild of Mike Tremonti (Mark's brother) and according to Flip..."its just a play on my last name."

~ Flip 'stole' the Creed gig from some guy named, 'Dane'. (ahem...on a side note...'Move your feet, lose your seat', bud!!)

~ First 'gig' was in January 1995 ~ Open Mic Night at "Yianni's"

~ His grandfather bought him his first 'used' kit...up until that point, he had only used 'borrowed kits' to 'work his magic'

~ Mr. Phillips (his dad!!) co-signed a loan for him to get his first 'real' set...A Premier Genista Kit w/a Gibraltar rack & Zildjian cymbals

~ Played in the jazz band while at North Florida Junior College before he headed off to Florida State University as a business major.

~ Both of Scott's parents were teachers in Madison, Florida. Papa Flip was a Biology teacher, while Mama Flip was an English teacher...

~ Click here for a bunch of noteable Flip Quotes' ~