About Scott
Musician, singer / songwriter, skater and more, Scott Stephens is the
driving force behind the musical group Liquid Blue. His group has performed
in more countries than any other, bringing music and a message of unity to
people across the globe. The band was one of the first ever to be certified
"green". For more on Liquid Blue, simply visit
www.Liquid-Blue.com.
Scott is a graduate of Alaska Pacific University with a Bachelor of Arts in
Communications and a minor in Fine and Performing Arts.
As a teenager growing up in Los Angeles, Scott founded
Raw Power Magazine, a
mostly underground publication covering punk and hard rock music. During the
magazines three year tenure, he interviewed the likes of Ozzy Osbourne,
David Lee Roth, Iggy Pop, Ted Nugent and many others.
His first job as a singer was with L.A. based
Electric Warrior, a band
that featured current Liquid Blue guitariest Michael Vangerov (The Grovler).
Michael and Scott were 18 when they started performing together.
Scott first put on a pair of roller skates at age 7 and at age 18 he
became a pro roller derby skater with the Los Angeles Thunderbirds. He
skated and traveled with Roller Games for four years. He continues to skate
regularly and brings his skates on almost every Liquid Blue road trip.
A realist with utopian dreams, Scott is an environmentalist, a peace
activist and passionate about a variety of social issues.
Individuals who have inspired Scott include Ralph Nader, Muhammaad Ali,
Howard Zinn, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, John Muir, Cesar Chavez,
Noam Chomsky, Martin Luther King and many more.
Favorite musical acts include Yes, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Led
Zeppelin, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel and early Genesis, Bob Marley, The
Beatles, U2, REM, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Black Eyed Peas, Green Day and any
artists unafraid to speak the truth.
Of the more than 400 cities Scott has visited, Amsterdam and Paris are
his favorites.
Scott lives a green lifestyle powering his home with Solar panels;
investing in only socially screened mutual funds; using locally grown
organic foods and much more. For more info, see
www.Liquid-Blue.com/Green.
Vices include (but not limited to) Absinthe, Kava, Coca tea, Yerba Mate,
Organic/free trade coffee, organic chocolate and other things that cannot be
listed here. Most of these vices were formed as a result of Liquid Blue
international performances and Scott was introduced to Absinthe in the Czech
Republic; Kava in Fiji, Coca Tea in Peru and Mate in Argentina.
