Who We Are
Scott’s music career began in Boston as a singer-songwriter on the acoustic music circuit in the early 90’s and later as the front-man and main writer for the rock band, Xguru. He has made five studio records to date, including one at the legendary Fort Apache with producer Tim O’Heir (Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Sebadoe, Folk Implosion), played hundreds of shows both here in the United States and in Denmark, shared stages with artists such as Evan & Jaron, Jonathan Edwards, Johnny A, Pierce Pettis, and Rick Derringer (to name a few), won critical acclaim for his lyricism, vocal ability, and guitar style, and received regular airplay on AAA radio stations including Boston’s legendary WBCN and WFNX, and Portland, Maine’s WCLZ.
Scott delivers on guitar and lead and harmony vocals for Without Paris, most often playing his American-made Stratocaster with maple neck and Lace Sensor pickups through a ’65 Fender Deluxe Reverb amp. His favorite pedals include the classic Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer and a custom BiComprossor from Analog Man.
Craig LaPointe – Bass and Vocals
Craig is a veteran of the Boston music scene. He was once managed by Dee Anthony of Peter Frampton/J. Geils Band fame. Craig has also played in various bands and worked as a session player while living in LA.
When he’s not locking down the groove in Without Paris, he plays bass and sings some lead vocals in the original rock band Watts, opening for such national acts as The Joe Perry Project and The Gentlemen.
Jeremy Mathison – Keys, Guitar and Vocals
Also known as “Jmath”, Jeremy started making music with plywood and rubber bands. Twenty-four years later he was proud to release his first original album ‘Under The Light’. “A labor of love” he calls it, doing all of the tracks and production himself, with the exception of his oldest friend Jared Steer on drums. Since putting away the rubber bands and adopting a real guitar, Jeremy has been making music his passion.
Jeremy holds a B.A. in guitar performance from Plymouth State University where he was a member of jazz ensembles, jazz big band, classical ensembles, and college chorale. He is currently working toward his M.Ed. in music and performs classical, jazz, rock, country and fusion around New England. He has played in pit ensembles and has been a music director for theatre companies. As the keyboard player for Without Paris, he brings some killer chops and fantastic sounds to the band.
Carlo Carluccio – Drums and Vocals
Carlo has been playing drums since he was 10 years old. His first band – Siarra – was a regional runaway hit band in Central Massachusetts featuring the guitarist Bruce Jacques. From there he moved on to a local Manchester NH band, Viento, and enjoyed a few years on the “China Syndrome” circuit. A couple of bands later and the music career dried up as work and a growing family came along.
After a few stints at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles, playing and studying with such drum greats as Sandy Gennaro, Kelly Keagy and Simon Kirke and rock legends Spike Owen from Queen and Bruce Kulick from KISS, it was time to get back to the music business.
He plays DW Drums and Zildjian Cymbals. At most shows he plays a 1978 Ludwig Supraphonic snare drum that he bought in high school!!!
Special Thanks
Special thanks to: Peter our Sound Engineer, our fabulous road crew, Nick C, Nick A and Mike, the superb people at Studio Luccio especially the Snack Fairy, Roze with his cool pictures and videos, Sandy our marketing wiz, Wendy the Web Girl, Phil and his awesome creativity, and everyone else who has made this journey so exciting!
