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Artist
Three Ton Gate
12+ albums
noise rockalternativePsychedelic Rockswamp rockExperimental Rock
about
Abandoning the Daisy Berkowitz name in favor of his own initials, SMP, Scott Mitchell Putesky joined up with longtime Marilyn Manson collaborators Jack Off Jill, replacing departing member Ho Ho Spade and playing live guitar on their 1997 West Coast tour. His first recorded work with the band was the 1998 EP Covetous Creature, to which he lent guitar and some production. At the same time, Scott was developing ideas for several of his own bands, including The Linda Blairs (a joke band, featuring Scott and several other South Florida musicians performing cover songs in drag) and Rednecks on Drugs; and recording demos for his "real" solo project, Three Ton Gate (named for the rock formation within the Coral Castle of Homestead, FL, created by one infatuated Ed Leedskalnin). A three-song demo, 3x3, featured music and lyrics written and performed entirely by Putesky, under the name "Scott Mitchell" (his first and middle names). The full-length Three Ton Gate release, Vanishing Century, was released in 1997 in limited quantities, and sold out its entire run of 400 copies. The album, also written and performed by Scott Mitchell, was the first Three Ton Gate release to feature vocalist Tyreah James. By early 1999, SMP was no longer a member of Jack Off Jill. By most accounts, he simply lost interest in the band and returned once again to Ft. Lauderdale to resume work on his own music, primarily seeking a live band to perform his Three Ton Gate material. In the meantime, he success
