Aloysius Scrimshaw, The Dead Musician, is a tortured and starving, experimental musician hailing from various dive bars and dead ends around the western United States.

Very little is known about the origins of Aloysius Scrimshaw, both personally and artistically. His background is shrouded with inconsistencies and misinformation; making a complete picture of Aloysius hard to frame.

The Dead Musician is an independent artist exploring a wide and diverse collection of musical genres and low fidelity ambient expressions.

Known for cannabis laced vocals, experimentation with multi-track recording and prowess on the Guitar and Bass, Aloysius Scrimshaw is constantly innovating and challenging the boundaries of conventional music. Always interesting and diverse, but never for the sake of diversity.

A master of analog and lofi recording techniques; Scrimshaw combines ambient experimentation with sound wave manipulation, extreme distortion and intoxicated noise sessions, to create a signature symphonic which can never be duplicated. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.