Scott Clendenin (January 17, 1968 – March 24, 2015) was an American musician most notable for his time spent in the bands Death and Control Denied, both of which were formed by Chuck Schuldiner.
[4] Clendenin played bass on a tribute track to Randy Rhoads called Hardly A Day Goes By that also featured Williams on drums, with Craig Sease on vocals and Schuldiner on lead guitar.
[6] With this in mind, Schuldiner hired the three members of Control Denied to record the new Death album alongside him.
[8] The next year, Control Denied released their debut The Fragile Art of Existence, however, Clendenin had been replaced by former Death bassist Steve Di Giorgio.
[12] In 2012, it was announced that Clendenin would be on the Death to All tour, which featured himself and Di Giorgio on bass, Hamm, Paul Masvidal, and Bobby Koelble on guitars, and Sean Reinert and Gene Hoglan on drums.