Simon Scott (born 3 March 1971) is an English musician, mastering engineer and sound artist,[1][2] best known as the drummer in Slowdive and formerly of Lowgold and The Charlottes.

Born in Cambridge,[3] Scott first started drumming with female fronted Huntingdon band The Charlottes in 1987 at the age of 16, having recorded two studio tracks a year earlier as part of Honey Chainsaw.

He left the Charlottes in 1990 to replace original drummer Adrian Sell in Slowdive who supported them in London at The White Horse in Hampstead.

[7][8] Demo's recorded prior to the collapse of Nude and his departure were later released on the compilation Keep Music Miserable including the track ″Time Reclaims All Frontiers″, which was premiered at Reading Festival.

Slowdive reformed in January 2014, toured globally and began recording a fourth album that was released to critical acclaim in 2017.