# Dominic Scott

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**Dominic Scott** (born 15 May 1979) is an Irish-born British guitarist, and the founder of the English rock band Roundstone and a founding member of the alternative rock band [Keane](/source/Keane_(band)).

## Keane

Scott attended [Tonbridge School](/source/Tonbridge_School) in Kent, where he met the other members of the band which would become Keane. In 1995, he asked his friend [Tim Rice-Oxley](/source/Tim_Rice-Oxley) to form a band to play covers from [U2](/source/U2), [Oasis](/source/Oasis_(band)) and [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles). They invited [Richard Hughes](/source/Richard_Hughes_(musician)) for the drums. The band was called "The Lotus Eaters" from 1995 to 1997. In 1997, they changed their name to "Keane" and invited Rice-Oxley's friend [Tom Chaplin](/source/Tom_Chaplin) to join as lead vocalist.

Scott left in July 2001, after the release of the single "Wolf at the Door", apparently due to musical differences with Rice-Oxley, the other main songwriter of the band at the time. His exit appears to have been amicable.[1] Keane posted a message on their official page on 14 November 2001 stating:

"One sad piece of news for us is that in July our guitarist Dom decided to leave the band and return to his studies at LSE. We wish him all the best with that. Dom's departure does give us scope to develop our sound in new directions, and the new recordings reflect the love of more electronic and ambient music that inspired us to start writing songs in the first place. The sound is still unmistakably Keane – epic and dreamlike – but we're confident we've captured a new level of energy and atmosphere on tape.".[2]

## References

1. ["Designer Magazine: Keane: Strangers DVD"](https://designermagazine.tripod.com/KeaneDVDREV1.html). Retrieved 1 August 2006.

1. ["Keane.at: Ancient Keanology"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061013210447/http://keane.at/staring/website-old.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.keane.at/staring/website-old.htm) on 13 October 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2006.

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