caption associated_acts death_date years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
scott theory 's '' distortion '' ep . miller in 1983 , during recording of game alternate learning , game theory , the loud family 15 april 2013 1979 -- 2013 sacramento , california , u.s. rational , enigma , alias , 125 records scott miller solo_singer 4 april 1960 guitar , vocals power pop , jangle pop scott_miller_1983 . jpg scott miller -lrb- pop musician -rrb-
 scott warren miller pop musician , songwriter , music critic
scott miller -lrb- pop musician -rrb-

scott miller -lrb- april 4 , 1960 -- april 15 , 2013 -rrb- was a singer , songwriter and guitarist , best known for his work as leader of the 1980s band game theory and 1990s band the loud family , and as the author of a 2010 book of music criticism .
he was described by the `` new york times '' as `` a hyperintellectual singer and songwriter who liked to tinker with pop the way a born mathematician tinkers with numbers '' , having `` a shimmery-sweet pop sensibility , in the tradition of brian wilson and alex chilton . ''
in 2014 , omnivore recordings began releasing a series of reissues of miller 's entire game theory catalog , which had for decades been out of print .
