Members:
Elia: Keys, Guitar, Vocals (co-founder)
Matthew Kerstein: Keys, Guitar, Vocals (co-founder)
Sam Koentopp: Drums

Since its inception in the fall of 2002, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir has quickly worked its way onto the Chicago music scene. In under two years, the band has moved from playing elite smaller capacity venues like Schuba's (capacity 150) to consistently headlining at larger venues of similar stature like the Metro (capacity 1,300). SYGC music has been heard on premier Chicago radio stations like Q101, the city's most popular alternative rock station and WXRT, a well-known progressive rock station. Profiles of the band have aired on Chicago Public Radio and on the show "Sound Opinions" a WXRT program co-hosted by music critics Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune and Jim DeRogatis of the Chicago Sun-Times. Mr. DeRogatis, arguably the city's most influential rock critic, recently chose to feature the band for a full-page color spread in the Weekend Plus section of Chicago Sun-Times. In the profile, Mr. DeRogatis wrote "the band hasn't taken a wrong turn yet, and that they're well on their way to becoming one of the most ambitious and rewarding bands in Chicago."

Fans have echoed Mr. DeRogatis' sentiment, as SYGC has played to enthusiastic crowds at popular venues in Chicago , New York , Cleveland , Madison , and Detroit. The band has appeared on bills with The Handsome Family, Of Montreal, Mates of State, Califone, The Aluminum Group and Jay Bennett (formerly of Wilco), The Walkmen, The French Kicks, Richard Buckner, Camera Obscura. SYGC is thrilled to announce the national release and distribution of its debut album, i bet you say that to all the boys. Their 14-track record of orchestrated pop and rock songs has been placed on the Best Local Release lists in the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Reader, Illinois Entertainer and in the Chicago Tribune by Greg Kot who called the album "a wonderfully beguiling set of extremely winning and well-written folk rock."

On stage, SYGC is joined by 8 other musicians:
Stephanie Morris - Singer, Guitar (currently of Stephanie Morris and The Rest)
Devon Bryant - Bass (currently of Warm Ones and Stephanie Morris and The Rest)
Sara - Violin
Brian - Trumpet
Sam Johnson- Trumpet
Jeff Leverenz - Trombone (currently of Canasta)
Matt Priest - Trombone (currently of Canasta)
Mario Mujica - Congas