Skot and his beautiful wife Rachel moved to the Jesus People USA community in 1997. Being in a fertile environment for all things artistic, Skot's art and music tendencies were able to grow into fully realized visions. While working by day as the community's driver, by night he and friend Daniel soon joined efforts to form Leper. They performed at Cornerstone Festivals, played many regional venues, and produced three independently released albums between 1997 and 2003. In 2004, they were welcomed to Grrr Records, Jesus People's in-house record label. Grrr released a compilation CD of songs from the first three recordings, which are now out-of-print, entitled nameless, and in early 2005 released the full-length studio project Kreischen. Shortly thereafter, Dan answered another calling and departed Jesus People and Leper. Skot continued with Kenny stepping in to take over bass, and they are currently booking tours and working on new material.