"If Scott Amendola didn't exist, the San Francisco music scene would have to invent him."
- Derk Richardson, San Francisco Bay Guardian

"...drummer/signal-treater Scott Amendola is both a tyrant of heavy rhythm and an electric-haired antenna for outworldly messages (not a standard combination)."
- Greg Burk, LA Weekly

"These guys know the difference between playing their asses off and 'jamming'."
- Seattle Weekly

"Amendola has complete mastery of every piece of his drumset and the ability to create a plethora of sounds using sticks, brushes, mallets, and even his hands."
- Steven Raphael, Modern Drummer Magazine

"Amendola, certainly the most accomplished and inventive drummer on the local scene, maintains a constant flurry of percussive sounds - drums, cymbals, tom-toms - smoothly shifting dynamics and rhythmic emphasis."
- Phil Elwood, San Francisco Examiner

"Scott Amendola... knows how to pour on the juice, but he also cultivates a ritual tribalism."
- Nils Jacobson, www.allaboutjazz.com

"Drawing on blues, hymns, spirituals, and compositional tactics employed by Wayne Shorter and Charles Mingus, Amendola engages his players fully so that each piece develops its own particular chemistry, growing from the drummers elaborate but well-defined beats."
- Andrew Gilbert, East Bay Express