Scott St. Clair Sheets

Sheets was a member of The Brats, a New York City-based proto-punk[3] band, in the 1970s.

He joined Pat Benetar for her debut album, In the Heat of the Night,  in 1979.[4] He primarily played rhythm guitar with Benetar and occasionally co-wrote songs. Sheets remained part of Benetar's band for 1980's Crimes of Passion[5] and 1981's Precious Time.[6] Precious Time included the song “Fire and Ice,” which Sheets co-wrote with Benetar and Tom Kelly. “Fire and Ice” peaked at number 2 on the US Mainstream Chart, number 4 in Canada, and number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100. “Fire and Ice” won Benetar a Grammy in 1982.

Sheets left Benetar's band in 1982 to focus on his own musical projects[7] and was involved with several bands over the following decades, primarily ones associated with the glam and arena rock genres.

In the late 1980s, Sheets joined John Ondrasik (who was later known as Five for Fighting) in a glam metal band called John Scott. According to Ondrasik, John Scott was signed to a major management deal, but the rising popularity of grunge essentially ended the band's chances of success.[8] Sheets also worked with Japanese pop star Minako Honda at this time.[9][10]

He formed another band in the 1990s, called St. Clair, with vocalist Ron Corbett. St. Clair released a self-titled album in 1997 through MTM Records. The album featured Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot, Whitesnake) on bass, Jimmy Crespo (Aerosmith) on guitar, and also included three songs that Ondrasik had co-written.[11][12] The St. Clair album featured a new recording of “Fire and Ice.” Sheets played guitar in the band and was the writer or co-writer for all songs on the album.

When The Brats reunited in 2004, Sheets rejoined them.[13]

In 2008, Sheets was a finalist in American Idol's songwriting competition.[14] His entry, a song called “Fly Me Away,” made it to the finals of the national competition. Sheets recruited Ondrasik, his former John Scott bandmate, to perform vocals on the song.[15]