Matt Chamberlain
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| Matt Chamberlain | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Matthew Chamberlain | |
| Born | April 17, 1967 (age 39) San Pedro, California, USA |
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| Genre(s) | Rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Drums | |
| Years active | mid 1980s — Present | |
| Label(s) | Geffen Records Loosegroove Rope-a-dope Web of Mimicry |
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| Associated acts |
Critters Buggin Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Pearl Jam Weapon of Choice (See Discography for others.) |
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Matt Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967 in San Pedro, California) is one of the world's most widely-heard session drummers. Chamberlain began playing drums at the age of 2. He received his first set of drums at age 15, and studied with David Garibaldi, Murray Spivack, Chuck Flores, and Greg Bissonette before being awarded a scholarship to study at North Texas State University three years later. He started playing professionally in the Dallas, Texas Deep Ellum scene in the mid 80's.
His first prominent gig was with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians where he toured and recorded with them from 1988 until 1991. In 1991 he briefly joined the band Pearl Jam and toured with them before the release of their début album Ten. He can be seen in the band's first video, "Alive". After a season in the house band for Saturday Night Live, he moved to Seattle to start the out groove band Critters Buggin which is currently active. He has done some particularly innovative work on combining live and looped drums, often creating loops on the fly and then playing along to them. Matt, who Tori Amos often introduces as "the human loop" at her concerts, is based in Seattle, Washington.
Other notable work includes his contribution to the tours and albums of Tori Amos, Morrissey, Fiona Apple, Christina Aguilera, Critters Buggin, Dido, Sean Lennon, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, Robert Fripp, Jon Brion, David Torn, Indigo Girls, Weapon of Choice, Stone Gossard, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Tim and Neil Finn, David Bowie, Elton John, Peter Gabriel, The Wallflowers, Natalie Merchant, Bill Frisell, the Saturday Night Live Band, Robbie Williams, Kanye West, Garbage, Anika Moa, Shakira, John Mayer, Brad Mehldau, Liz Phair, Chris Isaak, Dave Navarro, Kevin Max, Sam Phillips and William Shatner. In 2005 he released a self-titled solo album on Web Of Mimicry Records that he describes as "an imaginary soundtrack to an Asian-Western-Sci-Fi-Horror Movie". Matt also currently plays in a burning power trio called Thruster! with guitarist Tim Young (of The Youngs and Zony Mash) and bassist Kaveh Rastegar (of Kneebody) they have released albums on the Kufala label.
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[edit] Gear
Matt currently endorses Ludwig Drums,[1] DW Hardware, Istanbul Agop Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks, and Remo Drumheads.[2]
[edit] Discography
| Year | Group | Title | Label | Tracks Played |
| 1990 | Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | Ghost of a Dog | Geffen | All |
| 1992 | Pearl Jam | Stanley, Son of Theodore: Yet Another Alternative Music Sampler | Epic/Columbia | "Alive" (Live) |
| 1993 | Bakers Pink | Bakers Pink | Epic | Some |
| 1994 | Satchel | EDC | Epic | "O" |
| 1994 | Wild Colonials | Fruit of Life | DGC | Some |
| 1994 | Critters Buggin | Guest | Loosegroove | All |
| 1994 | Prose & Concepts | Procreations | Loosegroove | "Fossils" |
| 1995 | James Reynolds | Power Moves | Miramar | All |
| 1995 | Aaron Neville | The Tattooed Earth | A&M | Some |
| 1995 | Various Artists | Acoustic Earth | Sonic Images | Some |
| 1995 | Peter Gabriel | Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen | A&M | "Suzanne" |
| 1995 | James Reynolds | Miramar Collection, Vol. 2 | Miramar | "Leap of Faith" |
| 1995 | Red Shoes For Nancy | House Where You Live | Rudy | All |
| 1996 | Daniel Tashian | Sweetie | Elektra | Some |
| 1996 | The Wallflowers | Bringing Down the Horse | Interscope | All |
| 1996 | Gus | Gus | Almo Sounds | Some |
| 1996 | Fiona Apple | Tidal | Epic | Some |
| 1996 | Kristen Barry | The Beginning.The Middle.The End | Virgin | All |
| 1996 | Sam Phillips | Omnipop (It's Only A Flesh Wound Lambchop) | Virgin Records | Some |
| 1997 | Critters Buggin | Host | Loosegroove | All |
| 1997 | Pigeonhed | The Full Sentence | Sub Pop | Some |
| 1997 | Andrew Dorff | Hint of Mess | Sony | All |
| 1997 | Brendan Lynch | Brendan Lynch | PolyGram | Some |
| 1997 | Kimberly Bass | Sacred Ground | Band Together | - |
| 1997 | Garrison Starr | Eighteen Over Me | Geffen | - |
| 1997 | Skyward | Skyward | C/Z | "Taxi De L'Espace" |
| 1998 | McKinley | Big Top Shop Talk | Samson Music | All |
| 1998 | Fiona Apple | 1998 Grammy Nominees | MCA | "Criminal" |
| 1998 | Weapon of Choice | Nutmeg Phantasy | Loosegroove | Some |
| 1998 | David Torn | The Collection | Times Square | Some |
| 1998 | Tori Amos | From the Choirgirl Hotel | Atlantic Records/WEA | All |
| 1998 | David Lanz | Songs from an English Garden | Narada | Some |
| 1998 | Adam Cohen | Adam Cohen | Columbia | "Cry Ophelia", "Don't Mean Anything", "This Pain", "Sister", "Beautiful As You", "Amazing", and "It's Alright" |
| 1998 | Critters Buggin | Bumpa | Loosegroove | All |
| 1998 | Chris Isaak | Speak of the Devil | Reprise | Some |
| 1998 | Bruce Hornsby | Spirit Trail | RCA | Disc One |
| 1999 | Various Artists | Message in a Bottle: Original Soundtrack | Atlantic | - |
| 1999 | The Corrs | Talk on Corners: Special Edition | Atlantic | "Queen of Hollywood" |
| 1999 | Chuck Negron | The Long Road Back | Hip-O | Some |
| 1999 | Macy Gray | On How Life Is | Epic | All |
| 1999 | Willy Porter | Falling Forward | Six Degrees | Some |
| 1999 | Tori Amos | To Venus and Back | Atlantic | All |
| 1999 | Dave Koz | The Dance | Capitol | Some |
| 1999 | Melissa Etheridge | Breakdown | Island | Some |
| 1999 | Chantal Kreviazuk | Colour Moving and Still | Columbia | Some |
| 1999 | Critters Buggin | Amoeba | Loosegroove | All |
| 1999 | Fiona Apple | When the Pawn | Epic | All except "A Mistake" and "I Know" |
| 2000 | Macy Gray | Grammy Nominees 2000 | RCA | "Do Something" |
| 2000 | Jessica Riddle | Key of a Minor | Hollywood Records | "I Want You" and "Symphony" |
| 2000 | Evan and Jaron | Evan and Jaron | Columbia | Some |
| 2000 | Splattercell | Oah | 75 ARK | "Idiomsnacktreat" |
| 2000 | The Wallflowers | Breach | Interscope | All |
| 2000 | Macy Gray and Rosie O'Donnell | Another Rosie Christmas | Sony | "Winter Wonderland" |
| 2000 | Vonda Shepard | Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas | 550 Music/Epic/SME Records | Some |
| 2000 | The Malachy Papers | Demons | Endless | Some |
| 2001 | dc Talk | Solo | ForeFront | "Return of the Singer" and "Be" |
| 2001 | Stevie Nicks | Trouble in Shangri-La | Reprise | "Candlebright" and "Sorcerer" |
| 2001 | Macy Gray | Keeping the Dream Alive: Race to Erase M.S. | Sony | "I Try" |
| 2001 | Dave Navarro | Trust No One | Capitol/EMI | All except "Venus In Furs" |
| 2001 | Carolyn Dawn Johnson | Room With A View | Arista Nashville | Some |
| 2001 | Kevin Max | Stereotype Be | ForeFront | All except "Union of the Soul" and "On and On" |
| 2001 | Miranda Lee Richards | The Herethereafter | Virgin | Some |
| 2001 | Stone Gossard | Bayleaf | Epic | "Bore Me" and "Fits" |
| 2001 | Tori Amos | Strange Little Girls | Atlantic | All |
| 2001 | Martina McBride | Greatest Hits | RCA Records | "When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues", "Where Would You Be", "Concrete Angel", and "Blessed" |
| 2001 | Garbage | Beautiful Garbage | Mushroom | "Can't Cry These Tears" and "Cup of Coffee" |
| 2001 | Elton John | Songs from the West Coast | Universal | Some |
| 2001 | Shelby Lynne | Love, Shelby | Universal | All |
| 2001 | Natalie Merchant | Motherland | Elektra Records | All |
| 2001 | Macy Gray | Epic Records: A Season of Soul and Sounds | Sony | "Winter Wonderland" |
| 2002 | Chromeflies | Chromeflies | Koach | All |
| 2002 | Shannon McNally | Jukebox Sparrows | Capitol | Some |
| 2002 | Aja Daashuur | Before the Beginning | Warner Bros. | Some |
| 2002 | Lisa Loeb | Cake and Pie | A&M Records | "The Way it Really Is", "Bring Me Up", and "Someone You Should Know" |
| 2002 | Anika Moa | Thinking Room | Atlantic | All except "Falling in Love Again", "I Talked To You", and "God In His Culture" |
| 2002 | Ty Herndon | This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits | Epic | "If The Road Runs Out", "A Few Short Years", and "I'd Move Heaven And Earth" |
| 2002 | Edie Brickell | The Ultimate Collection | Hip-O | "Woyaho" and "Stwisted" |
| 2002 | Abandon Jalopy | Mercy | Stank Face Laboratories | Some |
| 2002 | Sheila Nicholls | Wake | Hollywood | Some |
| 2002 | Little Big Town | Little Big Town | Sony | "Don't Waste My Time" |
| 2002 | David Bowie | Heathen | Iso | Some |
| 2002 | Seven and the Sun | Back to the Innocence | Atlantic | Some |
| 2002 | Brad Mehldau | Largo | Warner Bros. | Some |
| 2002 | Andy Stochansky | Five Star Motel | RCA | Some |
| 2002 | Two Loons for Tea | Looking for Landmarks | Sarathan Records | All |
| 2002 | The Devlins | Consent | Nettwerk | Some |
| 2002 | Lifehouse | Stanley Climbfall | DreamWorks | "Just Another Name", "Take Me Away", "Empty Space", and "The Beginning" |
| 2002 | OK Go | OK Go | Capitol Records | Some |
| 2002 | Nichole Nordeman | Woven & Spun | Sparrow | Some |
| 2002 | Lisa Loeb | Hello Lisa | Artemis Records | "The Way it Really Is", "Bring Me Up", and "Someone You Should Know" |
| 2002 | Keith Urban | Golden Road | Capitol | Some |
| 2002 | Faith Hill | Cry | Warner Bros. Records | Some |
| 2002 | Tori Amos | Scarlet's Walk | Epic | All |
| 2002 | Christina Aguilera | Stripped | RCA | "The Voice Within" |
| 2002 | Jeffrey Gaines | Toward the Sun | Artemis Records | All |
| 2003 | Pay the Girl | Pay the Girl | TVT | Some |
| 2003 | Lisa Marie Presley | To Whom It May Concern | Capitol Records | Some |
| 2003 | Lillix | Falling Uphill | Maverick | Some |
| 2003 | Liz Phair | Liz Phair | Capitol | Some |
| 2003 | Teitur | Poetry & Aeroplanes | Universal Music | All |
| 2003 | Sara Evans | Restless | RCA/BMG | All |
| 2003 | Martina McBride | Share: Songs of Hope, Awareness and Recovery for Everyone | Compendia | "Cheap Whisky" |
| 2003 | John Mayer | Heavier Things | Aware/Columbia | "Clarity", "Bigger Than My Body", "Home Life", and "Wheel" |
| 2003 | David Bowie | Reality | Iso | "Bring Me the Disco King" and "Fly" |
| 2003 | Martina McBride | Martina | RCA Records | Some |
| 2003 | Matt Nathanson | Beneath These Fireworks | Acrobat Records | All |
| 2003 | Tori Amos | Tales of a Librarian | Atlantic | "Angels", "Spark", "Bliss", "Playboy Mommy", "Jackie's Strength", and "Snow Cherries from France" |
| 2004 | Bruce Hornsby | Greatest Radio Hits | RCA | "See the Same Way" |
| 2004 | Van Hunt | Van Hunt | Capitol | All |
| 2004 | Carolyn Dawn Johnson | Dress Rehearsal | Arista Nashville | Some |
| 2004 | Tori Amos | Welcome to Sunny Florida | Epic | All |
| 2004 | Tori Amos | Carved In Stone: Live At Red Rocks, Vol. ll | Outlook Music | "A Sorta Fairytale" |
| 2004 | Finn Brothers | Everyone is Here | Nettwerk Records | All |
| 2004 | Critters Buggin | Stampede | Ropeadope | All |
| 2004 | Steven Curtis Chapman | All Things New | Chordant | All |
| 2004 | Keith Urban | Be Here | EMI | Some |
| 2004 | William Shatner | Has Been | Shout! Factory | "I Can't Get Behind That" |
| 2004 | Jon Brion | I ♥ Huckabees: Soundtrack | Milan Records | Some |
| 2004 | Luke Temple | Luke Temple | Mill Pond | All |
| 2004 | Thruster! | Thruster! | Kufala | All |
| 2005 | Thruster! | Live: Seattle, WA 4/2/04 | Kufala Recordings | All |
| 2005 | Tori Amos | The Beekeeper | Epic | All |
| 2005 | Magdalen Hsu-Li | Smashing the Ceiling | Chickpop | All |
| 2005 | Gratitude | Gratitude | Atlantic Records | Some |
| 2005 | Susie Suh | Susie Suh | Epic Records | All |
| 2005 | Lisa Marie Presley | Now What | Capitol Records | Some |
| 2005 | Luke Temple | Hold a Match for a Gasoline World | 2:30 Publicity | "Make Right With You" and "In the End" |
| 2005 | Anna Nalick | Wreck of the Day | Columbia | Some |
| 2005 | Lisa Loeb | The Very Best of Lisa Loeb | Geffen Records | "Bring Me Up" |
| 2005 | Erin McKeown | We Will Become Like Birds | Nettwerk Records | Some |
| 2005 | Nerina Pallot | Fires | Idaho Records/14th Floor Records | "All Good People" |
| 2005 | Faith Hill | Fireflies | Warner Bros. Records | Some |
| 2005 | Larry Carlton | Firewire | Bluebird | All |
| 2005 | Jess Pillmore | Reveal | Lujo | All |
| 2005 | Natalie Merchant | Retrospective: 1995-2005 | Elektra Records | "Build a Levee", "Not in This Life", and "Motherland" |
| 2005 | Keith Urban | Days Go By | EMI | Some |
| 2005 | Black Lab | See the Sun | Blacklab World | Some |
| 2005 | The Corrs | Home | Atlantic Records | "Spancill Hill", "Peggy Gordon", "Black Is The Colour", "Buachaill Ón Éirne", "Moorlough Shore", "Old Town", and "Bríd Óg Ní Mháille" |
| 2005 | Sara Evans | Real Fine Place | RCA | All |
| 2005 | The Long Winters | Ultimatum | Barsuk Records | Some |
| 2005 | Robbie Williams | Intensive Care | Chrysalis | All |
| 2005 | Teddy Thompson | Separate Ways | Verve Forecast | Some |
| 2005 | Matt Chamberlain | Matt Chamberlain | Web of Mimicry | All |
| 2005 | Shakira | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 | Epic Records | "How Do You Do" and "Don't Bother" |
| 2005 | Sara Evans | Feels Like Home | Cracker Barrel | "Rockin' Horse", "Niagara", and "I Give In" |
| 2006 | Mellowdrone | Box | Red Ink | "C'mon Try a Little Bit" |
| 2006 | Rhett Miller | The Believer | Capitol Records | All |
| 2006 | Kenny Rogers | Water & Bridges | Capitol Nashville | Some |
| 2006 | Morrissey | Ringleader of the Tormentors | Attack Records | All |
| 2006 | Daniel Powter | Daniel Powter | Warner Bros. | All |
| 2006 | Slow Music | Live at the Croc | Unknown | All |
| 2006 | Chris Isaak | Best of Chris Isaak | Reprise | Some |
| 2006 | Yoshida Brothers | III | Domo | "Hit Song" |
| 2006 | Bruce Hornsby | Intersections 1985-2005 | RCA | "Preacher in the Ring, Pt. 2" |
| 2006 | Landon Pigg | LP(Landon Pigg) | RCA | Some |
| 2006 | Moshav Band | Misplaced | Jewish Music Group | Some |
| 2006 | Johanna Kunin | Clouds Electric | Bear Island Music | - |
| 2006 | Shelby Lynne | The Definitive Collection | Hip-O | "Killin' Kind", "Wall in Your Heart", "Break Me Open", "Jesus on a Greyhound", and "I Can't Wait" |
| 2006 | Indigo Girls | Despite Our Differences | Hollywood Records | All |
| 2006 | Zucchero | Fly | Polydor/Universal Music Group | Some |
| 2006 | Tori Amos | A Piano: The Collection | Rhino Records | Disc D |
| 2006 | Sean Lennon | Friendly Fire | Capitol Records | All except "Wait For Me" and "Friendly Fire" |
| 2006 | Cody McCarver | Peace, Love and Coondawgs | Aspirion | Some |
| 2006 | Josh Groban | Awake | Reprise Records/143 Records | Some |
| 2006 | The Corrs | Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection | Atlantic Records | Some |
| 2006 | Danny Elfman | Charlotte's Web: Original Score | Sony Classical | Some |
| 2006 | Steven Curtis Chapman | Now and Then | Sparrow | "All Things New", "Much of You", "Only Getting Started", "Last Day on Earth", "What Now", "Please Only You", "Coming Attractions", "Big Story", "Believe Me Now", "Angels Wish", "I Believe in You", and "Treasure of Jesus" |
| 2006 | The Youngs | Hand Up, Head Down | Mimicry | "Satellite of Love" |
| 2007 | Black Lab | Passion Leaves a Trace | Blacklabworld.com | Some |
| 2007 | Viktor Krauss | II | Narada | All |
| 2007 | Brandi Carlile | The Story | Columbia | Some |
| 2007 | Tori Amos | American Doll Posse | Epic | All |
[edit] References
- ^ "Ludwig Drums Artists". ludwig-drums.com.
- ^ "Matt Chamberlain: Biography". MattChamberlain.com.
