Matt Riddle

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Matt Riddle is an American punk rock bassist who has been a part of some of the genre's more notable bands. He was the original bass player for face to face, which was founded in Victorville, California, in the early 1990s. The band never achieved the arena-rock status of contemporaries such as Green Day or The Offspring, but their anthemic power-pop songs garnered them a rabid cult following. After the band's major-label debut "Big Choice" was released in 1995, Riddle parted ways with face to face due to personal conflicts with singer/guitarist Trever Keith. He then joined No Use for a Name in 1996 after the band's fourth full-length, Leche Con Carne (1995) and made his recording debut on the band's Making Friends record in 1997. He also played briefly for the punk bands Pulley and 22 Jacks. He currently resides in the Victorville area and is still touring and recording with No Use for a Name. Riddle and Keith have reportedly reconciled their differences, but there are no plans for a face to face reunion (the band broke up in 2004 with Keith as the only remaining original member). Riddle did, however, provide liner notes for a face to face collection entitled "Shoot the Moon" in 2005.