Matt Walker (drummer)
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Matt Walker was a drummer for Filter and The Smashing Pumpkins.
Walker filled in as drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins when founding drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was fired after a heroin overdose. He finished the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour with the band (1996 - 1997) and all of their dates up until the beginning of the Adore tour; this includes their television appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien where they played the song "Muzzle". Walker also recorded the song "The End is the Beginning is the End" with the band on the official Batman and Robin movie soundtrack, as well as the demos and early recordings of Adore. Despite this, he never secured himself as a permanent member of the band and moved on with his own musical projects, including performing on ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha's solo album Let It Come Down. In 1998, Walker was asked to tour with the Pumpkins throughout the band's Adore world tour, but he declined. Matt was replaced by John Mellencamp's drummer, Kenny Aronoff, for the following tour. Walker did, however, play with the Pumpkins again at their final show on December 2, 2000 when he played percussion on an alternate version of the song "Muzzle" and drums on "1979", while the original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin played acoustic guitar.
Matt went on to other collaborative efforts in The Cupcakes, Shiny, American Sunshine, Ashtar Command, Bullet Train, and the German Shephards.
He co-created Impossible Recording Machine with Jim Dinou.
In 2005, he performed on various songs on Garbage's album, Bleed Like Me, and toured with Billy Corgan promoting TheFutureEmbrace, on which he contributed drumming.
Walker is also a member of the Most Dangerous Race. www.myspace.com/themostdangerousrace
Walker is currently playing drums with Morrissey during his 2006 tour.
[edit] External links
- Official Site:Matt Walker
- Billy Corgan:Official Site
- The Cupcakes:Mp3.com
- Garbage:Official Site
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