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Matt Good playing live with FFTL |
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Birth name | Matthew Aaron Good |
Born | February 11, 1984 |
Genres | Post-hardcore, metalcore |
Occupations | Musician |
Instruments | Guitar, vocals, keyboard, synthesizer, programming |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Decaydance, Rise, Suretone, Interscope, Capitol, Epitaph, Four Leaf Recordings |
Associated acts | The Color of Violence (2002–2003) From First to Last (2002–2010 hiatus) D.R.U.G.S. (2010–present) |
Matt Good is an American guitarist and vocalist. He is best known for being the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of post-hardcore band From First to Last from its founding to its hiatus. He was formerly the guitarist of grindcore band The Color of Violence, which featured future From First to Last members Travis Richter, Derek Bloom, and Joey Antillon. He has since joined ex-Chiodos vocalist Craig Owens' band, D.R.U.G.S.
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Good was originally in grindcore outfit The Color of Violence, then known as Skeleton Slaughter vs. Fetus Destroyer. The band had started as a full-time project, but Good, along with fellow members Travis Richter, Derek Bloom, and Joey Antillon, decided to move on to form From First to Last.[1]
From First to Last (then known as simply First to Last) was founded by guitarist/vocalist Travis Richter and Good. The group, then having a rotating line up, released their debut EP, Aesthetic, on Four Leaf Recordings in New York.[2] Good and Bloom were the only original members to be on all of the band's releases. They were featured on all four of the band's full-length albums and went on all of their tours.
After being kicked out of Chiodos in late 2009, Craig Owens had started saying that he was putting a new band together, which was un-named at the time. Owens later revealed the name of the new band to be called D.R.U.G.S., which is an Acronym for Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows. Owens started to reveal band members one by one through video blogs. By the time the last member was announced, the band consists of Craig Owens as the lead vocalist, Matt Good as a guitarist and vocalist, Nick Martin also as a guitarist and vocalist, Adam Russell as bassist and Aaron Stern as the drummer. The band entered the recording studio on August 25 of 2010, and finished recording the album on October 21 of the same year. The band then went on their first headlining tour Rise from the Ashes Tour, supported by Eyes Set To Kill and New Medicine, taking place between December 4–19, 2010. The band announced that the album will be titled D.R.U.G.S. with a release date of February 22, 2011.