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Matt Brown

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Doin' it to you in your earholes!

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I've played guitar and bass since I was a teenager.
Living in Los Angeles, no band yet.
I moved out here in September and haven't found the right mix just yet: Good original tunes, good vocals.

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Chicago - Lyons Den during Nectarine Knockout. I don't know what I was thinking with the outfit.

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Chicago - Elbo Room. Last NKO show.

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Chicago - Elbo Room during Sensei.

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Chicago - Cubby Bear during Sensei.

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Some art I did for our CD Release party.

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Some art I did as a possible cover idea.

I play a custom inlaid Fender Deluxe Jazz 5 string with Bartolini 57Js and a BADASS V bridge through an SWR SuperRedhead.

Musical Influences

  • Sensei, Nectarine Knockout, KISS, Phish, Jellyfish, Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Ween, Guns N Roses, RHCP, Jerry Jeff Walker
  • XTC, Homunculus, Franz Ferdinand, Junior Brown, George Strait, CSN&Y, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Chicago, AC DC, THE SPECIALS
  • Willie Nelson, Eagles, Beatles, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, KC and the Sunshine Band, Iron Maiden, The Descendants, Lenny Kravitz

Favorite Recordings

  • "Hot Rats" by Zappa and the Mothers, "The Pod" by Ween, "Bellybutton" by Jellyfish, "Uplift Mofo Party Plan" by RHCP, Iron Maiden "Killers", Jerry Jeff Walker "Viva Teralingua!"
  • "Off the wall" - Michael Jackson "Mothership Connection" - Parliament, "Story of the Ghost" and "Hoist" by PHISH
  • "Reckoning" by The Grateful Dead, KISS's Self Titled Debut album, "Inner Visions" by Stevie Wonder, "Whatever and Ever Amen" by Ben Folds Five, "Ace of Spades" by Motorhead, "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC