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Matt Chamberlain | |
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Born | San Pedro, California, U.S | April 17, 1967
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Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Drums |
Years active | 1988–present |
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Member of | The Forest Rangers |
Website | Official website |
Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session drummer, record producer and songwriter. He has played with various artists, including Pearl Jam, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, David Bowie, Tori Amos, The Wallflowers, Elton John, Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, Brandi Carlile, Garbage, Macy Gray, and Soundgarden.
Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. [1] He began learning how to play the drums at 15 years old, taking lessons with David Garibaldi from the band Tower of Power. He attended North Texas State's music program, leaving after less than a year. After leaving college, he moved to Dallas, Texas and played with multiple bands in the Dallas Deep Ellum music scene . [2]
While in Texas, he joined the band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and was the drummer on their album, "Ghost of A Dog." [2] [1]
He was the second drummer of the band Pearl Jam and played with them for about three weeks in the summer of 1991. He was in their music video for their song "Alive." [2]
During the 1991 and 1992 season, he was a drummer for the house band of Saturday Night Live. [2] [1]
Along with Skerik, Brad Houser and Mike Dillon, he co-created the jazz-fusion band Critters Buggin. [3]
In 2016, 2019 and 2021, [4] he won Modern Drummer magazine's readers poll in the Studio Musician category. [5] In 2014 he filled in for drummer Matt Cameron in Soundgarden. He played over 51 shows with them through South America, Europe and a co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails in the United States.
He was the Music Director for More Music at The Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington, [6] in 2019 and 2020.
Chamberlain joined Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour in 2019 and played on his 2020 release Rough and Rowdy Ways . [7] [8]
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as leader
with Critters Buggin
with Floratone (Bill Frisell, Tucker Martine & Lee Townsend)
with Sean Watkins & Matt Chamberlain Duo
with Slow Music Project (Bill Rieflin, Robert Fripp, Peter Buck, Fred Chalenor, Hector Zazou, Matt Chamberlain)
with Painted Shield
as a sideman
with Bob Dylan
with A Perfect Circle
with Amos Lee
with Brandi Carlile
with Perfume Genius
with Brad Mehldau
with Bruce Springsteen
with Jars of Clay
with Shelby Lynne
with Kanye West
with Leonard Cohen
with Chris Cornell
with The Wallflowers
with Chris Isaak
with Stevie Nicks
with David Bowie
with Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
with Elton John
with Fiona Apple
with Frank Ocean
with John Mayer
with Laura Marling
with Mac Miller
with Macy Gray
with Of Montreal
with Phantogram
with Peter Gabriel
with Randy Newman
with Robbie Williams
with Sara Bareilles
with Sam Phillips
with Rufus Wainwright
with Sean Lennon
with Tori Amos
with Willie Nelson and Miranda Lambert
with The Who
with Lorde
with Amber Arcades
with Zola Jesus
with Ghost
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