Matt Pease - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Matt Pease has been working professionally as a drummer for over 20 years, and credits his hard swinging style to his early influences Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. Matt grew up in a musical family with a large record collection on Vancouver Island. He moved to Vancouver in 1997, touring with the Michael Kaeshammer Trio in the DuMaurier Jazz Festival. Shortly thereafter he hooked up with Juno Award winner Lee Aaron for three years. Matt has also played with Juno Award winners Kenny â€œBlues Bossâ€ Wayne, Hugh Fraser, and Linda McRae.Matt has played with Angelo Moore (Fishbone) and members of the Brand New Heavies, artists such as Daniel Lapp, Zora Young, Steve Marriner, Louise Rose, Brian Nova, Ian McDougall, Rick Kilburn, Ross Taggart, Cambell Ryga, Marc Atkinson (The Bills), and many more. He has shared a stage with Edgar Winter, the Wailers, Green Day and the Cherry Poppinâ€™ Daddies. Matt studied with the great Canadian drummer Claude Ranger.Matt also played with the jump-blues band the Twisters in early 2005 to late 2007. He currently plays with the Cloudfarmers (Western swing), Decree (industrial) and the Mysterons (surf garage), among others.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Oh I don't know, people and stuff.

The Twisters @ the Blue feather festival, "Nobody" .."425" height="350"

Music:

Jazz, Blues, Country, Ray Charles, James Brown, The Meters, The Damned, Keith Jarrett, Hank Williams, Stephane Grappelli, Cal tjader, Bob Wills, Buzzcocks, Charles Brown, Tiki tones, Bill Frisell, Tex Williams, Gram Parsons/Flying burrito bros, Radio Birdman, Tony Williams, John Coltrane, Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Slim Harpo, E.F., Spike Jones and his City Slickers, Chet Baker, Nat Cole trio, Stan Getz, Spade Cooley, The Residents, Little Feat, Black Sabbath, Percy Mayfield, Taraf de Haidouks, The Ramones, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, MC5, The Bomboras, The Shaggs (of course), Hank Snow, Louis Armstrong, Poison idea, Stevie Wonder, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Zero boys, Elvin Jones, Howlin' Wolf, Brian Eno, Nick Drake, Tin hat trio, Billie Holiday, Bill Evans, Fats Waller, T-Bone Walker, Motorhead, Flatt and Scruggs, Muddy Waters, Flamin' groovies, Modern lovers, Ivo Papasov, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, The Stooges, Moon Mullican, B.B. King, DEVO, Shostakovich, Television, Miles Davis...

Lee Aaron, "Why Don't You Do Right".."425" height="350"

Movies:

Zombie/horror movies from the 70s and early 80s, b-movies from the 50s and 60s, cartoons and gangster movies from the 30s and 40s.

Television:

Fishing with John, The hilarious house of Frightenstein, The Munsters, Mr.Show, Arrested Development, My name is Earl, The Mighty Boosh, Spaced, Hyperdrive, Wilfred, Flight of the Conchords...

Books:

What is books?

Heroes:

Heroes are for suckers. O.K., maybe Frankenstein. He was the consummate underdog. He just wanted to be loved. Is that so wrong?