Matt Mendians is a freelance drummer who has been on the music scene for almost twelve years. His main style of playing is progressive rock but has played many other styles as well. He attended college at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh and received an Associates Degree in Music and Video Business in 1993. He moved to Nashville in the spring of 1995 and has been playing with bands and various artists. Some of these artists include Glass Hammer, Leslie Road, One Must Fall, David Wallimann, and Jason Minton to name a few. Some of the highlights in Matt's music career include opening up for Big Head Todd & the Monsters with Leslie Road at a Nashville music festival known as 'Uptown Mix'. He worked with producer Bruce Dees, while with Leslie Road, on both their EP 'Simplicity' and full length CD titled 'Strangest Life'. With Glass Hammer he performed at Nearfest in 2003, in which he got to perform with Rich Williams from the band Kansas. Also with Glass Hammer he performed at the Gathering of the Fellowship conference in Toronto, Ontario, at Belmont University's C.S. Lewis Conference at Massy Auditorium and The Tivolia in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Matt recently spent two years playing with the band One Must Fall.
