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Major Matt Mason USA

About Me

My name is Matt Roth. I was born in Shawnee, Kansas but I've lived in New York City since 1994. I run Olive Juice Muisic: an independent record label/recording studio/online distirbution store. I play in the bands Schwervon! and Kansas State Flower as well as my solo project Major Matt Mason USA. So far I've recorded 5 Major Matt albums. They are: Rivington '94 and the Tower Years, Me Me Me, Honey Are You Ready For the Ballet?, Bad People Rule The World, and Senile Pie Strive Pip Melancholy. When I'm in town, I also receive and price dry goods at the 4th Street Food Coop on Friday mornings for a couple of hours every week.

YOU can CLICK HERE! to purchase any of my recordings in CD or CDR formant.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/05/2005
Band Website: http://www.olivejuicemusic.com/majormattmasonusa.html
Band Members: Often: Matt Roth Occasionally: Sam Lazzara, Julie DeLano, Nan Turner
MMM Blog

Influences: Daniel Johnston, Raymond Carver, early Sebadoh, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Palace, Syd Barrett, Paleface, REM, Nirvana, Hunter S. Thompson, Prewar Yardsale, Hank Willimas Sr., Robert Johnson, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Ani Difranco, poverty, Tower Records, Mike Rechner, New York City, Sherry Roth, Kansas, painfully heart felt experiences, The Lower East Side, Paleface (wow I said, "Paleface" twice), Toby Goodshank, Olive (RIP), Nan Turner, Pavement, Velvet Underground, Brad Rae, GBV, Leonard Cohen, Pro Tools, Robert Creely, Tom Friedman, Brian Eno, Jimmy Page, Noam Chomskey, Tao Tse Ching, Jon Spencer, Muddy Waters, Roger Waters, Liz Phair, Herman Dune,The Sidewalk Cafe, The 4th Street Coop, Bob Avakian, Michael Moore, John Coletrane, Gummo (the cat, okay the movie too), Europe (the continent), Dogs, Friends, Dads, Moms, oh yeah and Toto (the band).
Sounds Like: Kermit the frog. Mountian goats on valium. ..
Record Label: Olive Juice Music/Shoeshine Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hosting OJ ALL DAY

I'm happy to announce that I'll be co-hosting this years OJ ALL DAY festival with Mr. Jon Berger.
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 10:29:00 GMT

Barack home...

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came out to the shows and helped make them happen. As usual it was an incredible experience. Hope to see you all again in the Spring with Schwervon! In the m...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:11:00 GMT

Looking for a few more shows in France...

Hey everyone. I'm just about finished booking my Fall European Major Matt Mason USA solo tour. But I'm still looking to fill a couple of dates in France. Mainly October 18, 20, and 21st. So if there a...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Blog about my blog

I quit smoking and started a blog on livejournal. Gonna try to do it every day.http://matthew-roth.livejournal.com/Idle hands are the Marlboro's play things...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:35:00 GMT

Me tube

My friend Evan just posted this from my last Sidewalk show. Yikes!
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:50:00 GMT

New Album

Oh yeah I forgot to mention it officially here. I finally finised my latest little group of songs. The album is available on OJ and it's called "Senile Pie Strive Pip Melancholy." It was the subject o...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:50:00 GMT

The Miserables and bursting into song

I went to go see Les Miserables with my sister on Thursday. She came to visit for a few days. It was okay. I thought the first act was much more compelling and the last act "the battle" was actually k...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:05:00 GMT

Schwervon! mini Northeast tour w/ Dave End coming up!

Wed july 11th@ ABC Cafe308 Stewart AvenueIthaca, NYw/ Dufus, and Lars Dinshow starts at 9pm.(donations at the door)Thurs July 12th@ Boulder Coffee Co.100 Alexander StreetRochester, NYw/ Dufus and NO (...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:26:00 GMT

Local news

Why does local news suck so much? I mean there's so much cool stuff going on and all they ever talk about is car wrecks and The Sopranos. It's so sad. And now it's like the silly banter between the ne...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:20:00 GMT

New Bank account blues

I've had it. I'm changing banks. I've been with chase for like 15 years and it's been a steady decline of service, added fees, and fuck ups. I watched all of ths online banking and bill paying stuff t...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:34:00 GMT