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About Me

Hello

My name is Matthew and I live in a city called Plymouth in the south west of England. By day I am a full time technical operator for a very famous broadcasting corporation. The rest of my time is spent as a musician. I am a member of several bands.
I have been the founder member of the Alternative Rock band All Living Fear, we have released many albums over the years and have played over 200 concerts, including the first ever Whitby (and a couple since) and more recently opened for the likes of All About Eve , The Damned, Wayne Hussey and Nik Turner.
You can read all about us
http://www.alllivingfear.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/alllivingfear
http://www.soundclick.com/alllivingfear
During the bands history a chap called Paul Roe came along and we started a band called Corrosion, now we were geographically challenged for many years so we have been less than prolific, but we always have had a good time playing live and made a great album, more will be on its way.
http://www.corroisonuk.com
http://www.myspace.com/corrosionuk
http://www.soundclick.com/corrosionuk
Lastly, I decided that as part of my new life I wanted to have something that was totally me, as at the time I wasnt sure what my musical direction would take, so Department Factory was born. I have put up some music and even played a gig, and intend to do more. When playing live the music is 100% created live and totally improvised.
http://www.myspace.com/departmentfactory
I also can be found on more than a regular basis involved with The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. I run the web site, tour manage, book gigs, run the archive, do the sound, make the tea! Have done a number of festival appearances with Arthur this year that have been great fun.
http://www.arthurbrownmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/arthurbrownmusic

Here are the Bands that I play in on Myspace and the Bands that I help out, My bandmates at the end
All Living Fear
Corrosion
Deprtment Factory
The North Roed
Arthur Brown
Balaam And The Angel
Claytown Troupe
Rosetta Stone
The Marionettes
Nick Pynn
Paul Roe
Andrew Racher
And some local Venues that I go to
The Hub Plymouth Live Music Venue
The Cavern (Exeter)
Exeter Picturehouse Live Music
HUB (Exeter)

My Interests

Music, Art (Roy Lichtenstein, Gerald Scarfe), Theatre, Television. Photography especially by the likes of Ross Halfin (who has a top blog) and Anton Corbijn.

I'd like to meet:

I do NOT want to meet any bands that I do not know I have a wide taste but I know what I like and what I dont.

I am NOT looking for a girlfrend because I have one and shes really great. 95% of the people on my friends page i know in real life. So if I know you then add away.

Music:

Well I'm a very big fan of progressive and Psychedelic rock music as well as good 80s synth stuff. Im also a big Jazz fan going right across the board from Bechet to Basie, I love british Jazz of the 50s seen the likes of Humph, Ken Colyer (My first gig), Chris Barber moving on to Mike Westbrook and stuff on the ECM Label. As for Rock bands they include The Who, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, Adam and the Ants, The Human League,Bronski Beat, The Jesus and Mary Chain,Lloyd Cole, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Marillion, Primal Scream, The Sisters Of Mercy, Led Zepplin, The Mission, Rosetta Stone, Wishbone Ash, Balaam and the Angel,The Smiths, The Cure, Claytown Troupe, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, The crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Kingdom Come, The Cure, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Thompson Twins A Special mention goes to The Cruxshadows who to me are by far the best thing that the Goth scene has produced in the last 10 years.

Movies:

Quadrophenia, Golden Eye, I saw Stoned the other day was excellant and is Factory Girl.

Television:

Life On Mars, Steptoe And Son, Documentaries, Music Shows that are no longer on inc The Tube, Whistle Test, Rapido, The Beat, Rock Stedy

Books:

Biographys

Heroes:

My Big musical ones are Adam Ant, Arthur Brown, Eric Clapton, Ian Curtis, Pete Townshend, Morrissey, Roger Waters and David Gilmour.

My Blog

All Living Fear and Corrosion Update

Just a couple updatesNext Thursday we will be playing the Fleece in Bristol as support to Cauda Pavonis, doors are at 8pm and admission id £5 on the door, this is our first gig in Bristol since 1996.h...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:37:00 PST

Could this be the best review ever?

Being that ones band is now in its 16th year I have just read possibly the best review that has ever been printed.if you put this into bablefishhttp://www.mentenebre.com/articulos.php?op=verartic le&am...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:52:00 PST

Why I love the Drum Machine

In 1988 or there about’s I heard a band in a Record shop that kind of changed my life, the shop was caterpillar records in Exeter, and they were playing Floodland by the Sisters of mercy. My dad...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:31:00 PST

Remixing the All Living Fear Past

Just before Christmas I decided it might be a bit of fun to look back at some old recordings. We recently bought a digital multitrack recording unit, this was used to start with for the Whitby show bu...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:44:00 PST

Whitby Success all Round

Now back in plymouth after 7 Days away, completely knackered, have lots to do and will do a proper write up later, but for the moment here is a photo. Kind of sums up the success that Whitby was for u...
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:21:00 PST

Grandad Sams Radio

My granded died in 1989, one of the things that I inherated was his little transistor radio. Still in its box, I used to listen to it when I stayed with him when i was a kid.I always kept it in a safe...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:30:00 PST

All Living Fear - Videos From Saturdays Gig

2 songs filmed last Saturday the sound wasnt recorded with the footage so we have made them into promo's for the album Crimson 2007 Each and Every Way 2007 And dont forget we have so...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:07:00 PST

All Living Fear and other Stories Part 2

So on Tuesday I did the interview with Clare Robinson for the Herald, I was most insistent that the word Goth would not be mentioned anywhere, because Goth to me means that it puts people off listenin...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:36:00 PST

All Living Fear and other stories Part 1

Well had a busy week, the first full week that I have had off this year.All the fun started on Saturday as it was the bands 15th anniversary, spent much of the day listening to old life tapes of the b...
Posted by Matthew on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:39:00 PST

Plymouth Evening Herald

Was in the local paper yesterday, bit annoyed they called us a goth band in the headline, because that will only put people off, thinking were sound like some shit heavy metal band like Maralyn Manson...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:46:00 PST