Matthew Strangis - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hi. I'm a Cardiff-based, 27-year old with a music obsession: Rock, metal, indie, punk, dance and a bunch of other stuff - I've been writing, recording and performing for the last seven years. Over the last 12 months, I've moved into drum n bass production, writing under the name "Billy Gone Bad". I'm working towards an album with an emphasis on new sounds and I'm taking an open-minded approach in terms of influences, using live guitar as the source for many of these sounds. I just want to get these tracks out there and I'd be grateful to hear any feedback on them! I also play guitar in South Wales' voodoo Rock n Roll merchants "The October Country". We gig frequently and are currently in the process of preparing our second album for release. To read all about the October's shenanigans, check out www.myspace.com/theoctobercountry Previously to this, I spent 6 years playing guitar/singing/screaming/sweating/song-writing in Cardiff's alternative rock/metal band "Death To Plan A". We played close to 100 gigs, supporting bands including "Rachel Stamp", "Simple Kid", "The Locust", "Winnebago Deal", "Tokyo Dragons" and "Towers of London". The complications of mixing the band with general life led to things being put to rest for a year or so, but we've recently started things back up again with the addition of Czek on bass! Check out our stuff at www.myspace.comdeathtoplana I also have a personal myspace page at www.myspace.com/bubbaho MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 10/11/2005
Band Website: matthewstrangis.com
Band Members: Solo project, so just me :)
Influences: Knob Twiddlin Types: Total Science, Ed Rush & Optical, Generation Dub, Grooverider, Spirit, Andy C, Fresh, Dillinja, Alex Reece, Dylan, Twisted Individual, Friction, Drumsound & Simon "Bassline" Smith, SS, High Contrast, Tech Itch, Dom and Roland, A Sides, the Valve Sound System, The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers, Royksopp, Leftfield, Underworld, Aphex Twin...Bands I'm into: Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers, Pantera, Nirvana, Fear Factory, Machinehead, Grandaddy, Slipknot, Queen, Cradle of Filth, Therapy? Supergrass, Muse, The Arcade Fire, Honeycrack, Joyrider, The Sex Pistols, Kyuss, Blur, U2, Supergrass, King Tubby, Echobelly, Foo Fighters, Guns n Roses, Slayer, The Jesus Lizard, Mansun, Pulp, Madness, System of a Down, Suede, NIN, KT Tunstall, White Zombie, Pitchshifter, Sepultura, Liars, Deftones, Korn, Biffy Clyro, Adam & the Ants, Roy Orbison...
Sounds Like: Hmm, tricky to be objective on this one - If anyone has any suggestions let me know!
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Tracks Uploaded

I've finally uploaded some of my new tracks: "Seven Year Itch" is the newest and probably nastiest thing I've done; "Sorry We Are Open" is a breakbeat type thing, and "The Things I'll Do To You" ...
Posted by Matthew Strangis on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:16:00 PST

Annie and Adam Airplay :)

A big, BIG thank you to both Annie Nightingale and Adam Walton for playing my tunes on the radio! Adam Walton has been supportive to me in the past with both "Death To Plan A" and "Billy Gone Bad...
Posted by Matthew Strangis on Thu, 24 May 2007 06:45:00 PST

Long time... no rest

I haven't been on here for ages, but here's a quick update: I've been ramming working on the new tracks in at every opportunity - And they are finally getting there, with the additional help...
Posted by Matthew Strangis on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:03:00 PST

Valve / New Track!

Friday started with getting up at 7am for work, and finished with me walking home till 7am after a night in the company of the Valve Sound System: Well worth the effort, thanks to everyone involved in...
Posted by Matthew Strangis on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:55:00 PST

Billy Gone Bad

I've done a bit of spring cleaning with some of the older blogs so I thought I'd post an update. I'm currently working on 13 tracks for the Billy Gone Bad album. Drum n bass is at the heart of what I'...
Posted by Matthew Strangis on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:11:00 PST

Friend Requests

Just a quick note - If I've added you as a friend then it is for a reason: I don't just add indiscriminately to bump up my friends figure, or add for name dropping purposes - It means I...
Posted by Matthew Strangis on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:50:00 PST