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Matty Sheets

About Me

Matty Sheets is a singer/songwriter/musician currently residing in Greensboro, NC. He fronts the band EATING THE INVADERS, a group of singer/songwriter/musicians who play their own brand of gritty rock and roll/ folk music. Sheets also works with MONKEYWHALE PRODUCTIONS, a web based multimedia organization full of writers, actors, photographers, environmentalists and musicians. His duties with MONKEYWHALE include, film score composer, actor, writer, and idea batter arounder. Sheets plays slide guitar with another group, COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, currently on hiatus due to the leader/singer/songwriter's maternity leave.You may remember Sheets from such bands as.... BIG RED ROOSTER, THE DEVILED EGGS, THE DUMBELLS, ROBOTIC ARM, LOVE HANDLE, THE TREE DOGS, THE HOMELESS, SOFA KING TALL, FUNKY STATIC, and LOOSE TOOTH, but probably not.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 17/11/2005
Band Website: http://www.monkeywhale.com/
Band Members: Matty Sheets. All tracks and instruments, with the exception of..... Eating the Invaders are: Marshall Owen-guitar, vocals. Barry Staples-drums, percussion. Mikey Roohan-bass, vocals. Jason Voss-guitar. David "Driveway" Moore-harmonicas, percussion, kazoos, vocals. Matty Sheets-vocals, guitar, ukulele, hand claps.
Influences: "Strangers" by the Kinks. "Queen Bitch" by David Bowie. Tom Waits. Bob Dylan. Mikey Roohan. Tim Betts. Davey Wilson. Kristen Leigh. Mark Mothersbaugh. Wayne Reich. Marshall Owen. Jason Voss. Barry Staples. Driveway. Mozart. the Ramones. my Mother. John Lennon. George Harrison. Son House. Robert Johnson.
Sounds Like: listen to the songs, i guess.....
Record Label: No, thanks.

My Blog

Notes from the Road. Knoxville, Tennessee.

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/knoxville-tennesse...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:11:00 GMT

Support your local Farmers Market. Its tasty.

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/support-local-farm... Some of the best food I could hope to eat is in my belly right now. It was fresh, cheap, and grown locally.
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:49:00 GMT

the news of a nervous guy. (talk to strangers)

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/news-nervous-guy-t...I walked to my first job interview in a very long time today. Actually it was more like a interview/meet a guy about a job/I don't really know what...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:54:00 GMT

Local Music is not dead. Neither are you. Crap Rock and the Leeves.

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/local-music-dead-c...Last night at the Flatiron I caught two excellent bands. First was the Leeves, who I had seen the night before at the dotmatrix project, followed b...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:41:00 GMT

Ghost Cow is on the move.

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/ghost-cow-move/There has been some dreary, foggy nights around the part of North Carolina where Monkeywhale Studios calls home. One night I was scared to death by what...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:31:00 GMT

Open Mic Night

http://www.monkeywhale.com/video/open-mic-night/Monkeywhale covers one of the longest running open mics in North Carolina, at the Flatiron in downtown Greensboro. Monkeywhale covers one of the longest...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:27:00 GMT

putting down the Bottle. ch.7 (12/12/08)

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/putting-bottle-ch7...Day freakin' Nine. No Alcohol. Thanks for all the responses and support. Can't tell you how cool that is. People have opened up to me about their D...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:45:00 GMT

putting down the Bottle. ch.6 (12/11/08)

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/putting-bottle-ch6... Day Eight, holy crap, no Alcohol. A friend of mine who I mentioned in chapter 3 told me today that she had a dream that I drank last night. I go...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:40:00 GMT

putting down the Bottle. ch.5 (12/10/

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/putting-bottle-ch5... Day Seven. No Booze. I have drank for about the past four years straight. This is a little different. I dont really want to drink right now, I ju...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:23:00 GMT

putting down the Bottle. ch.4 (12/9/0

http://www.monkeywhale.com/blog/putting-bottle-ch4...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:40:00 GMT