Matt Covey [official drummer of BLITZKRIEG nation]

About Me

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I've been playing drums and percussion for 17 years now. I studied classical percussion and jazz drumset at Western Connecticut State University School of Music. While there I got the chance to meet and play with some amazing young musicians, and I even performed with a few world renowned musicians. So I decided that playing music was the coolest thing i could do.
I'm currently playing for the following bands/artists:
1) THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS
(experimental progressive hardcore/dance fusion; kill normal records)
2) SHAI HULUD
(legendary melodic hardcore band)
My main project is THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS out of New Haven. Since I joined the band in May of 2007, we've toured across the country and the UK playing with bands such as Melt Banana, Mustard Plug, Folly, Mu330, Sonic Boom Six, Vaz, Westbound Train, and Whole Wheat Bread.I started performing professionally in 2000, focusing mainly on the drumset. My first major professional experience came in 2005 and early '06 when I gigged heavily with New York-based Hip-hop/Soul/Funk group The Evolved. We played all over the northeastern U.S., and got to share the stage with bands like Tower of Power, Bomb Squad, Superhoney, and Pencilgrass along the way.
Since then, I've been asked to back many different groups and musicians. From 2005-2007 I played drums for THE HAND GRENADE SERENADE, songwriting-driven punk rock with heavy reggae and americana/acoustic leanings; I spent brief stints playing with hip-hop/soul duo, FLOWERS & KAIN, and experimental chicagopunk band THE SUICIDE DOLLS.
I've done quite a bit of studio work in the last few years. I'm currently working on a full length album with New London's pop jazz/funk duo, THE FRANKLIN BROTHERS. I can also be heard on recordings for The Hand Grenade Serenade, The Evolved, and Kate Graves. Recently I've been doing session work for producer Kenny Cascioli at his place, Ca$h Studios in Brewster, NY. Recent sessions there yielded several drum tracks that are being used for songs on releases by singer V'NESSA TZAVELLAS and hip-hop emcee SHAKA THE K.I.N.G.table style="border-collapse:collapse;"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/05/2006
Band Members: I'm a proud endorser of
**SILVERFOX DRUMSTICKS**
**PRECISION DRUM COMPANY**

Here are some groups/artists i've worked with:

THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS

THE HEMPSTEADYS

KATE GRAVES (Sling Slang Records)

THE HAND GRENADE SERENADE

THE SUICIDE DOLLS

THE EVOLVED

FLOWERS & KAIN

Armed and Ready Entertainment

V'NESSA TZAVELLAS

SHAKA THE K.I.N.G.

Influences: Bands/Artists:
JAZZ - Miles Davis, Dave Holland Quintet, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Krantz, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Medeski Martin & Wood, Wayne Shorter, Hank Mobley, Bill Evans

ROCK/PUNK/HARDCORE/METAL - Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Vision of Disorder, Deftones, Bane, The Blood Brothers, At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Dillinger Escape Plan, Q and Not U, Black Eyes, Cursive, Lucero, Far, Botch, Fugazi, Eagles of Death Metal, Gogol Bordello, Snapcase, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Converge, The Locust, The Hold Steady, Pantera, Soul Coughing, Glassjaw, Blue Meanies, Rilo Kiley

HIP-HOP - Aesop Rock, Talib Kweli, The Roots, D'Angelo, Common, NERD/Neptunes, Eminem, Dre, Jay-Z, Nas, Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes, Cee-Lo, Outkast

SOUL/FUNK/R&B/AFROBEAT - The Meters, James Brown, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Antibalas, The Budos Band, Gnarls Barkley, Me'Shell N'Degeocello, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye

REGGAE/SKA - The Aggrolites, The Slackers, Toots and the Maytals, Marley, Steel Pulse, Jimmy Cliff

IDM - Brazilian Girls, Bjork, Thievery Corporation, Jazzanova, Aphex Twin

CLASSICAL - Steve Reich, Stravinsky, Bartok, Dvorak, Beethoven, Brahms

Drummers:
Keith Carlock (Wayne Krantz, Sting), Steve Jordan, Abe Cunningham, ?uestlove, Danny Carey, Chad Smith, Vinnie Paul, Nate Smith (Dave Holland), Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Philly Joe, Art Blakey, Billy Higgins, Jimmy Cobb, Jo Jo Mayer, Mike Clark, Billy Martin, Clyde Stubblefield, Zigaboo Modeliste, Brian Blade, John Bonham, Scott Abels (The Aggrolites, Hepcat), a lot more I can't think of right now....
Sounds Like:

Listen to your speakers....

It's my mission to play whatever is needed for the project at hand while still retaining my personal sound and energy at all times. To me, the worst thing would be to sound canned.

Beyond that, you tell me. SERIOUSLY.

I believe it is a professional's job to be open to and accept any ideas or criticism. So PLEASE, leave a comment if you like my playing, hate it, or have any suggestions.

THANKS!
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

SAILFEST, GODDAMIT

Sailfest begins next friday and goes through sunday (july 11th-13th). There's gonna be a lot of amazing music including Alice Smith (grammy nominee for best urban alternative artist last ye...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:30:00 GMT

REUNITED...upcoming HGS shows!

I'm playing with Hand Grenade Serenade again! For a while anyway... We're playing on Friday at Academy Skatepark in Woodbridge, CT. I'll also be playing with HGS for Sailfest in New London...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 13:08:00 GMT

TFT and Hempsteadys Updates

hey!The Flaming Tsunamis and I are hitting the road this weekend for a weekend of sweet ass shows with our friends from Michigan (and Johnny's side project) We Are The Union! We're going all over too,...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 00:16:00 GMT

medeski, martin and wood!

amazing band! please check this stuff out. i've been listening to them for years, and they never cease to amaze the crap out of me. they are absolute masters of their instrument...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:46:00 GMT

tour blog 3 (fun times)

played a fun show in nashville with stuck lucky. the next day, after starting off with a wonderful breakfast at waffle house, we left for memphis. 25 min. in we stopped for gas and discove...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:17:00 GMT

tour blog 2 continued

ok so after the black box theater show, we played in a suburb outside chicago called woodstock. the venue was a skatepark, it was pretty rad. early in the night the greg asked the promoter if he had...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:31:00 GMT

tour blog 2

let's see what's happened since the last one? oh yeah.we shot off fireworks at a school in wixson's hometown (off the building, in dumpsters, in the middle of the crowd, whatever); salad convinc...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:28:00 GMT

day 6 over, day 7 to begin

well the tour is pretty awesome so far. we've played 5 very good shows and 1 kind of shitty show. that one was last night. no soundman so no keys because no one knew how to run a dir...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:29:00 GMT

The Flaming Tsunamis

as many of you have already heard, i am The Flaming Tsunamis new drummer. I have subbed for them before, but this time i decided to bite the bullet and jump headlong into what is going to be a crazy, ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 May 2007 10:43:00 GMT

SICK!!! Chris "Daddy" Dave...

so it's been a hot minute since my last blog. and i wasn't even thinking about writing one until i youtube'd this guy i've been hearing about for years. his name is chris dave, and he's pl...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:34:00 GMT