Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967 in San Pedro, California) is an American session musician. He has appeared on hundreds of records with sales totaling more than 80 million worldwide. He won a Grammy for his performance on The Wallflowers' 1996 album, Bringing Down the Horse, and was nominated Musician of the Year at the 2004 CMAs. Chamberlain is a founding member of the band Critters Buggin. In 2005 he released his first solo album, Matt ...
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Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967 in San Pedro, California) is an American session musician. He has appeared on hundreds of records with sales totaling more than 80 million worldwide. He won a Grammy for his performance on The Wallflowers' 1996 album, Bringing Down the Horse, and was nominated Musician of the Year at the 2004 CMAs. Chamberlain is a founding member of the band Critters Buggin. In 2005 he released his first solo album, Matt Chamberlain. He is currently based in Seattle, Washington.
Matt Chamberlain was born and raised in San Pedro, California. He grew up air drumming and using pots and pans as makeshift drums. Chamberlain began playing drums at the age of ten. He was influenced by John Bonham, Ringo Starr, Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, and Terry Bozzio. Chamberlain received his first set of drums at the age of fifteen, and studied with David Garibaldi, Murray Spivack, Chuck Flores, and Gregg Bissonette. Three years later, he was awarded a scholarship to study at...
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