Mat Flint is an English musician, who has been a member of several bands including
Revolver (1990–1994), Hot Rod (1993),
Death in Vegas
Death in Vegas are an English electronic music group, for which Richard Fearless serves as frontman. The band was formed in 1994 by Fearless and Steve Hellier and signed to Concrete Records under the name of Dead Elvis. Owing to an Irish record ...
(1996–2005),
and
Deep Cut
''Deep Cut'' is a play to date performed by Cardiff theatre company Sherman Cymru and written by Philip Ralph. It premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008 and won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award in the same year as well ...
(2006–present).
Biography
Flint hails from
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed ...
, grew up near
Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
, before his family moved to
Winchester when he was 16. He played in one band prior to
Revolver,
with future
Revolver drummer Nick Dewey. They formed
Revolver in 1990, with Flint acting as vocalist and guitarist and also playing organ.
After two albums and several singles, they split up in early 1994. The previous year, Flint had joined
Paula Kelley
Paula Kelley (born September 10, 1971) is an American indie pop singer-songwriter and orchestral arranger/composer from Boston, Massachusetts.
Career
She began her musical career in the 1990s with the band Drop Nineteens before leaving them ...
of
Drop Nineteens
Drop Nineteens is an American, Boston-based shoegaze band active from 1991 to 1995. They were one of the few U.S.-based bands who styled themselves on England's distinctive shoegaze sound, taking their inspiration from bands such as My Bloody V ...
' band Hot Rod, in which he played bass and provided backing vocals.
The band also featured John Dragonetti and Eric Paull. They released a single album in 1993, ''Speed Danger Death''.
Flint then joined
Death in Vegas
Death in Vegas are an English electronic music group, for which Richard Fearless serves as frontman. The band was formed in 1994 by Fearless and Steve Hellier and signed to Concrete Records under the name of Dead Elvis. Owing to an Irish record ...
as bassist,
and played on all of their albums, as well as performing at every live show from 1996 to 2005. In 2006, Flint formed a new band,
Deep Cut
''Deep Cut'' is a play to date performed by Cardiff theatre company Sherman Cymru and written by Philip Ralph. It premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008 and won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award in the same year as well ...
, in which he plays guitar, releasing a single "Commodity" in May 2007, on Club AC30 Records, and following this with "Time to Kill" in 2008 and debut album ''My Thoughts Light Fires'' in February 2009.
[Deep Cut Bio]
", Drowned in Sound
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History
'' ...
, retrieved 2010-11-17 Deep Cut
''Deep Cut'' is a play to date performed by Cardiff theatre company Sherman Cymru and written by Philip Ralph. It premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008 and won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award in the same year as well ...
's new album ''Disorientation'' was released by Club AC30 in September 2011.
Flint supports
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed th ...
Discography
with Revolver
''see
Revolver discography''
with Hot Rod
* ''Speed Danger Death'' CD (1993),
Caroline
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* Caroline (given name), a feminine given name
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* ...
with Death in Vegas
''see
Death in Vegas discography''
with Deep Cut
Albums
* ''My Thoughts Light Fires'' (2009), Club AC30
Singles
* "Commodity" (2007), Club AC30
* "Time to Kill" (2008), Club AC30
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English rock bass guitarists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Male bass guitarists
English male singers
English rock guitarists
Death in Vegas members