Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session drummer,

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and songwriter. He has played with various artists, including

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, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians,

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, Tori Amos,

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, The Wallflowers, Elton John,

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, Brandi Carlile,

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, and Soundgarden.

Biography

Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums at 15 years old, taking lessons with David Garibaldi from the band

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. He attended North Texas State's music program, leaving after less than a year. After leaving college, he moved to

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and played with multiple bands in the Dallas Deep Ellum music scene . While in Texas, he joined the band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and was the drummer on their album, "Ghost of A Dog." He was the second drummer of the band

and played with them for about three weeks in the summer of 1991. He was in their music video for their song " Alive". During the 1991 and 1992 season, he was a drummer for the house band of ''Saturday Night Live''. Along with Skerik, Brad Houser and Mike Dillon, he co-created the jazz-fusion band Critters Buggin. In 2016, 2019,2021 and 2024 he won '' Modern Drummer'' magazine's readers poll in the Studio Musician category. In 2014 he filled in for drummer Matt Cameron in Soundgarden. He played over 51 shows with them through South America, Europe and a co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails in the United States. He was the Music Director for More Music at The Moore Theatre

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, in 2019 and 2020. Chamberlain joined

's Never Ending Tour in 2019 and played on his 2020 release '' Rough and Rowdy Ways''. In 2025 he joined Paul Simon for his
Quiet Celebration
Summer Tour

Selected discography

as leader *
Matt Chamberlain
' (Web Of Mimicry, 2005) *
Company 23
' (Independent, 2012) *
Comet B
' (Independent, 2016) *
Foundry
' (Independent, 2021) with Critters Buggin * '' Guest'' (Loosegroove, 1994) * '' Host'' (Loosegroove, 1997) * '' Monkeypot Merganzer'' (Independent, 1997) * ''Bumpa'' (Loosegroove, 1998) * '' Amoeba'' (Loosegroove, 1998) * '' Stampede'' (Ropeadope, 2004) * ''Live in 95 at the OK Hotel - Seattle 1995'' (Independent, 2009) * ''Muti EP'' (Independent, 2014) with Floratone ( Bill Frisell,

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& Lee Townsend) * '' Floratone'' (Blue Note, 2007) * '' Floratone II'' (Savoy Jazz, 2012) with Sean Watkins & Matt Chamberlain Duo * ''Sean Watkins & Matt Chamberlain'' (Self Released, 2020) with Slow Music Project (Bill Rieflin, Robert Fripp, Peter Buck, Fred Chalenor, Hector Zazou, Matt Chamberlain) *
Live El Rey Theater, May 13 2006 (DGM Live)
' *
Live The Coach House, May 12 2006 (DGM Live)
' *
Live Largo, May 11 2006 (DGM Live)
' *
Live Great American Music Hall, May 9 2006 (DGM Live)
' *
Live Showbox, May 6 2006 (DGM Live)
' *
Live Aladdin Theater May 5 2006 (DGM Live)
' with Painted Shield * ''Painted Shield'' (Loosegroove, 2020) * ''Painted Shield 2'' (Loosegroove, 2022) as a sideman with Japanese Breakfast * '' For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)'' ( Dead Oceans, 2025) with

* '' Rough and Rowdy Ways'' (Columbia, 2020) with A Perfect Circle * '' Eat the Elephant'' (BMG, 2018) with Amos Lee * '' My New Moon'' (Dualtone Music Group, Inc., 2018) with Brandi Carlile * '' The Story'' (Columbia, 2007) * '' Bear Creek'' (Columbia, 2012) with Perfume Genius * '' Set My Heart on Fire Immediately'' (Matador Records, 2020) * ''Eye In The Wall'' (Matador Records, 2020) with Brad Mehldau * '' Largo'' (Warner Bros, 2002) * '' Highway Rider'' (Nonesuch Records, 2010) with Bruce Springsteen * '' Wrecking Ball'' (Columbia, 2012) * '' Western Stars'' (Columbia, 2019) with Jars of Clay * '' Inland'' (Gray Matters, 2013) with Shelby Lynne * '' Love, Shelby'' (Island Records, 2001) with

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* ''

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'' (Uncredited) (Def Jam Roc-A-Fella, 2005) with

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* '' Thanks for the Dance'' (Columbia Records, 2019) with Chris Cornell * '' Higher Truth'' (UM, 2015) with The Wallflowers * '' Bringing Down the Horse'' (Interscope Records, 1996) * '' Breach'' (Interscope, 2000) with Chris Isaak * '' Speak of the Devil'' (Reprise Records, 1998) with Stevie Nicks * '' Trouble in Shangri-La'' (Reprise Records, 2001) with

* '' Heathen'' (Columbia Records, 2002) * ''

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'' (Columbia Records, 2003) with Edie Brickell and New Bohemians * '' Ghost of a Dog'' (Geffen, 1990) with Elton John * '' Songs from the West Coast'' (Mercury Records, 2001) with

* '' Tidal'' (Columbia Records, 1996) * '' When the Pawn...'' (Epic Records, 1999) with

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* '' Channel Orange'' (Def Jam, 2012) with John Mayer * '' Heavier Things'' (Aware Columbia, 2003) with

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* '' Semper Femina'' (More Alarming Records, 2017) with Mac Miller * '' Circles'' (Warner, 2020) with

* '' On How Life Is'' (Epic Records, 1999) with Of Montreal * '' False Priest'' (Polyvinyl, 2010) * ''The Controllersphere'' (Polyvinyl, 2011) with Phantogram * '' Voices'' (Republic, 2014) * '' Three'' (Republic, 2016) with Peter Gabriel * '' Flotsam and Jetsam'' (Real World, Virgin EMI, Republic, 2019) with Randy Newman * '' Dark Matter'' (Nonesuch, 2017) with

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* '' Intensive Care'' (Chrysalis Records, 2005) with

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* '' Little Voice'' (Epic, 2007) * '' Kaleidoscope Heart'' (Epic, 2010) with Sam Phillips * '' Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop)'' (Virgin Records, 1996) with Rufus Wainwright * '' Unfollow the Rules'' (BMG, 2020) with Sean Lennon * '' Friendly Fire'' (Parlophone, Capitol, EMI, 2006) with Tori Amos * '' From the Choirgirl Hotel'' (Atlantic, 1998) * '' To Venus and Back'' (Atlantic, 1999) * '' Strange Little Girls'' (Atlantic, 2001) * '' Scarlet's Walk'' (Epic, 2002) * '' The Beekeeper'' (Epic, 2005) * '' American Doll Posse'' (Epic, 2007) * '' Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' (Universal Republic, 2009) * '' Midwinter Graces'' (Universal Republic, 2009) * ''

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'' (Decca, 2020) * '' Ocean To Ocean'' (Decca, 2021) with Willie Nelson and

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* '' Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin'' (Universal Nashville, 2018) with The Who * '' Who'' (Polydor, 2019) with Lorde * '' Solar Power'' (Universal Music New Zealand Limited, 2021) with Amber Arcades * ''Barefoot on Diamond Road'' (Fire Records, 2023) with Zola Jesus * '' Arkhon'' (Sacred Bones Records, 2022) with

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* '' Phantomime'' (Loma Vista Recordings, 2023) with Chantal Kreviazuk * '' Colour Moving and Still (Columbia Records, 1999)''

Movie soundtracks

*'' Trainwreck'' *'' Man of Steel'' *'' Frozen''

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chamberlain, Matt 1967 births Living people American rock drummers American session musicians Drummers from Los Angeles People from San Pedro, Los Angeles 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians Pearl Jam members Critters Buggin members Saturday Night Live Band members Edie Brickell & New Bohemians members Morrissey band members