:''McJunkins leads here. For people carrying the surname, see McJunkin'' Matt McJunkins (born March 19, 1983) is an American musician and photographer best known for touring and recording with the American rock band

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. He is a former touring bassist for Eagles of Death Metal. He is one of the founding members of The Beta Machine, a rock band formed with Jeff Friedl. McJunkins has also worked with

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, Ashes Divide, Puscifer,

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and Socadia.

Life and career

Matt McJunkins was raised in

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, where he started playing

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at the age of 13. After high school, McJunkins moved to

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to pursue a music career. He attended the Musicians Institute and honed in on his craft while writing music and playing in several rock bands. In 2008, Billy Howerdel from

asked McJunkins to join his side project Ashes Divide, with Jeff Friedl, Andy Gerold and Adam Monroe completing the line-up. The band toured extensively in support of their debut album '' Keep Telling Myself It's Alright'' (2008), opening concerts for

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, and Filter, and also performed at the Projekt Revolution festival. McJunkins later toured with Puscifer, sharing bass guitar with Rani Sharone. In September 2010,

announced that they would reform and McJunkins was asked to join on bass alongside co-founders Billy Howerdel and

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with Jeff Friedl and

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. In the following years, McJunkins formed The Beta Machine with Jeff Friedl and toured with

in 2011. In January 2020, he announced he was touring with singer

in support of her album '' I Disagree''. McJunkins was on stage with Eagles of Death Metal during the November 2015 Paris attacks, and escaped the Bataclan with the rest of the band. He managed to make it out of the venue.

Discography

;Solo albums * ''Soundtrack for No One'' (2022) ;With Puscifer * '' "C" is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference HERE)'' (2009) * '' Conditions of My Parole'' (2011) * '' Donkey Punch the Night'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2015) ;With

* '' Three Sixty'' (2013) * '' A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo'' (2013) * '' Eat the Elephant'' (2018) ;With

*'' Eat (NXT Soundtrack)'' (2021) *''

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'' (2021) *'' Stagger'' (2022)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McJunkins, Matt American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Alternative rock bass guitarists American rock keyboardists Living people Musicians from Palm Springs, California Survivors of terrorist attacks November 2015 Paris attacks 21st-century American guitarists 1983 births A Perfect Circle members Guitarists from California 21st-century American bass guitarists Eagles of Death Metal members