Matt Chase is the drummer for Thunder Bay's KISS tribute band and A Black Tie Affair.
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| Genres | Rock, Metal, Progressive, Funk, Jazz, Punk, Pop "{{{years_active}}}" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. |
| Associated bands | Illness To Cure, A Black Tie Affair, Kiss And Makeup, Wormhole Machine
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| Associated venues | Many at Kilroy's, Jack's, and Black Pirates Pub, Kakabeka Street Fair 2010
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| Known for | versatility
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| Current status | Active |
Matt Chase
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Instruments
Early Drumming
Matt began playing drums on a practice pad he got for his 13th birthday, but before then he could tap steady beats and bounce and bop steady to songs that would play on radios or cd's. He went into Tiger Music at Westgate high school in Grade 8 and got chosen to play the drums, out of almost the entire class which consisted of almost 200 others, who wanted to play the instrument. In the middle of his freshman year of high school, and on his 15th birthday, Matt's parents bought him his first drum kit, a Taye RockPro drum kit. Also in Grade 9, he met Riley Cummine, who later that year, began an unnamed band with him. They played together for almost a year, before the first year of Superior Rock Camp. In Rock Camp, Matt began a band with guitarists Mike Murray and Brady Geurts; bassist Graeme McMaster; and guitarist/vocalist Sara Collison. Calling themselves Illness To Cure, they went on to play after Rock Camp, replacing Sara with Courtney Wall.
Illness To Cure and A Black Tie Affair
Almost a year later, having done one show with Illness To Cure, Matt went back to Rock Camp and was put in a band with Riley Cummine, Brady Geurts, Dalton Thompson, and Darren Lammi. This band would later become the hard rock band we know today as A Black Tie Affair. Calling themselves Nothing Special at first, they played a show at the end of the camp at the Community Auditorium. Matt played with the band for two and a half years, playing shows at Kilroy's, Black Pirates Pub, Jack's, and the Kakabeka Street Fair 2010. He also recorded drums on the band's first recorded song, I Wanna Come Home.
Departure From ABTA and Mackenzie Heights
In December 2011, Matt quit A Black Tie Affair, due to conflicts between band members and wanting to try new styles of music.
Kiss And Makeup, and Rejoining A Black Tie Affair
Matt announced he was creating a KISS tribute band, called Kiss And Makeup. They will be more played at fundraisers and special charity events.
In October 2012, Matt rejoined A Black Tie Affair after 10 months of being away from them. He has rejoined as co-manager and drummer.
Wormhole Machine
In October 2012, Matt has made it clear through Twitter and Facebook that he was creating a progressive metal-rock band, heavily influenced by Rush and Dream Theater. In November, he announced that Tanner Bell would be the guitarist and that the band would be called Wormhole Machine
Equipment
Matt uses Taye Rock Pro drums in Jet Black in the following configuration: 12 x 5 Pearl Firecracker snare (steel), 14 x 6.5 Pearl Artisan II Walnut Burst finish, 10 x 8.5 tom, 12 x 9 tom, 13 x 10 tom (used as a hanging floor tom), 16 x 16 floor tom, 24 x 16 bass drum.
He uses a mixture of mainly Sabian and Zildjian cymbals with a couple of Dream cymbals in the mix: 14 inch HHX Click hats, 8 inch Sabian AA splash, 17 inch AAXplosion crash, 10 inch Zildjian A Fast splash, 10 inch chopper/6.5 inch ZIL-BEL (inverted above chopper), 18 inch AA medium-thin crash, 19 inch AAXplosion crash, 14 inch XS20 Medium hi-hats, 22 inch AAX Omni, 18 inch Zildjian ZBT China
Matt uses a mixture of Taye, Gibraltar, Network, and Dixon hardware. He uses Taye Metalworks pedals (single and double) and Mano Percussion, Toca, and RhythmTech percussion. He owns a Pintech electric kit too and uses Pro-Mark Rock 747 wood tip sticks
His live kit varies on the genre of music played. Matt prefers to use as little as possible live, but sometimes must use more drums or cymbals if the music is progressive or anything related.
Influences
Matt plays many different genres of music, from jazz to metal and from funk to progressive. His main influences are Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, and Mike Mangini. Other influences include Mike Wengren, Gene Krupa, Teddy Campbell, Tre Cool, Thomas Pridgen, Jojo Mayer, Benny Greb, and Travis Barker.