- Yellow Matter Custard
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Yellow Matter Custard Genres Rock, Beatles tribute Years active 2003, 2011 Members Mike Portnoy
Neal Morse
Paul Gilbert
Matt Bissonette
Kasim SultonYellow Matter Custard is a Beatles tribute supergroup consisting of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic, OSI, Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment, Avenged Sevenfold, Adrenaline Mob), Neal Morse (Transatlantic, Spock's Beard), Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big), Matt Bissonette (Mustard Seeds, Jughead, The Squirts, Joe Satriani, ELO). Kasim Sulton (Utopia and various Todd Rundgren bands) played bass with the band in 2011, replacing Bissonette.
They take their name from a lyric in "I Am the Walrus", by The Beatles: "Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye".
Ty Tabor (King's X) was originally approached to play guitar for the group, but was unable to due to the King's X touring schedule.[1]
Conceived as more of a project than a band, they have only performed a total of five times: twice in 2003 (May 17 at Upper Montclair, New Jersey and May 18 at B.B. King's Blues Club, New York), and three times in 2011. Due to scheduling conflicts, Matt Bissonette was unable to play with the band in 2011, and thus was replaced by Kasim Sulton.[2]
Band members
- Mike Portnoy - Drums/Vocals
- Neal Morse - Keyboards/Guitars/Fuzz Bass/Vocals
- Paul Gilbert - Lead Guitar/Vocals
- Matt Bissonette - Bass/Vocals (2003)
- Kasim Sulton - Bass/Vocals (2011)
Additional players
- Bert Baldwin - Keyboards/Percussion/Samples
Discography
- One Night In New York City (2CD/DVD) (2005) - Special features include rehearsal footage and audio commentary from Mike and Howard Portnoy.
- One More Night In New York City (2CD/DVD) (2011)
References
Categories:- Musical groups from New York
- American rock music groups
- The Beatles tribute bands
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