Matt Bissonette

Matt Bissonette

Matt Bissonette (born 1961) is an American bass player and the brother of drummer Gregg Bissonette. He attended the University of North Texas's jazz music program. According to Guitar 9, an online musicianship magazine, he has played bass and other stringed instruments on at least 22 albums, with music styles ranging from jazz, jazz fusion, progressive metal, and instrumental rock. The October 2002 edition of Bassinside, a bass musician's online magazine, reports that Matt has played in several different bands and has recorded with various artists. Such artists include Joe Satriani, David Lee Roth,[1][2] Lita Ford, Daniel Glen Timms,[3] Julian Lennon, Steve Perry, Brian Wilson, Don Henley, Ty Tabor (of King's X), Tom Andrews, and Peter Frampton. He also played bass on his brother Gregg's solo album.[4]

In 2003 he and his brother Gregg backed Ringo Starr on a promotional tour of the United States.

In 2004 he played alongside Boz Scaggs on Boz Scaggs Greatest Hits Live CD and DVD.

The two brothers backed Starr again in 2005 at live shows at Irving Plaza in New York City in June 2005, at the Genesse Theatre in Waukegan, IL for the PBS show SoundStage, and the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, as well as on several TV appearances (CBS This Morning, etc.)

Matt is currently the bass player for Rick Springfield and the lead singer of the Squirts. Rick Springfield and Matt collaborated on Rick's new CD: Venus in Overdrive (release date: July 2008), which Bissonette co-produced.[5][6]

Matt now lives in Orange County, Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

According to the above sources, Matt Bissonette has also played the themes to the television shows Friends, Just Shoot Me!, and The Tracey Ullman Show.

Contents

Discography

With The Mustard Seeds

  • s/t (1996)
  • Red (1998)
  • III (2008)

With The Squirts

  • s/t (2003)
  • Resquirted (2006)

With Jeff Lynne

With Jughead

With David Lee Roth

With Joe Satriani

With Ringo Starr

  • Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage (2007) Koch Entertainment

With Rick Springfield

  • Venus in Overdrive (2008)

With Robbie Angelucci

  • A Guy with An Accent (2002)

With Maynard Ferguson

  • Storm (1982)
  • Live from San Francisco (1985)

With Boz Scaggs

  • "Greatest Hits Live" (2004)

Other solo projects

  • Spot (1998)
  • Spot 2 (2000)
  • Raising Lazarus (2004)
  • Oh No! Bass Solo! (2004)
  • Life of the Party (2009)
  • Disposable Planet (2011)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Off the Record", Exploring, May 1988, p. E10, retrieved 2011-07-23
  2. ^ Christe, Ian (2008) Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0470373569
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ Modern Drummer, Volume 24, Issues 7-12, p. 116
  5. ^ Nagy, Evie (2008) "The Billboard Reviews: Albums: Rick Sprinfield Venus in Overdrive", Billboard, August 2, 2008, p. 33, retrieved 2011-07-23
  6. ^ Springfield, Rick (2010) Late, Late at Night: A Memoir, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-1439191156, p. 310

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