 matthew chamberlain (born april 17, 1967) is an american drummer, producer, and sound engineer. he is currently based in los angeles, california. ==biography== ===early life=== matt chamberlain was born and raised in san pedro, california. he grew up air drumming and using pots and pans as makeshift drums."matt chamberlain". mimicry records. chamberlain began playing drums at the age of ten. he was influenced by the local san pedro music scene and by getting in to all ages shows at the dancing waters club (minutemen, black flag, firehose) and by listening to the drumming of john bonham, ringo starr, stewart copeland, neil peart, and terry bozzio.donald, billy. "the exclusive interview with matt chamberlain". drum channel. chamberlain received his first set of drums at the age of fifteen, and studied with david garibaldi, murray spivack, chuck flores, and gregg bissonette. three years later, he was awarded a scholarship to study at north texas state university where he studied with henry okstel. chamberlain quit college and started playing professionally in the dallas, texas deep ellum scene in the mid-1980s. ===musical career=== his first notable work was with ten hands, a locally popular denton, texas band. ten hands briefly enjoyed heaps of acclaim and an impressive following in the band's home state. in 1988, chamberlain left ten hands to join edie brickell & new bohemians, with whom he toured
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