Matthew Fletcher (musician)
Matthew Lee Fletcher is an American musician, and the current bassist (former guitarist) for the metalcore band Shai Hulud, since 1999, and his side project with founding Shai Hulud member Matthew Fox, Zombie Apocalypse. He has also played guitar in other punk rock bands, like The Rat Bastards, Electric [...], and the extremely short-lived Sir Hyper-[...] & The Pillage Boys (a band that ended after one house show when the singer ran off the "stage" and hid under a table outside). Fletcher lives a vegetarian straight edge lifestyle, abstaining from alcohol and [...] consumption. He is often referred to as Mad Matt Fletcher (an homage to his favorite film The Road Warrior), or Fletch to differentiate between he and Matt Fox.
When asked AbOUT metalcore he was quoted as saying "well, we're a hardcore band that plays our version of metal". He does not consider himself a musician and often explains, "I just put my fingers where I have to".
Discography
- Shai Hulud - A Whole New Level of Sickness Split with Another Victim(1999)
- Shai Hulud - Crush 'Em All Vol. 1 Split with Boy Sets Fire(2000)
- Shai Hulud - That Within Blood Ill-Tempered (2003)
- Zombie Apocalypse - This Is a Spark of Life (2003)
- Shai Hulud - A Profound Hatred of Man (Reissue) (2005)
- Zombie Apocalypse - Tales Told by Dead Men Split with Send More Paramedics(2005)
- Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished with Hope and Compassion (Reissue) (2006)
- Shai Hulud - A Comprehensive Retrospective: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Release Bad and Useless Recordings (2006)
- Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure (2008)