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Matthew Good Band

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The Vancouver, Canada, group called the MGB, or the Matthew Good Band, formed in 1995. Since then, MGB has been stirring things up a bit in the Canadian world of music and by 2000, was set to do a little stirring in the United States. The band has already walked away with a number of awards and nominations, such as Best Male Vocalist, Best Live Performance, Artists of the Year, Best Group, Best Album, Best Video, Best Single, and more. The group's list of hits is growing just as fast. Members of the MGB are frontman Matthew Good as vocalist and guitarist, Dave Genn on keyboards and guitar, Ian Browne as drummer and percussionist, and Rich Priske as bassist.

When Matthew Good first formed MGB, it was kind of by accident. He was recording a few songs he had written and called some musician friends together to help out. The name Matthew Good Band was just something he came up with, something he meant to use for a while until he could think up a better name. Fate happened to step in and take over. That first album, Last of the Ghetto Astronauts, an independent release, did better than any of them ever dreamed. It even earned MGB Most Played New Artists for 1996. In 1997, a sophomore album, Underdogs, was recorded in Canada under the Darktown Records/A&M label. "Hello Time Bomb" was the first single released to the United States audience. It landed on the Billboard charts almost instantly. The single was followed in 1999 by another album, Beautiful Midnight, completed on the Atlantic Records label. It was released in Canada first, debuting at number one on the SoundScan chart there, going double platinum, and then hitting the States for January of 2000. Some of the other tracks from this first full-length offering to cross the border are "I Miss New Wave," "A Boy and His Machine Gun," "Running for Home," "Let's Get It On," "Failing the Rorschach Test," and "Strange Days."

Discography:


Audio Of Being (2001)

1. Man Of Action
2. Carmelina
3. Tripoli
4. Advertising On Police Cars
5. I, The Throw Away
6. Truffle Pigs
7. The Fall Of Man
8. Under The Influence
9. The Rat Who Would Be King
10. Anti-Pop
11. The Workers Sing A Song Of Mass Production
12. Sort Of A Protest Song


Beautiful Midnight (1999)

1. Giant
2. Hello Time Bomb
3. Strange Days
4. I Miss New Wave
5. Load Me Up
6. Failing The Rorschach Test
7. Suburbia
8. Let's Get It On
9. Jenni's Song
10. Going All The Way
11. A Boy And His Machine Gun
12. The Future Is X-Rated
13. Born To Kill
14. Running For Home


Raygun (1997)

1. Raygun
2. Generation X-Wing
3. Haven't Slept In Years
4. Alabama Hotel Room
5. So Long Mrs. Smith


Underdogs (1997)

1. Deep Six
2. Everything Is Automatic
3. Apparitions
4. My Out Of Style Is Coming Back
5. Strangest One Of All
6. Middle Class Gangsters
7. Rico
8. Prime Time Deliverance
9. Inescapable Us
10. Indestructible
11. Invasion 1
12. Look Happy, It's The End Of The World
13. Change Of Seasons


Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts (1995)

1. Alabama Motel Room
2. Symbolistic White Walls
3. She's Got A New Disguise
4. Native Son
5. Vermilion
6. Every Name Is My Name
7. Haven't Slept In Years
8. Radio Bomb
9. Fearless
10. The War Is Over
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Matthew Good


Discography:


White Light Rock & Roll Review (2004)

1. Put Out Your Lights
2. Poor Man's Grey
3. We're So Heavy
4. Empty Road
5. Alert Status Red
6. Little Terror
7. In Love With A Bad Idea
8. North American For Life
9. Blue Skies Over Bad Lands
10. It's Been A While Since I Was Your Man
11. Buffalo Seven
12. Ex-Pats Of The Blue Mountain Symphony Orchestra


Avalanche (2003)

1. Pledge Of Allegiance
2. Lullaby For The New World Order
3. Weapon
4. In A World Called Catastrophe
5. Avalanche
6. 21st Century Living
7. While We Were Hunting Rabbits
8. Bright End To Nowhere
9. Near Fantastica
10. Song For The Girl
11. Double Life
12. A Long Way Down
13. House Of Smoke & Mirrors