Matthew Good Band

Matthew Good Band is a band created by Matthew Good before he went solo.

The bandrecorded a short demo tape called "Euphony", which featured acoustic songs like "Mercy Misses You", "Heather's Like Sunday", and the title track "Euphony". In March 1995, the original band went on tour across Canada. Upon return, the band split up and Matt started over with a new group of musicians. In mid-1995, they released their debut full-length album, Last of the Ghetto Astronauts. Although initially popular only in the Vancouver area, the album began to catch on across Canada in 1996, with the singles "Alabama Motel Room", "Symbolistic White Walls", and "Haven't Slept in Years" becoming significant hits on radio and MuchMusic.

The band's 1997 album Underdogs spawned the hit singles "Everything Is Automatic", "Indestructible" and "Apparitions". Beautiful Midnight followed in 1999, in which it saw the departure of Lloyd and the joining of Rich Priske as the new bassist. The album became hugely successful via singles including "Hello Time Bomb", "Strange Days", and "Load Me Up". The album skyrocketed the band's celebrity status and earned them two Juno awards in 2000, for Best Group and Best Rock Album.

After touring Beautiful Midnight for nearly two years, the band set to work on The Audio of Being. The sessions saw a great deal of intra-band turmoil, with Dave Genn quitting the band before the album was complete. He returned a few days later, however, only to quit permanently not long after the album's release in October 2001. Following Genn's departure, Good dissolved the band in 2002. The band's last music video, for Anti-Pop, contained brief cameos of Priske and Browne, but consisted primarily of camcorder videos following Good, American race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and a kidnapped garden gnome to popular tourist destinations throughout the United States.

Music Videos

 * Apparitions