Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician who was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia, music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s.

In 1983, Sweet collaborated with R.E.M. member Michael Stipe under the name Community Trolls as well as being in Stipe's sister Lynda Stipe's band Oh-OK. Also, he formed the power-pop duo, The Buzz of Delight with Oh-OK drummer David Pierce, releasing the EP, Sound Castles.

In 1986, Sweet released Inside, his debut album followed by his follow-up album, Earth, released in 1989.

In 1990, Sweet formed a new band and his pop-rock album, Girlfriend, was released in October 1991. The album was widely considered an artistic breakthrough and quickly garnered impressive U.S. sales, spawning a Top 10 single with the title track. The music video for "Girlfriend" featured clips from the anime film, Space Adventure Cobra, while the video for "I've Been Waiting" used clips of the Urusei Yatsura character, Lum Invader.

In 1993, hereleased Altered Beast, a harder rock album whichh featured "Someone to Pull the Trigger" and "Knowing People". The music video for the single "The Ugly Truth" featured the singer being chased in the desert by police while driving his own 1970 Dodge Challenger, while the video for "Time Capsule" was a literary homage to Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

In 1995, Sweet released 100% Fun, an alt-rock album featuring the lead song "Sick of Myself". In 1997, Sweet released Blue Sky on Mars, a new-wave album, in 1997. The album contained the singles "Where You Get Love" and "Come to California", which featured Sweet as an astronaut traveling through outer space.

In 1999, he released In Reverse, a psychedelic album which featured Wall of Sound tracks, including the singles "What Matters" and "Trade Places". The album's 10-minute closing track, "Thunderstorm", is a combination of several demos.

In 2000, Sweet released Time Capsule: Best of 90/00, a retrospective compilation which featured two new tracks followed by To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet in 2002.

In 2003, he released Kimi Ga Suki, a garage-rock album that was released in Japan. Living Things, an acoustic album, would be released in 2004.

In 2006, Sweet and Bangles rhythm guitarist-vocalist Susanna Hoffs released Under the Covers, Vol. 1, which featured new covers of popular 1960s songs. Sweet's tenth studio album, Sunshine Lies, was released in 2008 and contained a 2-LP set featuring 4 bonus tracks.

In 2009, Sweet and Hoffs released Under the Covers, Vol. 2, their second collaboration which featured new covers of popular 1970s songs. Sweet would released Modern Art, an album which featured the single, "She Walks the Night" in 2011.

In 2012, he celebrated the 20th anniversary of "Girlfriend" with a tour which featured the entire album played from start to finish.