Matt Chamberlain

Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter.

He has played with various artists, including Pearl Jam, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, David Bowie, Tori Amos, The Wallflowers, Elton John, Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, Brandi Carlile, Garbage, Macy Gray, Soundgarden, Painted Shield.

Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967.

He began learning how to play the drums at 15 years old, taking lessons with David Garibaldi from the band Tower of Power.

He attended North Texas State's music program, leaving after less than a year.

After leaving college, he moved to Dallas, Texas and played with multiple bands in the Dallas Deep Ellum music scene.

While in Texas, he joined the band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and was the drummer on their album, "Ghost of A Dog."

He was the second drummer of the band Pearl Jam and played with them for about three weeks in the summer of 1991.

He was in their music video for their song "Alive."

During the 1991 and 1992 season, he was a drummer for the house band of Saturday Night Live.

Along with Skerik, Brad Houser and Mike Dillon, he co-created the jazz-fusion band Critters Buggin.

In 2014 he filled in for drummer Matt Cameron in Soundgarden.

He played over 51 shows with them through South America, Europe and a co-headlining tour with Nine Inch Nails in the United States.

In 2016, 2019 and 2021, he won Modern Drummer magazine's readers poll in the Studio Musician category.

He was the Music Director for More Music @ The Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington, in 2019 and 2020.

Chamberlain joined Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour in 2019 and played on his 2020 release Rough and Rowdy Ways.

In 2020 he joined the collaborative project Painted Shield with Pearl Jam Guitarist Stone Gossard, singer Mason Jennings, Seattle keyboardist Brittany Davis and Seattle Bassist Jeff Fielder.They currently have 2 records out Painted Shield and Painted Shield 2 and will have 3rd in March of 2024

in 2024 he is touring with jazz legend Diana Krall https://www.mattchamberlain.com/shows

as leader

with Critters Buggin

with Floratone (Bill Frisell, Tucker Martine & Lee Townsend)

with Sean Watkins & Matt Chamberlain Duo

with Slow Music Project (Bill Rieflin, Robert Fripp, Peter Buck, Fred Chalenor, Hector Zazou, Matt Chamberlain)

with Painted Shield

as a sideman

with Bob Dylan

with A Perfect Circle

with Amos Lee

with Brandi Carlile

with Perfume Genius

with Brad Mehldau

with Bruce Springsteen

with Jars of Clay

with Shelby Lynne

with Kanye West

with Leonard Cohen

with Chris Cornell

with The Wallflowers

with Chris Isaak

with Stevie Nicks