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Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American drummer, record producer and songwriter. He came to prominence with Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and has worked as a session musician with a wide range of artists including Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Tori Amos, Morrissey, The Wallflowers, Elton John, Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan, Brandi Carlile, Garbage, Macy Gray, and Soundgarden.

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Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967.[1] 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 .[2]

While in Texas, he joined the band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and was the drummer on their album, "Ghost of A Dog."[2][1]

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".[2]

During the 1991 and 1992 season, he was a drummer for the house band of Saturday Night Live.[2][1]

Along with Skerik, Brad Houser and Mike Dillon, he co-created the jazz-fusion band Critters Buggin.[3]

In 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024 [4] he won Modern Drummer magazine's readers poll in the Studio Musician category.[5] 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.

He was the Music Director for More Music at The Moore Theatre Seattle, Washington,[6] in 2019 and 2020.

Chamberlain joined Bob Dylan's Never Ending Tour in 2019 and played on his 2020 release Rough and Rowdy Ways.[7][8]


In 2025 he joined Paul Simon for his "Quiet Celebration" Summer Tour

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as leader

with Critters Buggin

  • Guest (Loosegroove, 1994)
  • Host (Loosegroove, 1997)
  • Monkeypot Merganzer (Independent, 1997)
  • Bumpa (Loosegroove, 1998)
  • Amoeba (Loosegroove, 1998)
  • Stampede (Ropeadope, 2004)
  • Live in 95 at the OK Hotel - Seattle 1995 (Independent, 2009)
  • Muti EP (Independent, 2014)

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

with Sean Watkins & Matt Chamberlain Duo

  • Sean Watkins & Matt Chamberlain (Self Released, 2020)

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

with Painted Shield

  • Painted Shield (Loosegroove, 2020)
  • Painted Shield 2 (Loosegroove, 2022)

as a sideman

with Japanese Breakfast

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

with David Bowie

with Edie Brickell and New Bohemians

with Elton John

with Fiona Apple

with Frank Ocean

with John Mayer

with Laura Marling

with Mac Miller

with Macy Gray

with Of Montreal

  • False Priest (Polyvinyl, 2010)
  • The Controllersphere (Polyvinyl, 2011)

with Phantogram

with Peter Gabriel

with Randy Newman

with Robbie Williams

with Sara Bareilles

with Sam Phillips

with Rufus Wainwright

with Sean Lennon

with Tori Amos

with Willie Nelson and Miranda Lambert

with The Who

  • Who (Polydor, 2019)

with Lorde

  • Solar Power (Universal Music New Zealand Limited, 2021)

with Amber Arcades

  • Barefoot on Diamond Road (Fire Records, 2023)

with Zola Jesus

  • Arkhon (Sacred Bones Records, 2022)

with Ghost

with Chantal Kreviazuk

Movie soundtracks

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