About Matt Swanson

	Matt rehearsing with Lambchop in London © 2004 Stephen Dowling

Matt Swanson has been performing and recording music since the mid-1980s. A self-taught bass guitarist, Matt was a founding member of the progressive alt-metal trio Clockhammer, with whom he recorded two full-length albums before the group broke up in 1992. Matt has since recorded and/or toured with such notable artists as CYOD (Mark Nevers), My Dad is Dead, Lambchop, David Kilgour, St. Thomas (the late Thomas Hansen), Dave Cloud and The Mattoid.

Matt Swanson's Discography

• with Lambchop
• with Dave Cloud
• with Bobby Bare, Jr.
• with My Dad is Dead
• with Clockhammer
• with St. Thomas
• with CYOD
• other recordings

with Lambchop

	Live at XX Merge by Lambchop [concert video] Merge Records, 2009 ~ bass guitar ~ "The results are in and it's unanimous—Lambchop stole the show at XX Merge." — Washington Post
	OH (ohio) by Lambchop City Slang and Merge Records, 2008 ~ bass guitar ~
	No Such Silence by Lambchop [concert DVD, released only in Europe] City Slang, 2007 ~ bass guitar ~
	Damaged by Lambchop City Slang and Merge Records, 2006 ~ bass guitar ~ #39 on Uncut Magazine's Albums of the Year 2006 Observer Music Monthly's Top 20 Albums of the Year
	CoLAB by Lambchop/Hands Off Cuba [EP] City Slang and Merge Records, 2005 ~ bass guitar ~
	Aw C'mon / No You C'mon by Lambchop [2 CD set, Europe only] City Slang, 2004 ~ bass guitar ~ #20 on Uncut Magazine's Albums of the Year 2004 Plug Music Award Nominee, 2004 Americana Album of the Year
	No You C'mon by Lambchop City Slang and Merge Records, 2004 ~ bass guitar; co-composer of "About My Lighter" ~
	Aw C'mon by Lambchop City Slang and Merge Records, 2004 ~ bass guitar ~
	Pet Sounds Sucks by Lambchop [limited-edition European tour CD] City Slang, 2002 ~ bass guitar ~
	Treasure Chest of the Enemy by Lambchop [version 2; limited-edition tour CD-EP] self released, 2002 ~ bass guitar ~
	Is a Woman by Lambchop City Slang and Merge Records, 2002 ~ bass guitar ~ #6 on Uncut Magazine's Albums of the Year 2002
	Treasure Chest of the Enemy by Lambchop [version 1; limited-edition tour CD-EP] self released, 2001 ~ bass guitar ~
	Tools in the Dryer: A Rarities Compilation by Lambchop Merge Records, 2001 ~ bass guitar ~
	Nixon by Lambchop City Slang and Merge Records, 2000 ~ bass guitar ~ Uncut Magazine's Album of the Year 2000

with Dave Cloud

	Fever by Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power [EP] Fire Records, 2009 ~ co-producer, co-engineer, musician ~
	Pleasure Before Business by Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power Fire Records, 2008 ~ co-producer, co-engineer, musician ~
	Napoleon of Temperance by Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power [compilation] Fire Records, 2006 ~ co-producer, co-mixer, co-composer, musician ~
	All My Best by Dave Cloud Thee Swan Recording Company, 2004 ~ co-producer, mixer, co-composer, musician ~
	Songs I Will Always Sing by Dave Cloud Thee Swan Recording Company/Bloodsucker Records, 1999 ~ producer, mixer, co-composer, musician ~

with Bobby Bare, Jr.

	From the End of Your Leash by Bobby Bare, Jr.'s Young Criminals' Starvation League Bloodshot Records, 2004 ~ bass guitar ~
	OK - I'm Sorry. . . by Bobby Bare, Jr.'s Young Criminals' Starvation League [EP] Bloodshot Records, 2003 ~ bass guitar ~
	Young Criminals' Starvation League by Bobby Bare, Jr. Bloodshot Records, 2002 ~ bass guitar ~

with My Dad is Dead

	Everyone Wants the Honey But Not the Sting by My Dad is Dead Emperor Jones, 1997 ~ bass guitar ~
	For Richer, For Poorer by My Dad is Dead Emperor Jones, 1995 ~ bass guitar ~
	Out of Sight, Out of Mind by My Dad is Dead Scat, 1993 ~ bass guitar ~

with Clockhammer

	Klinefelter by Clockhammer First Warning Records, 1992 ~ bass guitar, co-composer, cover designer ~
	"Here Comes Santa Claus" by Clockhammer [on A Lump of Coal compilation by various artists] First Warning Records, 1991 ~ bass guitar ~
	Carrot by Clockhammer [EP] First Warning Records, 1991 ~ bass guitar, co-composer, co-producer, cover designer ~
	Clockhammer by Clockhammer First Warning Records, 1990 ~ bass guitar, co-composer, co-producer, cover designer ~

with St. Thomas

	Hey Harmony by St. Thomas City Slang, 2003; Racing Junior, 2004 ~ bass guitar ~
	A Long Long Time by St. Thomas [EP] City Slang and Racing Junior, 2003 ~ bass guitar ~

with CYOD

	Better Shit on the Way! by CYOD Trust Me, 2003 ~ bass guitar ~
	"A Brother In Trouble"/"Gunpowder Full of Soul"/"Henry Mancini" by CYOD [on Lambchop/CYOD split vinyl 7" EP] Bloodsucker Records, 1995 ~ bass guitar ~

other recordings

	Let's Do the Classics by The Mattoid Thee Swan Recording Company, 2010 ~ producer, bass guitar, cover designer ~
	"Saving up to Get Married" on Cheer Gone by Euros Childs Wichita, 2008 ~ bass guitar ~
	A Loud Call by Holly Throsby Spunk Records, 2008 ~ bass guitar ~
	"The American War" by Simone White [on The Sound the Hare Heard compilation by various artists] Kill Rock Stars, 2006 ~ bass guitar ~
	Frozen Orange by David Kilgour Merge Records, 2004 ~ bass guitar ~
	Antidote by Jenny Toomey Misra, 2001 ~ bass guitar ~
	"Swan Song" [on Stumpy by Tall Dwarfs] Flying Nun Records, 1996 ~ bass guitar, drums, melodica ~