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- They ended their message with a heartfelt plea: "Please take a moment to check in with your loved ones so we can stop this happening to our young men."Here is what you need to knowMatt picked up the guitar back in primary school and quickly fell in love with the fast, fun energy of punk-pop that was popular among skaters.
- His dad, who played in a local party band, sometimes brought the 12-year-old along to rehearsals, where Matt would jump in and solo over their blues and pop songs. Things really took off when he met his future bandmates - Geordie Greep, Cameron Picton, and Morgan Simpson, at the BRIT School in London.
- Greep introduced him to wilder sounds like harsh noise, drone, and artists such as Merzbow, which shaped the chaotic, boundary-pushing style black midi became known for.
- The band first grabbed attention with their intense, unpredictable live shows at Brixton's famous Windmill venue.
- Matt would switch between frantic post-hardcore riffs and completely abstract, improvised noise, helping define the buzzing south London experimental rock scene alongside groups like Black Country, New Road, Jerskin Fendrix, and Shame. In 2019, black midi signed with Rough Trade and dropped their debut album Schlagenheim, produced by Dan Carey.
