Career
Ned"s Atomic Dustbin had a string of hit singles, from 1990 to 1995, including "Happy", "Kill Your Television" and "Not Sleeping Around". The band had an unusual line-up of two bass players, and Cheslin generally played the traditional bass lines. Cheslin has not partaken in the Ned"s Atomic Dustbin reunions since 2000, until the Re:United gigs on 6 December 2008 and 23 May 2009, when original guitarist Gareth Pring (Rat) also played for the first time since the original line up split in 1995.
In a 2009 interview, Mat talked about the recent shows.
"lieutenant"s a bit of concept gig. lieutenant"s like taking the clock back to 1991." He further adds, "lieutenant was great, it"s been quite nostalgic.
I haven"t played for the whole time that I haven"t been in the band, but some of the really old songs I remember more. You do really notice the difference in the really early songs.
lieutenant was as exciting as it was when I was 17.".