Background
Matt Friction was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated from Hume Fogg Magnet High School in 1999.
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Education
He attended Middle Tennessee State University from 1999 to 2000.
Career
Friction"s music career began in 1998 as lead singer and songwriter of the band. He later moved on to establish power popular band with Bob Ferrari and Jon Decious. During a brief hiatus in 2009, Friction formed two new bands, and, both releasing individual material.
1998-2003: & Early Friction established the band with fellow members Nathan Hansen (bass), Kelby Caldwell (guitar), and James Nelson (drums) in 1998.
They played on a regular basis at venues such as NXT Generation, Indienet and The Muse in Nashville. The band eventually formed a loyal fan base after touring several locations.
In 2001, Nelson was replaced by Dan Sommers. Friction played occasionally for Oliver"s Army, where Bob Ferrari was the drummer.
He also launched a solo project entitled.
Soon enough, both Friction and Ferrari decided to leave their own musical projects to make music together, recruiting Jon Decious as bassist, and Jamie Mechan, a second guitarist, who played with them only for a short while. After contemplating names such as The Pink Tigers and The Pink Diablos, they settled on. 2003-2009: 2009-2010: Subsequent projects In 2009, with the Pink Spiders on hiatus, Friction announced that he was focusing on two new projects.
One group,, completed an album in the summer of 2009 in Sausalito, California with producer Jerry Harrison.
A new release entitled and containing seven songs was published online in February 2010 through the band"s bandcamp website. His next project was doo-wop/garage outfit, who began recording in February 2010.
The band released a full-length album on its website, thedozendimes.com, on midnight, April 6, 2010, entitled Get Real Gone With. The 11-track release drew influences from a variety of musical genres, including doo-wop, garage rock, psychedelic popular, and soul.
An early version of " song "Maybelline" is featured on the Projects" MySpace page.
