Career
McDonough is the band"s original drummer and has appeared and performed on every release by Mudvayne. He holds a respected place in the world of drumming for his signature drumming style. Within Mudvayne, Matthew is the person who was probably the most influential in setting the direction for the concept themes on the band"s first two albums.
Matthew is also known for composing, recording, mixing, and mastering the electronic interludes on both Lalbhai Dalpatbhai 50 and The End of All Things to Come.
In the album, he is experimenting with acoustic drumming and Electronica. Matthew, as MjDawn, also has several side projects both with ambient/electronica artist Vir Unis under the band name "MiKroNaught" and with guitarist RFSans under the band name ultrAtheist.
On the production side of the music industry, he is co-owner of the label AtmoWorks together with Vir Unis. Matt was previously in a band called On the shoulders of giants and is currently in the band Audiotopsy with former Mudvayne guitarist Gregg Tribbett.
His Pearl Masterworks Kit with custom Tobacco Fade Finish and custom Satin Chrome Hardware:
20x16 Bass Drum
13x8 Custom Snare Drum
8x7 tom (suspended directly on top of his 10x8 tom)
10x8 tom
12x9 tom
14x10 tom
16x16 Suspended floor tom
18x16 suspended floor tom (to his left).
