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His father is former basketball player Tom Meschery.
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Matthew Meschery
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He is best known for being the original lead vocalist of the California based band Office of Personnel Management.
Before becoming involved in music, Matthew was a substitute teacher in Oakland, California. He then became a teacher at a school for "at-risk" children (both in and out of the juvenile justice system) in Santa Cruz, California. He became a songwriter as well as lead vocalist during his time with the band.
He co-wrote the band"s best known song Heaven Is a Halfpipe from the album Menace to Sobriety.
He featured on an episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks on 10 September 2001. In early 2002 after the Menace to Sobriety tour Matthew Meschery decided to leave the band.
John East. Necro stated "that was the biggest blow of anyone" and "I don"t think Matthew thought it through. lieutenant seemed like a really good idea when we got started, but it was more than he bargained foreign" during an interview in 2009.
In the October 2015 edition of Rock Sound magazine, Matthew revealed he would "often get stage fright" when performing live and "The idea of touring another record for two years felt pretty daunting.
I was done." Matthew then started working at KQED-FM shortly after leaving. Matthew along with Etienne Franc and Gary Dean then formed a band by the name of "The Free Agency" in 2003 after they all departed Office of Personnel Management. As of 2007, Matthew has been working for ITVS. He is currently in a new band called "Brand New Heartache" alongside former Office of Personnel Management bassist Etienne Franc.
