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'''Matt Sharp''' (born [[September 22]], 1969 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a American bassist and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member and former bassist of [[Weezer]]. Sharp left the band in February [[1998]] in order to focus on his own band [[The Rentals]]. In addition to his work with Weezer and The Rentals, he has also released one EP and one full length album as a [[Matt_Sharp#Solo|solo artist]]. | '''Matt Sharp''' (born [[September 22]], 1969 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a American bassist and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member and former bassist of [[Weezer]]. Sharp left the band in February [[1998]] in order to focus on his own band [[The Rentals]]. In addition to his work with Weezer and The Rentals, he has also released one EP and one full length album as a [[Matt_Sharp#Solo|solo artist]]. | ||
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===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
[[Image:mattsharpbirth.jpg|thumb|200px|Matt Sharp's birth certificate]] | [[Image:mattsharpbirth.jpg|thumb|200px|Matt Sharp's birth certificate]] | ||
Matt Sharp was born in Bangkok, Thailand to American parents on [[September 22]], 1969. | Matt Sharp was born in Bangkok, Thailand to American parents on [[September 22]], 1969, during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War Vietnam War]. His father, Richard Gene Sharp, was employed by a company contracted by the United States government to interview prisoners of war [https://t.e2ma.net/webview/n4lxfc/1dfeb6cd3812ddddcad820509f8cd141]. When Matt was one year old, he and his family moved to Arlington, Virginia. At age fourteen, Sharp began listening to punk rock music like Suicidal Tendencies. He then decided that Arlington and its music scene was too boring for him and decided to move west to California. At age sixteen, he arrived in San Diego. In 1989, Sharp fronted a short-lived "goth" band called [[the Clique]], described by [[Karl Koch]] as having a "somewhat pretentious Cure/Joy Division style" [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_1#Matt_Sharp:_The_Clique_-_Summer.2FFall_1989]. The band produced a single demo tape that included one song, titled "[[Ice Butterfly]]". | ||
Months later, he met [[Patrick Wilson]], future Weezer drummer. Wilson convinced Sharp to move into an apartment with [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Sharp occasionally played keyboards for the band [[Bush]] (which was comprised of Wilson, Pat Finn, and [[Tom Gardocki]]. Later, after moving to his own apartment in Westwood, Sharp became involved with the social activism group the Black Rock Coalition. Throughout 1990, Sharp and Wilson collaborated on various songs, described by Koch as "funny" and "They Might Be Giants-like" 4-track recordings [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_1#Pat_Wilson_and_Matt_Sharp_make_funny_4-track_recordings_spring-fall_1990]. | Months later, he met [[Patrick Wilson]], future Weezer drummer. Wilson convinced Sharp to move into an apartment with [[Rivers Cuomo]]. Sharp occasionally played keyboards for the band [[Bush]] (which was comprised of Wilson, Pat Finn, and [[Tom Gardocki]]. Later, after moving to his own apartment in Westwood, Sharp became involved with the social activism group the Black Rock Coalition. Throughout 1990, Sharp and Wilson collaborated on various songs, described by Koch as "funny" and "They Might Be Giants-like" 4-track recordings [https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_1#Pat_Wilson_and_Matt_Sharp_make_funny_4-track_recordings_spring-fall_1990]. | ||
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Sharp began production on The Rentals' second album beginning in Spring of [[1996]], traveling to London multiple times over the next two years. Sharp was substituted with [[Scott Riebling]] for the final ''[[Pinkerton]]'' sessions. Sharp left Weezer officially in [[1998]] - apparently a mutual and amicable decision between himself and the band - in order to focus on The Rentals. Sharp played with Weezer for the final time on [[August 15]], [[1997]] at [[Weezer concert: 08/15/1997 - Hollywood, CA|a benefit concert]] for [[Mykel and Carli Allan]]. His final collaboration with [[Rivers Cuomo]] would be the [[Homie]] song "[[American Girls]]", released in early 1998 for the [[Meet the Deedles Soundtrack|''Meet the Deedles'' Soundtrack]]. The Rentals released their sophomore album ''[[Seven More Minutes]]'' in 1999. However, the album sold less than ''Return of the Rentals'' and the band subsequently went on hiatus. | Sharp began production on The Rentals' second album beginning in Spring of [[1996]], traveling to London multiple times over the next two years. Sharp was substituted with [[Scott Riebling]] for the final ''[[Pinkerton]]'' sessions. Sharp left Weezer officially in [[1998]] - apparently a mutual and amicable decision between himself and the band - in order to focus on The Rentals. Sharp played with Weezer for the final time on [[August 15]], [[1997]] at [[Weezer concert: 08/15/1997 - Hollywood, CA|a benefit concert]] for [[Mykel and Carli Allan]]. His final collaboration with [[Rivers Cuomo]] would be the [[Homie]] song "[[American Girls]]", released in early 1998 for the [[Meet the Deedles Soundtrack|''Meet the Deedles'' Soundtrack]]. The Rentals released their sophomore album ''[[Seven More Minutes]]'' in 1999. However, the album sold less than ''Return of the Rentals'' and the band subsequently went on hiatus. | ||
===Litigation against Weezer=== | ===Litigation against Weezer=== | ||
On [[April 18]], [[2002]], Sharp filed a lawsuit against his former Weezer bandmates for breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, and dissolution of partnership, declaratory relief and accounting under the copyright act. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/former-bassist-sues-weezer-176510/] Sharp claimed that he had co-written "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and nine of the songs from ''[[Pinkerton]]'', and was entitled to one-third interest in the songs. Sharp also claimed in the suit that he had planned on appearing in the band's music video for "[[Island in the Sun]]" following the departure of [[Mikey Welsh]], and that he was consulted about songs that appeared on the band's [[Weezer (The Green Album)|self-titled third album]] [http://www.mtv.com/news/1453586/former-weezer-bassist-matt-sharp-sues-band-over-royalties/]. Said Sharp about the lawsuit to MTV: " I found out some things recently about their actions that really changed the whole thing and, all in all, really broke my heart. They left me no choice than to have to deal with it this way" [http://www.mtv.com/news/1455067/matt-sharp-preps-solo-lp-talks-weezer-lawsuit/]. The lawsuit was settled out of court [https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/overrated-underrated-or-properly-rated-weezer/]. | On [[April 18]], [[2002]], Sharp filed a lawsuit against his former Weezer bandmates for breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, and dissolution of partnership, declaratory relief and accounting under the copyright act. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/former-bassist-sues-weezer-176510/] Sharp claimed that he had co-written "[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and nine of the songs from ''[[Pinkerton]]'', and was entitled to one-third interest in the songs. Sharp also claimed in the suit that he had planned on appearing in the band's music video for "[[Island in the Sun]]" following the departure of [[Mikey Welsh]], and that he was consulted about songs that appeared on the band's [[Weezer (The Green Album)|self-titled third album]] [http://www.mtv.com/news/1453586/former-weezer-bassist-matt-sharp-sues-band-over-royalties/]. Said Sharp about the lawsuit to MTV: "I found out some things recently about their actions that really changed the whole thing and, all in all, really broke my heart. They left me no choice than to have to deal with it this way" [http://www.mtv.com/news/1455067/matt-sharp-preps-solo-lp-talks-weezer-lawsuit/]. The lawsuit was settled out of court [https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/overrated-underrated-or-properly-rated-weezer/]. | ||
===Solo career=== | ===Solo career=== | ||
Wanting to "disconnect and cut all ties to the music world" [http://www.mtv.com/news/1491398/matt-sharp-says-lp-with-rivers-cuomo-may-never-come-out/], Sharp moved to a small house at 4212 Old Hillsboro Road in the small town of Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. After nearly four years of no musical output, Sharp released a solo, acoustic EP in [[2003]] called ''[[Puckett's Versus the Country Boy]]'', named for Puckett's, the town's sole restaurant and grocery store. Sharp followed up the release with a [[Matt Sharp (album)|full-length self-titled album]] in [[2004]]. | Wanting to "disconnect and cut all ties to the music world" [http://www.mtv.com/news/1491398/matt-sharp-says-lp-with-rivers-cuomo-may-never-come-out/], Sharp moved to a small house at 4212 Old Hillsboro Road in the small town of Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. After nearly four years of no musical output, Sharp released a solo, acoustic EP in [[2003]] called ''[[Puckett's Versus the Country Boy]]'', named for Puckett's, the town's sole restaurant and grocery store. Sharp followed up the release with a [[Matt Sharp (album)|full-length self-titled album]] in [[2004]]. | ||