Weezerpedia:Today's featured article/March 8, 2009

Matt Sharp (born September 22, 1969 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a founding member and former bassist of Weezer. Matt Sharp was born in Bangkok, Thailand to American parents on September 22, 1969. When he 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. Months later, he met Patrick Wilson, future Weezer drummer. Wilson convinced Sharp to move in to an apartment with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. However, he soon afterwards moved to Berkley, California to pursue a musical project. more