Matt Walker has always wanted to play the drums. It was his first instrument and he took to it immediately. He's now made a wonderful career of it - playing in an amazing list of incredibly bands. Morrissey, Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, Garbage and more. His band, Cupcakes, put out a major label record, but broke up too soon. Nowadays, Matt puts out his own work as of1000faces. We talked about Matt's career, as well as his thoughts on Chicago.

https://of1000faces.bandcamp.com/

Time stamps:

3:07 : Was it always your intent to play drums, or did you learn something else and segway into drums?

4:21 : Who were some of your earliest drumming influences?

6:51 : Did you learn anything from your dad about listening to music critically?

10:52 : At what point do you start to expand your music playing from the blues scene into more rock type acts?

15:16 : What was that band that clicked for you that you played in?

17: How do you get tapped to audition for Filter/what is an audition like?

21:30 : You enter The Smashing Pumpkins at a super tumultuous time, what is that tumult like?

28:24 : How quickly did you have to learn The Pumpkins songs before going on tour with them?

35:15 : What led to you leaving The Pumpkins?

39:28 : Tell us more about Cupcakes

43: Did you take more ownership because this was your band?

44:19 : How do you get hooked into the Morrissey orbit?

49:13 : Is it stressful to be in a band with Morrissey?

51: What is it like going in the studio with Morrissey?

53: Thick or thin crust pizza fan?

55:05 : Favorite venue to see a show and favorite venue to play a show?

56: What makes Chicago music scene unique?

58: How did the of1000faces project come to be?

59:48 : What is your go to cheap drink?

61:20 : Anything you'd like to plug on the way on out of here?