1. Matthew Kelly Sharp was born on September 22,1969 and is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
23 Facts About Matt Sharp
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Matt Sharp appears on their first two albums, the Blue Album and Pinkerton.
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In 1994, Sharp founded Rentals, who have released five albums.
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Matt Sharp has released an EP and an album as a solo artist.
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Matt Sharp was born in Bangkok, Thailand, to American parents on September 22,1969.
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In 1989, Matt Sharp started fronting a goth band, the Clique, which lasted less than a year.
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In mid-1991, Matt Sharp moved north to Berkeley, California, to pursue what the Weezer collaborator Karl Koch described as "some sorta symphonic keyboard sequencing music".
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Impressed, Matt Sharp returned to Los Angeles to join the band.
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In 1998, Matt Sharp left Weezer due to differences with the band members.
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Matt Sharp moved to the town of Leiper's Fork, Tennessee, and began recording.
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Matt Sharp went on an acoustic tour in 2002 with former Cake guitarist Greg Brown.
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In 2003, after a four-year hiatus, Matt Sharp returned with an EP, Puckett's Versus the Country Boy.
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Matt Sharp said he had handled most of Weezer's business affairs during their early success, including the hiring of accountants and attorneys and securing their record deal.
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The lawsuit stated that Cuomo was going to ask Matt Sharp to appear in the music video for their 2001 song "Island in the Sun".
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Finally, Matt Sharp additionally charged his former bandmates Patrick Wilson and Brian Bell with breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, dissolution of partnership, and declaratory relief.
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In 2003, Matt Sharp released a solo EP, followed by a self-titled solo album in 2004.
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Matt Sharp announced at the show that he and Cuomo had reunited and would be working on a record together.
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Later in 2004, Matt Sharp announced on his website that although he and Cuomo had come up with "15 or 16 new song ideas", their "special brand of dysfunctionality" might keep them from finishing the project.
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In March 2004, Matt Sharp recorded synthesizer on So Jealous by Canadian indie pop band Tegan and Sara.
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The possibility of him rejoining Weezer was an option; although this did not happen, in a 2006 interview, Matt Sharp credited these conversations with Cuomo as giving him the idea to return to writing pop music, which eventually led him to re-form the Rentals.
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In October 2010, Matt Sharp sold most of his equipment from his Weezer and Rentals days on eBay.
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In November 2010, Cuomo mentioned in an interview with Spin that "the idea came up" of having Matt Sharp rejoin the band for their "Memories Tour", in which they play The Blue Album and Pinkerton.
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In 2011, Matt Sharp provided guest vocals on the song "FAQ" by Berri Txarrak, a Basque band whose live album Zertarako Amestu had significant influence on Songs About Time.