Matt Sorum is best known as both a former member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he recorded three studio albums, and as a member of the supergroup Velvet Revolver.
33 Facts About Matt Sorum
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Matt Sorum was a member of Guns N' Roses side-projects, Slash's Snakepit and Neurotic Outsiders, and has released two solo albums, Hollywood Zen and Stratosphere.
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Matt Sorum has been a permanent member of hard rock cover band Camp Freddy since 2003, alongside Jane's Addiction members Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney, and assisted in hosting its radio show and podcast on Indie 103.1.
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In 2012, Matt Sorum founded a touring project, entitled Kings of Chaos, featuring members of Guns N' Roses, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick and Slipknot.
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In 2012, Matt Sorum was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses.
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Matt Sorum started to play drums after watching Ringo Starr with The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
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Matt Sorum left and went to Hollywood to play with a series of bands, including Population Five, with bassist Prescott Niles from The Knack, and Hawk, replacing Scott Travis, who went to play with Racer X and later Judas Priest.
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Matt Sorum then left on a tour around the country with a blues guitarist, playing nightclubs and bars.
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Matt Sorum featured fully on the lengthy Use Your Illusion Tour, drumming on all of the 194 shows, 9 legs and to over 7 million fans.
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In 1994, Matt Sorum formed Slash's Snakepit with Slash and Gilby Clarke and drummed on their debut album It's Five O'Clock Somewhere.
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Matt Sorum lent his drumming skills in the theme song for the 1995 20th Century Fox film, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
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That same year, Matt Sorum formed the supergroup Neurotic Outsiders, which featured bandmate Duff McKagan.
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In 1997, Matt Sorum was fired from Guns N' Roses by Axl Rose after an argument with Rose over the inclusion of Paul Tobias in the band.
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Matt Sorum claimed that Tobias made disparaging remarks about a Slash performance on TV, resulting in him blowing up at Tobias.
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In 1999, Matt Sorum reunited with Slash and McKagan to promote a concert for the independent film Soundman at the Slamdance Film Festival.
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Matt Sorum had composed the film with Lanny Cordola and Michael Stearns.
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Matt Sorum toured with Velvet Revolver until singer Weiland parted ways with the band on April 1,2008.
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In 1994, Matt Sorum was one of many guest drummers on the album, "Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich".
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Matt Sorum released his first solo album, Hollywood Zen, in 2003.
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Matt Sorum has endorsed Zildjian cymbals, featured in numerous sweepstakes with Zildjian, and lent his talents to Submersible Music's DrumCore software.
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In 2006, Matt Sorum began guest recording in his studio with a new project, called Circus Diablo.
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On June 4,2008, Matt Sorum revealed Camp Freddy is working on an album.
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Matt Sorum was featured in episode 54 of TV's LA Ink originally airing on August 27,2009.
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Matt Sorum filled in on Motorhead's 2009 US tour, while drummer Mikkey Dee took part in Kandisdjungeln, a Swedish version of I'm a Celebrity.
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Matt Sorum made an appearance in an episode of FSN Sport Science, when a test was undertaken to determine if a professional basketball point guard had faster hands than a drummer.
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In 2010 and 2011 Matt Sorum appeared on the reality show Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp.
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Matt Sorum appeared as one of the counselors guiding a new band in a music competition.
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Matt Sorum hoped to draw attention to the abuse that bears suffer on the farms in China and Vietnam.
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Matt Sorum has since become an ambassador for the cause.
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Matt Sorum is an auxiliary member of the Cooper-fronted rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, appearing on the band's eponymous 2015 debut studio album and playing drums at the band's high-profile Rock in Rio show on September 24,2015, as well as preceding warm-up shows at The Roxy on September 16 and 17.
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Matt Sorum played with the Hollywood Vampires during their February 2016 Grammy Award Performance.
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In 2018, at iconic conference and festival SXSW, Matt Sorum, who is the former drummer of Guns N' Roses, unveiled Artbit, a distributed-ledger platform that enables both artists and fans to share and monetise artistic talent from anywhere across the globe.
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On October 12,2013 Matt Sorum married his longtime girlfriend Ace Harper in Palm Springs, California.