1. Matthew Sweet graduated from Southeast High School in Lincoln, in 1983.
18 Facts About Matthew Sweet
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Matthew Sweet joined the band The Specs and released his first recording on a battle of bands LP produced by a local radio station, and fronted his own local band called The Dialtones.
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Matthew Sweet formed a new band, and together they spent that year assembling his next work, originally titled Nothing Lasts.
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In 1993, Matthew Sweet released Altered Beast, an album which drew mixed reactions with its intense and brooding tracks.
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In 1997, Matthew Sweet released Blue Sky on Mars, a new-wave album which featured the synth-laden singles "Where You Get Love" and "Come to California".
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In 1999, Matthew Sweet released In Reverse, a psychedelic album which featured Wall of Sound singles "What Matters" and "Trade Places".
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In 2003, Matthew Sweet released Kimi Ga Suki, a garage-rock album initially released in Japan, where Matthew Sweet has a following.
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In 2008, Matthew Sweet released Sunshine Lies, his 10th studio album, which incorporated a 2-LP set featuring 4 bonus tracks.
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In 2011, Matthew Sweet released Modern Art, an album which featured the single, "She Walks the Night".
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In 2012, Matthew Sweet celebrated the 20th anniversary of Girlfriend with a tour performing the entire album from start to finish.
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Also that year, Matthew Sweet contributed an essay for the Mark Dillon book Fifty Sides of the Beach Boys on the 1967 song "Wonderful".
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In 2014, Matthew Sweet was featured on The Simpsons, the longest-running American sitcom.
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Matthew Sweet wrote "Hopin' for a Dream", a song by fictitious 1980s band SunGazer, in the episode.
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In 2018, Matthew Sweet released Tomorrow's Daughter on May 18, a companion album to Tomorrow Forever.
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In 2021, Matthew Sweet released Catspaw, his 15th studio album, and the first to feature Matthew Sweet playing all lead guitar parts.
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Matthew Sweet was married at least once before; a 1989 divorce strongly inspired the songs on Sweet's commercial breakthrough album Girlfriend.
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Matthew Sweet is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.
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In October 2024, Matthew Sweet suffered a debilitating stroke while on tour with Hanson.