Matt Thompson plays drums in King Diamond. On Soundmag.com Thompson reveils:

"There were a lot of drummers in my neighborhood when I was a kid. I started playing to fit in, when I was 9. I was pretty good at it, but I started really taking it seriously when I was 12, after I saw my first Rush concert."

The first real band Matt Thompson played in was probably Horizon, during high school. It was progressive rock style, like some of what they were listening to: Rush, Yes, Genesis, Tull, etc. Matt Thompson:

In 1995 I did a project for my friend Rich Logan in NJ called Autumn Silence, not long before coming to TX for college. It was the first thing I did after my shoulder surgery. It seems like 30 years ago!"

Though he plays with metallers King Diamond, Matt Thompson earned a Jazz Studies degree from the University of North Texas.



Besides King Diamond Thompson also plays in Batcastle and Shoalin Death Squad. He also spend a lot of time on his own project called "Robonukah".