Matt Tong plays drums in Bloc Party. He names Polvo, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, Supertramp and Dinosaur Jr (the early stuff) as muscial inspiration.



Matt Tong met the other guys from Bloc Party in 2003. He had come to London from Bournemouth to study music technology. Toting an HND, his own basic recording equipment and an enthusiasm for everything from Fleetwood Mac to Dead Meadow, he became Bloc Party’s ninth and - so far - final drummer, firing his trademark machine gun rolls from skin to skin ever since.