I Am Jealous...

[MrsSmith]

I live in Vancouver now, though at the time I "first heard him" I was a teenager growing up in Maple Ridge. Small town living--Suburbia-- if ever there was one. I heard stuff from Ghetto Astronauts first, then I saw him at Edgefest '96, in which they were promoting Underdogs. I loved them ( MGB) from the moment I heard them, partially because they were from a town about 20 minutes from mine and I felt a special kinship towards Matthew. I followed his career, ups downs and otherwise. His music did in fact even ' inspire ' me in some choices I made in my 20's. I am 30-ish now, and own everything he has ever done, solo, with the band and of course his early stuff. His book is pretty good too. I don't have a favorite album, though Beautiful Midnight would be it if I had to choose. He never ceases to amaze me, and I know that he never will stop amazing me with his words, moods and awesome musical composition. His music speaks to me like no other artist's ever has, and that is my story of how I came to adore Matthew Good.

[i_the_throw_away]

I first heard MGB back in high school....I was watching muchmusic and they played the Indestructible video. A few weeks later my sister purchased the Underdogs cd and I loved it and have purchased every cd since. I would say that I realized I was a true hardcore fan when I had to purchase a second beautiful midnight cd from listening to it so often. In grade 11, I started to go through some really tough shit in life. Mg

[Curtster]

I first heard Matthew Good Band when in about '99 (9 years old) probably. They were my favourite band when I was 9 or 10 probably lol, I didn't really appreciate how good it really was at that point I don't think. I got into blink-182 and other pop-punk stuff in my teens and completely forgot about Matt Good, I think I sold all my old MGB cds at a garage sale my family had haha. Around 16 or 17 I started getting to more classic and alternative rock stuff, I think I heard Born Losers on the radio when it came out and remembered "hey that's the guy I used to listen to way back". I looked up Matthew Good, more just out of curiousity of where he is now, completely re-discovered MGB and fell in love with the solo stuff. Matt Good was all I listened to for a good year after that, I had that nice period where I was discovering all the music and re-purchasing the albums I had got rid off haha. I got into his stuff again about 2 years ago, and he is still about 60% of what I listen to at this time.

[MrsSmith]

I too appreciate that he discusses openly his mental illness. I always wondered though, with some of the songs or albums he did, if there wasn't something just below the surface. I've suffered from clinical depression now for more than half my life, and when I listened to his stuff, it was like he totally understood what I was going through, and I always wondered how he could understand so well, you know? Then the whole Hospital music thing, and then the light went on for me and I suddenly realized why I understood his music, or more, why I connected to him and his music so much more than anyone else I knew or know. It made me feel a little bit better about it, the depression thing. Anyway, enough rambling, there are many people out there who don't get him, but probably just as many people who do. And if they don't, well, that's their loss, all the more concert tickets and C.D's for me.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

I too appreciate that he discusses openly his mental illness. I always wondered though, with some of the songs or albums he did, if there wasn't something just below the surface. I've suffered from clinical depression now for more than half my life, and when I listened to his stuff, it was like he totally understood what I was going through, and I always wondered how he could understand so well, you know? Then the whole Hospital music thing, and then the light went on for me and I suddenly realized why I understood his music, or more, why I connected to him and his music so much more than anyone else I knew or know. It made me feel a little bit better about it, the depression thing.

 

Yeah I always felt that way too, most of my friends aren't huge into Matt's music, and some say "I don't see the big deal about Matt Good" etc. and I felt this connection to his music that not many people I knew understood. After Hospital Music came out, a lot of things made sense in hindsight, his music and how I felt about it. It's comforting to know you're not alone in dealing with an invisible enemy.

 

Anyway, enough rambling, there are many people out there who don't get him, but probably just as many people who do. And if they don't, well, that's their loss, all the more concert tickets and C.D's for me.

 

That's the spirit! ;)