Mathien

Wikipedia:

Mathien is a Midwestern Funk-Rock band named after lead singer and guitarist Chris Mathien. Chris wrote and produced plus played all the parts on his first album "Head, Heart & Hands"(2007). To form a live band Chris meets with Bassist Mike Schiff and drummer Aaron Bouslog and formed the group in Carbondale, Illinois at Southern Illinois University. They would later be joined by keyboardist George Jackson after relocating to Chicago, Illinois. Lee England Jr. on violin was also added as a guest for the recording of the Album "Hello, Again" (2009). The band played a packed House of Blues in Chicago to kick off the album and tour. With songs like "Little Richard", "Dirt That I Do","Goodbye", "Remember" and the huge crowd favorite and college radio hit "We Don't Need to Make Love to Know That We've Got it" the band had built a strong fan base and played shows on a 2009-2010 tour. 2011 brought some changes with the band for the recording of "The Night I was an Alpha Male"(2011). George Jackson was out and Peter Wilkins joined the band on keyboards. They kicked off with a album release party at House of Blues again and toured in the midwest. The band also broke into college radio playlist across the country with the title track plus songs like "Jamie's Son", "Betaman", "Rub It In", "The Hold" and the huge crowd favorite "Lettuce Head". 2012 the band changed drummers and welcomed Omar Jahwar to the band, Mathien is out playing shows and also starting to record new tracks in 2012. Chris Mathien was on WONC-FM's Local Chaos radio show and said the band will be playing many shows in 2012 and hope to have a new album done by the end of the year.

Band Members

Chris Mathien (Guitars, Vocal), Mike Schiff (Bass), Peter Wilkins(Keyboards) and Omar Jahwar (Drums).