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Matthew
Bauer was born and bred in the DC suburbs but was raised a Pittsburgh
kid. He grew up passionate about Pittsburgh Penguins hockey and Steeler
football. While he continued his love of Pittsburgh sports he discovered
a new passion in music. When he reached middle school Matt knew it
was time to begin growing up and that meant getting rid of all his
childhood toys. He sold his G.I. Joe collection for $100.00 at a yard
sale and used the cash to buy his first guitar, a piece of crap from
toys r' us with a built in amp and effects. He took lessons but soon
realized that they did not help much and he was better off teaching
himself. High School brought the option to take a guitar class and
that's when it all started to happen. A fellow classmate performed
MetallicA's "Master of Puppets" during class one day and
Matt fell in love with that sound. He studied the riff driven power
of James Hetfield day and night along with childhood friend Nathan
"Jeebus" DeBord. Pretty soon it was Fender, Gibson, Marshall
and ESP instead of toy store crap. Nathan switched to bass and the
duo started writing music instead of playing other peoples tunes.
Thus began a long list of singers and bands they went through. Pop
Rock, Reggae, Smokin' Blues and Heavy Metal, they tried it all. During
this time Matt found the love of his life, Cheryl. The two were married
in May of 2006 after a five year relationship. Cheryl, being a very
talented artist, has gone on to design Stokley Rose logos and even
a tattoo for Nathan. She is the OFFICIAL Stokley Rose artist. After
the passing of Matt's mother in June of 2006 he was more driven then
ever to make this rock star dream a reality. It's this drive and love
for his wife that make Matt the dedicated riff machine that he is
today. So come to a show and say "high" to this loveable
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