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How did you get started on bass?

MATTEO I officially started playing bass in 2010 with a band called Donkey Breeder, a progressive band from Modena, Italy, my home town. The guys were in need of a new bassist ,and the previous one was, like me, a guitarist playing on bass, so it was my job from the beginning. I gave it a try, the guys liked me, I loved bass from the first touch and I haven’t stopped since then. Thanks to Donkey Breeder’s bass playing, I got a job in Blindead, and my adventure with Me And That Man started when I joined the band in 2017.

I picked up the bass for this band! Through school I messed about with other instruments, and one day Perry (drums) and Tristan (vocals/guitar) asked me to learn

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