Jump to content

Mattias Bernwall

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Koavf (talk | contribs) at 20:53, 8 September 2020 (Importing Wikidata short description: "Swedish musician" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Dr. Matt Destruction
Dr. Matt Destruction in 2007
Dr. Matt Destruction in 2007
Background information
Birth nameMattias Bernvall
Also known as
  • Dr. Matt Destruction
  • Dr. Destruction
Born (1978-03-18) 18 March 1978 (age 46)
Fagersta, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
InstrumentBass guitar
Years active1989–2013
Labels
Websitethehivesbroadcastingservice.com

Dr. Matt Destruction (born Mattias Bernwall; 18 March 1978 in Fagersta), is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is the former bassist of garage rock band The Hives.

Career

The Hives were formed in 1993 and rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a leading group of the garage rock revival, playing garage rock influenced rock music. Dr. Matt typically plays a 1970s Fender Telecaster Bass which differs from the earlier late 1960s Telecaster bass and 1950s Precision Bass (which the Telecaster bass was basically a reissue of) in that the bass has a humbucker rather than a single coil pickup (note: In the "Hate to Say I Told You So" music video, he plays a Rickenbacker bass) in the band's signature white/black color combo through a white Hiwatt amplifier; he almost always uses bass distortion and a pick.

Discography

References