King Diamond/Shaolin Death Squad drummer Matt Thompson talks about his history in Texas with both local gigs and studying at University of North Texas with the infamous Ed Soph, the challenges of graduating the percussion program there at the time, growing up with concert band, jazz band and marching band in New Jersey, how a modern drummer article changed his perspective on studying various styles of music, how an early interest in drummer Gregg Bissonette and seeing a young Keith Carlock coincided with his move to UNT, how Sean Reinert changed the game, learning the back catalogue and proceeding with new material with King Diamond, lessons imparted by the great Tony Williams, and much more!
