As you may or may not know Paolo Gregoletto is the bassist in Trivium and he has a pretty good musical mind and is a pretty damn fine bassist as well. Not to mention he was the subject in my first phone interview.
This past weekend his grandmother sat on the side of the stage at the Godsof Metal Festival in Italy to watch her grandson perform for what I am going to assume was the first time. Either way, it is pretty cool to have that kind of support from your family. I am sure it was something she has never experienced before but it doesn’t look like it bothered her at all.
Born in 1989 in a small town in South Carolina, Matthew was raised on metal. His father, a huge KISS and other classic rock/metal fan and his brother wh owas raised during he hay-day of Hair Metal and Grunge, Matthew was made to do this.
I digest any and all music that comes my way; not just metal. Metal for me strikes the rebellious, angry, and energizing nerve that no other music can. Metal has the most talent, most feeling, and most power than any kind of music. I am always up for discussing anything and everything involving metal and other music.