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Biography

Matt Brann was born on 14th November, 1980 and hails from Ajax, Ontario. He was past Avril Lavigne's drummer and previously held position of drummer of high school bands Second Opinion and Norman.

He started playing drums when he was 12, but it wasn't until when he attended Exeter High School that he started to play in a band called Second Opinion along with a few school friends (including Jason "Cone" McCaslin from Sum 41) at the age of 14. They played together for about 5 years around their local town and outside of Toronto. When he was about 19 he joined another band from Toronto called Norman, but unfortunately, Matt quit after about a year as they never really got along.

Then luck struck at 2002 when a friend of his who was on the same management as Avril Lavigne had gotten signed and needed to put a band together. Matt called Lavigne's management Nettwerk and they flew him to New York to meet her. He auditioned for the role of the drummer and successfully became part of Lavigne's band.

As Avril Lavigne's drummer, he performed at many different venues, including London Astoria and attended numerous award shows. But when asked what his most memorable moment of his career was so far, he said it was having the honour of playing "Fuel" at the MTV Icon Metallica Tribute. Brann grew up listening to and playing Metallica so the honour of having Metallica sitting in the crowd while he and the rest of Lavigne's band played their song was, in his own words, "wow".[1] As well as a being a drummer, he is also a song writer. He, along with now ex-bandmate Evan Taubenfeld, co-wrote "Freak Out" with Lavigne in her second album "Under My Skin".

After being in the eighteen-month Bonez world tour with Lavigne, which started in September 2004, he, along with the rest of the band, took a well-earned break while Lavigne pursued an acting career. During this time, Matt went back to the studio and worked with various Canadian bands such as The Operation M.D. and The New Cities with their albums. In February 2007, it was announced officiallly that Brann is not longer part of Lavigne's band. Currently, Brann is the manager of The New Cities and working as producer for local Canadian acts such as One Second 2 Late and Sarah Nadeau.

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