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Matt Walker was the drummer for Filter and The Smashing Pumpkins.

Walker filled in as drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins when founding drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was fired after a heroin overdose. He finished the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness tour with the band (1996 - 1997) and all of their dates up until the beginning of the Adore tour; this includes their television appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien where they played the song "Muzzle". Walker also recorded the song "The End is the Beginning is the End" with the band on the Batman and Robin official movie soundtrack, as well as the demos and early recordings of Adore. Despite this, he never secured himself as a permanent member of the band and moved on with his own musical projects, including performing on ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha's solo album Let It Come Down. In 1998, Walker was asked to tour with the Pumpkins throughout the band's Adore world tour, but he declined. Matt was replaced by John Mellencamp's drummer, Kenny Arnoff, for the following tour. Walker did, however, play with the Pumpkins again at their final show on December 2, 2000 when he got behind the drum kit for the band's final song 1979.

Matt went on to other collaborative efforts in The Cupcakes, Shiny, American Sunshine, Ashtar Command, Bullet Train, and the German Shephards.

He co-created Impossible Recording Machine with Jim Dinou.

Recently, he has performed in various songs on Garbage's new 2005 album, Bleed Like Me. He has been touring with Billy Corgan promoting TheFutureEmbrace, Corgan's newest album on which he contributed drumming.

Walker is currently playing drums with Morrissey during his 2006 tour.

Walker, Matt

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