Mat Devine
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Mat Devine
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Matthew Devine |
| Born |
April 16, 1974 Norwalk, Connecticut, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, author, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels |
Atlantic Records Original Signal Universal Motown Roadrunner UK |
| Associated acts |
Kill Hannah Setting Fires Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Wrongchilde |
Mat Devine (born Matthew Devine, April 16, 1974) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actor and author. He is most well known for creating and fronting the alternative rock band Kill Hannah. His debut solo album, Gold Blooded, was released in August 2014.
Devine was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. He spent his early years in Norwalk and nearby Westport, Connecticut. Eventually his family moved to West Nyack, New York, where he attended Clarkstown High School South. In his junior year, his family moved again to Lake Forest, Illinois, where he graduated from Lake Forest High School. He enrolled in Illinois State University as an English major, and after 2 years, he transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he graduated with a BFA in Film.
He lived in Chicago until August 2010 when he moved to New York City. In 2013 he moved to Los Angeles. He has two sisters.
Devine's first studio experience was in the home of director John Hughes, where Hughes's son, John Hughes III, recorded four of Devine's songs. Hughes and Devine went on to record several songs together at Chicago Trax and Gravity Studios with engineer Critter.
At 19 years old, while working on a project called in a Jar UK, in Normal, Illinois, Devine went through a break-up with a 17-year-old girl named Hannah. He then wrote the song "Kill Hannah", which would later inspire the name of his band.
The band, formed at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, evolved over several years, self-releasing two LPs, four EPs, and earning a substantial local following- regularly selling out Chicago's legendary live venue The Metro- before signing with Atlantic Records in 2003.
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