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Matthew Chee Hung Tong (born 29 April 1979) is a British musician from Bournemouth, England. He is best known as the drummer of Bloc Party from 2002 to 2013 and has been a member of Algiers since 2015. Early life. Tong was born in Bournemouth, England to a British mother and a Malaysian-Chinese father. [1] [2] He is a supporter of AFC Bournemouth.
Jun 13, 2023 · Tong first blew minds as the drummer of the British post-punk band Bloc Party. In his recent years with the genre-agnostic Algiers, he's found his place chasing a more collective mood ...
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Aug 16, 2020 · Matt Tong is a drummer who played with Bloc Party and now with Algiers, a band that blends post-punk, soul, industrial and gospel. He talks about his lockdown experience, his collaboration with Massive Attack, his musical influences and his career highlights.
The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan, Lee Tesche, and Matt Tong. [2] Algiers pulls from a divergent number of musical (and nonmusical) influences; the most notable of which being post-punk, hip-hop, Southern Gothic literature, and the concept of the Other.
Matthew Chee Hung Tong or Matt Tong (born 29 April 1979), is a British musician. He played drums for the rock band Bloc Party, until his departure in 2013 and has been the drummer for Algiers since 2015. He was born in Bournemouth in England, United Kingdom but his parents were originally from England and Malaysia.
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Nov 7, 2012 · Drummer Matt Tong on chasing moods in Algiers and Bloc Party. June 13, 2023 • Tong first blew minds as the drummer of the British post-punk band Bloc Party. In his recent years with the...
Mar 29, 2022 · Original drummer Matt Tong left the band in the wake of ‘Four’ in 2013 and bassist Gordon Moakes departed two years later. Kele previously told NME the former was down to “someone doing ...
