Matthew Winegar, Slider, etc. - Information and Discography

• Matt's Grammy Awards:
  • 2016 (59th Annual): Best Contemporary Blues Album: _The Last Days Of Oakland_ by Fantasic Negrito (mixer)
  • 2018 (61st Annual): Best Contemporary Blues Album: _Please Don't Be Dead_ by Fantasic Negrito (engineer/mixer)
• Facebook page for Matt's production work: https://www.facebook.com/SecretSidewalkRecordingStudio/
• Matt's MySpace page: https://myspace.com/matthewwinegar
• Matt occasionally sells rare vinyl through his discogs page.
• Slider
  • "Sudden Fun" was originally prepared for release in 1995 under the title "Fremont" and featured Wic (William Ireland Coleman) on bass.
  • When finally released in 1997, "Song For Mary" was retitled "Corduroy", "Falling Out" was replaced by "Long Long Time" and Matt had re-recorded the bass parts himself.
  • Zack Schaffer played bass for some live performances.
  • Slider Discography
  • Slider Live Performances
  • Josh Freese's semi-official MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/freesejosh.
  • Wic's FB artist page: https://www.facebook.com/Wic-Coleman-314913465327/, Wic's dead website http://www.wiccoleman.com/, Wic's dead MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/wicisdead
  • This article gives a brief overview with quotes from Winegar and Freese.
  • Interview with Matt when Josh left Slider: http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/LIVELY-ARTS-NIGHTLIFE-Matt-Winegar-Bitter-Over-2814461.php

Slider Live Performances

• 1994 December 27 - Galaxy Concert Theatre, Santa Ana, CA, USA (supporting X) [Source: Los Angeles Times, 1994-12-23]
• 1997 May 28 - Opium Den, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 1997 June 25 - Alligator Lounge, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Magnet, Lincoln)

MoFu Live Performances

• 2016 April 24 - Toot's Tavern, Crockett, CA, USA (with ??)
• 2016 May 6 - Merchant's Saloon, Oakland, CA, USA (with La Fin Absolute du Monde, Sludgebucket)
• 2016 June 10 - Stork Club, Oakland, CA, USA (with Sin Silver And The Avenue, The Stereo Eclipse, Glasir, La Fin Absolute Du Monde, Alpha Pride, Heavy Crown)
• 2016 July 17 - Merchant's Saloon, Oakland, CA, USA (with Party Force, Fracas)
• 2016 July 23 - Toot's Tavern, Crockett, CA, USA (with Cruella, The Butlers, Bullywest, Attik Door, Swampy Waterz)
• 2016 August 26 - The Uptown, Oakland, CA, USA (with MCM and the Monster, CACA, Kehoe International, Maximum Bob)
• 2016 October 28 - Toot's Tavern, Crockett, CA, USA (with La Vish Green, Bullywest, Chronic Vitality)
• 2016 November 18 - DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA, USA (with The Ghost Next Door, The Ellusive Furs)
  • Concert Audio
• 2016 December 16 - Ivy Room, Albany, CA, USA (with The Butlers)
• 2018 April 21 - Toot's Tavern, Crockett, CA, USA (with Cantell, Dress The Dead, Kehoe International)
• 2018 June 1 - Ivy Room, Albany, CA, USA (with The Phantom Power)

Some of Matt's other work (details and updates pending):

• Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers - The Eastwest Session
• Advent Horizon - Immured - produced
• Advent Horizon - Stagehound: mixed and produced
• The Boneless Ones - Back To The Grind: mixed
• Chelsea Grin - s/t
• Chuck Prophet - Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins: keyboards, bass, vocals, guitar, producer, "Special thanks to Matt Winegar at Secret Sidewalk Productions for bringing these songs to life."
• Chuck Prophet - Night Surfer: keyboards and guitar on "Lonely Desolation", sitar on "Laughing On The Inside"
• Chuck Prophet - The Land That Time Forgot: bass, piano, keyboards, vocals, percussion, electric guitar, producer, engineer
• Chuck Prophet with ¿Qiensave? - Wake The Dead
• Clifton - We Never Change
• The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Monolith of Phobos: Second Engineer
• Coheed and Cambria - Live At La Zona Rosa
• Dead Revelator - Concrete Law: additional guitars, recorded, mixed, produced
• DulceSky - Lands, Unfamiliar
• Fantastic Negrito - The Last Days Of Oakland
• Fantastic Negrito - Lost In A Crowd
• Fantastic Negrito - Please Don't Be Dead
• Fantastic Negrito - White Jesus Black Problems
• Fantastic Negrito - Working Poor
• Fungo Mungo - Humungous
• Steve Gardner - Bathed In Comfort
• Gorgeous Hussies
• I Hear Sirens - s/t, Beyond The Sea, Beneath The Sky
• Matt Jaffe - Undertoad
• The Jellyfish Method - Thanks for Nothing: mixed
• Megan Joy - Free To Fly
• Megan Joy - s/t: produced, engineered, mixed, mastered
• Jeannette Katt - Girl Noise, Pink Mischief, When I Do Wrong I Do It So Right
• Melodramus - Two: Glass Apple: produced, engineered and mixed
• Melodramus - 1+1=1: produced, engineered and mixed
• Mordred - The Dark Parade: mixed
• Mortigi Tempo - Memento Mori: mixed and mastered
• Mury - The Tarot Card Prophecy
• Never Before - The Dreamer and the Dream: drums engineering
• Anton O'Donnell - Tomber Sur PRW: mixed
• Anton O'Donnell - Christmas Ain't The Same EP: mixed and mastered
• OSLO - The Morning After EP: mixed
• Primus - Sausage
• Primus - They Can't All Be Zingers
• Primus - Suck On This: co-producer with Bob Cock, recorded by
• Primus - Frizzle Fry: producer, composer/performer of "You Can't Kill Michael Malloy", toy piano in the Sathington Willoughby Orchestra
• Primus - "Sailing The Seas of Cheese": Bastardos guitars and "All accordion molestation"
• Sleep Slid iN - The Open Diary: mixed and mastered
• Royal Bliss - After The Chaos II, Life In-Between
• Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life
• Song of the Siren
• Brad Stock - The Atomic Clock: produced
• Young Apollo - Stress and Static (single): produced
• See also: Lisa Marie Johnston, Quinn Allman, Lorin Walker Madsen, Sparta, Mury, Ben Hatch, Faith No More, Spencer Neilson, Bright City Magic, Mutton Hollow, Of Earth Inside, Codi Jordan, Thalia Condo, Adam Lee, The Chickens, Plexi, Larusso, Turned To Stone, American Hitmen

Slider Selected Discography

• Artist: Slider
• Title: Title pending
• Label: A&M
• Format: promotional cassette
• Release Date: 1995?
• Country: US
• Tracks:
  Side One:
  1. I Wanna Go (2:44)
  2. Song For Mary (2:14)
  3. Take Me Down (3:02)
  4. Inside (4:03)
  5. All Along (3:23)
  Side Two:
  1. Better (2:58)
  2. I Wonder If You're Right (2:41)
  3. Can't Get Any Worse (3:19)
  4. Up To Me (3:19)
  5. For Now (2:02)
  6. Falling Out (3:26)
• Notes: Promotional cassette before the album even had a title. The original recordings featuring Wic.

• Artist: Slider
• Title: I Wanna Go
• Label: A&M
• Catalog Number: AMSAD 00075
• Format: promotional CD single
• Release Date: 1995
• Country: US
• Discogs.com: I Wanna Go
• Tracks:
  1. I Wanna Go (Backwards Version) (2:44)
  2. I Wanna Go (Edit) (2:44)
  3. I Wanna Go (LP Version) (2:44)
• Notes: The original recordings featuring Wic. Cardboard jewelcase.

• Artist: Slider
• Title: Slider
• Label: A&M
• Catalog Number: AMSAD 00058
• Format: promotional CD single
• Release Date: 1995
• Country: US
• Discog.com: Slider
• Tracks:
  1. I Wanna Go (LP Version) (2:44)
  2. Take Me Down (LP Version) (3:02)
  3. All Along (LP Version) (3:23)
  4. Better (LP Version) (2:58)
• Notes: The original recordings featuring Wic. Opaque green jewel case with band name in yellow. Clear tray with picture underneath

• Artist: Slider
• Title: Fremont
• Label: A&M
• Catalog Number: 31454 0395 2 ADV NS01
• Format: Promotional CD
• Release Date: 1995
• Country: US
• Discogs.com: Fremont
• Tracks:
  1. I Wanna Go (2:44)
  2. Song For Mary (2:14)
  3. Take Me Down (3:02)
  4. Inside (4:03)
  5. All Along (3:23)
  6. Better (2:58)
  7. I Wonder If You're Right (2:41)
  8. Can't Get Any Worse (3:19)
  9. Up To Me (3:19)
  10. For Now (2:02)
  11. Falling Out (3:26)
• Notes: Disc and cover insert only. I have seen copies variously in plastic sleeves or slimline jewelcases. The original recordings featuring Wic.

• Artist: Slider
• Title: Selections from Sudden Fun
• Label: A&M
• Catalog Number: AMSAC 00448
• Format: Cassette
• Release Date: 1997
• Country: US
• Discogs.com: Selections from Sudden Fun
• Tracks:
  1. I Wanna Go (LP Version) (2:44)
  2. Corduroy (Snippet) (0:58)
  3. All Along (Snippet) (1:05)
  4. Inside (Snippet) (1:05)
• Notes: Promotional cassette in cardboard cassingle-style slipcase. Program is identical on each side. Both sides are labeled as "Side One"

• Artist: Slider
• Title: Sudden Fun
• Label: A&M
• Catalog Number: 31454 0395 2
• Format: CD
• Release Date: 1997
• Country: US
• Discogs.com: Sudden Fun
• Tracks:
  1. I Wanna Go
  2. Corduroy
  3. Take Me Down
  4. Inside
  5. All Along
  6. Better
  7. I Wonder If You're Right
  8. Can't Get Any Worse
  9. Up To Me
  10. For Now
  11. Long Long Time
• Notes: Also promo with blank cover, no back cover art.

• Artist: Slider
• Title: Sudden Fun (Clean In-Store Play Copy)
• Label: A&M
• Catalog Number: AMSAD 00465
• Format: promotional CD
• Release Date: 1997
• Country: US
• Tracks:
  1. I Wanna Go (Major Radio Version) (2:44)
  2. Corduroy (Clean Version) (2:15)
  3. Take Me Down (3:02)
  4. Inside (4:04)
  5. All Along (3:23)
  6. Better (2:59)
  7. I Wonder If You're Right (2:42)
  8. Can't Get Any Worse (3:21)
  9. Up To Me (3:19)
  10. For Now (2:02)
  11. Long Long Time (3:05)
• Notes: Front cover only, no back cover, in clear sleeve.

• Artist: Slider
• Title: I Wanna Go
• Label: A&M
• Catalog Number: AMCDP 00422
• Format: promotional CD single
• Release Date: 1997
• Country: US
• Tracks:
  1. I Wanna Go (Major Radio Version)
  2. I Wanna Go (Alternate Radio Version)
• Notes: Packaged in a cardboard sleeve.

• Artist: Various
• Title: Hard Rock Cafe Picks #1
• Label: A&M Records
• Catalog Number:
• Format: CD
• Release Date: 1997
• Country: US
• Tracks:
  10. I Wanna Go

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