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Matthew Arnold ThiessenBorn: August 12, 1980 - St. Catharines, Ontario

Occupation: Lead singer, guitarist, and pianist for the band Relient K

Matthew Arnold Thiessen (born on August 12 1980 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) is the lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the Christian rock band Relient K. He founded the band with fellow guitarist Matt Hoopes and bassist Brian Pittman in 1998. His songs generally draw influence from both his Christian faith and adolescent past.

Biography

Thiessen's parents divorced when he was only six years old and living in Stevensville, Ontario. Later, his mother remarried and the family moved to Bolivar, Ohio. Soon after, he met two of his best friends and future bandmates, Matt Hoopes and Brian Pittman. The three have said that they've known each other since the first or second grade. Thiessen's first band could be described as a grunge Nirvana cover band called Social Distortion. He was in this band until he says Jesus told him to write music for Him, and he became a part of making Christian Music instead. Thiessen said of the song "Wake Up Call," "At one point in my life, I was about 15 years old, God started, really tugging on my heartstrings... I was in a band at the time. It was actually a Nirvana, Filter, Marilyn Manson cover band. It was pretty funny. We called ourselves 'Social Distortion'... Jesus just gave me that wake up call, and said, 'Start writing music for me.' And so, I did... If you're on your butt, get off it. Start living for Jesus." Matt's extended family consists of his sister Sarah, aunt Nettie Thiessen, and her daughters, Bev, Bonnie, and Lynn. Early on in his high school years, Thiessen was "really quiet and bookish," although he does say that, later on, he began to come out of his shell and became was well known around the school for his very authentic goat impressions. Thiessen cites The Beach Boys and The Beatles as two of his biggest musical influences. He is known for being a prankster, and can almost always be seen wearing plaid, although he doesn't like high-tops. He is loving toward all animals (especially penguins, thus leading to one of the bands most popular t-shirts featuring a penguin). Growing up in northern Ohio and visiting Cedar Point as a child, he is also a roller coaster enthusist, and has expressed an interest in playing at Cedar Point, but he hasn't been able to because Cedar Point is one of the few amusement parks that doesn't put on concerts. Some of his favorite memories include getting massive sunburns and riding a yacht in Jacksonville, Florida. Some of Thiessen's devout fans refer to him as "Matty T" or "T-Sun" to prevent confusing him with Matt Hoopes.

In addition to being in Relient K, Thiessen plays in his own solo piano project called Matthew Thiessen and the Earthquakes. The songs are typically emotional and very personal. He currently has 6 songs produced for many different CDs, including various compilation albums. He also has a side project called "The Makeout Girls", which he performs with his friend, Kevan Peden. Kevan is also known for his starring role in the hit tv show "The Cuties." They made the famous Relient K bonus track, "Silly Shoes."

Thiessen almost always plays the guitar with his thumb, and he is hardly ever seen using a guitar pick, if at all. For the Matt Hoopes Birthday Tour, Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, John Warne, and Jon Schneck were all given their own signature guitar picks. By the summer festival season, Hoopes, Warne, and Schneck had all run out of their own signature picks, having tossed them to the crowd after every show. Since Thiessen never uses a pick, the others just began using his picks, and tossed them out to the crowd after shows.

While primarily seen playing the guitar and the piano, Thiessen can actually play eleven instruments, the others being bass, drums, bells, organ, trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone horn, and vibraphone (vibes).

Guest Appearances

Matt Thiessen has made guest appearances with several other artists, including the following:

The bridge and background vocals for "I Believe You" by The Fold, which can be found on their debut album This Too Shall Pass (2006).

The chorus and background vocals for "Nuisance" by John Reuben, which can be found on his album The Boy vs. The Cynic (2005).

Background vocals for "But A Breath" by The Wedding, which can be found on their self-titled debut (2004).

Vocals on Everyday Sunday's album, Anthems For The Imperfect, on the track "The One" (2004).

Thiessen has also sung guest vocals at some live shows for the band House of Heroes when the band performs their song "Mercedes Baby." House of Heroes' lead singer, Tim Skipper, has done the same for Relient K at certain times when they performed "More Than Useless."

Thiessen said in an interview with Jesus Freak Hideout that he almost did some guest vocals for Switchfoot, but in the end, it was Switchfoot's lead singer Jon Foreman who did guest vocals on Relient K's fifth album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago. On the subject, Thiessen said, "Well, I guess it's kind of something I always wanted to do. I mean, I'm a big fan of Switchfoot and we're good friends and stuff. He actually sent me a song that he wrote and he just wanted to see if I'd record it and do one of their songs, but [we] didn't end up doing that. But we were in correspondence and I asked him if he'd do it and I sent the files down to his house and he just sang it in his house and sent it back to us. It was really cool how it worked."

Answer 2

Matt Thiessen is 31 years old (birthdate: August 12, 1980).

Answer 3

Just saw on BathCrashers where he said he's 6"1

Answer 4

Matt Schulze is 6' 1".

Answer 5

Matt Thurston is 6' 2".

Answer 6

6'3"

Answer 7

6'1