About four years ago, our up an coming bands section featured ‘’ the dream martyrs’’ a post hardcore band from the north west of England, this caused a huge hype around the band, and their track, ‘’ cut loose’’ got over 10,000 plays in one week on our webpage, it was safe to say, the martyrs were hitting the big time.
However, the summer in the following year turned to be a fatal one for the band, they were selling out venues, fans queuing for hours to meet them, many questioned, what could go wrong ?. A huge shock to the music industry came when Mattie Weaver, martyr’s bassist, left the band, to pursue a solo career. ‘’ The unexpected, happened, no one had ever seen a bassist go solo before, I mean, one man on bass, everyone was confused’’ said the 17 year old bassist in one interview.
However, since he left the band, weaver has become an international drum and bass star, headlining global gathering, and even playing rock and metal festivals, bringing drum and bass, and even metal, further into the mainstream.
A big achievement, however the star remains modest as ever ‘’ four years ago I never thought things would get this crazy’’ he told a 10,000 strong crowd at a recent gig. At only 17 years old, he has a long career ahead of him, and Throwdown will be there every step of the way.
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