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'' Matt McJunkins (born March 19, 1983) is an American musician and photographer best known for touring and recording with the American rock band

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. He is a former touring bassist for

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. He is one of the founding members of The Beta Machine, a rock band formed with Jeff Friedl. McJunkins has also worked with

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and Socadia.

Life and career

Matt McJunkins was raised in

Palm Springs, California Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land a ...

, where he started playing

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at the age of 13. After high school, McJunkins moved to

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to pursue a music career. He attended the

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and honed in on his craft while writing music and playing in several rock bands. In 2008,

Billy Howerdel Billy Howerdel (born May 18, 1970) is an American musician, best known as the founding member, guitarist, backing vocalist, songwriter, and producer for the band A Perfect Circle, as well as for his former solo project, Ashes Divide. Howerdel h ...

from

asked McJunkins to join his side project

, with Jeff Friedl,

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and Adam Monroe completing the line-up. The band toured extensively in support of their debut album ''

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'' (2008), opening concerts for

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, and

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, and also performed at the

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festival. McJunkins later toured with

, sharing bass guitar with

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. In September 2010,

announced that they would reform and McJunkins was asked to join on bass alongside co-founders

and

Maynard James Keenan Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan; April 17, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and winemaker. He is best known as the singer and primary lyricist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Pusci ...

with Jeff Friedl and

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. In the following years, McJunkins formed The Beta Machine with Jeff Friedl and toured with

in 2011. In January 2020, he announced he was touring with singer

in support of her album ''

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''. McJunkins was on stage with Eagles of Death Metal during the

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, and escaped the

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with the rest of the band. He managed to make it out of the venue.

Discography

;Solo albums * ''Soundtrack for No One'' (2022) ;With

* '' "C" is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference HERE)'' (2009) * ''

Conditions of My Parole ''Conditions of My Parole'' is the second studio album by Puscifer. The album was produced by Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell and Josh Eustis. Contributing musicians for the album include the aforementioned Keenan, Mitchell, and Eustis as wel ...

'' (2011) * ''

Donkey Punch the Night ''Donkey Punch the Night'' is the third EP by American alternative rock act Puscifer. It was released on February 19, 2013, via Puscifer Entertainment. Background ''Donkey Punch the Night'' is the follow-up to Puscifer's 2011 album ''Conditions ...

'' (2013) * '' Money Shot'' (2015) ;With

* ''

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'' (2013) * '' A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo'' (2013) * ''

Eat the Elephant ''Eat the Elephant'' is the fourth studio album by American rock music, rock band A Perfect Circle. It is their first album release in fourteen years since 2004's ''Emotive (album), Emotive''. While early work on new material traces back to as ear ...

'' (2018) ;With

*''

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'' (2021) *''

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'' (2021)

References

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