Paul John Doucette (born August 22, 1972) is an American musician best known for being the drummer, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist of the band

Matchbox Twenty Matchbox Twenty (also known as Matchbox 20 and MB20) is an American rock band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995. The group currently consists of Rob Thomas (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Brian Yale (bass guitar), Paul Doucette (drums, r ...

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, retrieved 2011-07-07 Doucette is also known as a film composer and as the frontman of his own band The Break and Repair Method. He was married to

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from 2002 to 2014.

Career

After moving to Orlando, Doucette met Rob Thomas and

Brian Yale Brian Joseph Yale (born November 14, 1968) is an American musician who is the bass guitarist for the band Matchbox Twenty and has been nominated for four Grammy Awards. Early life and education Yale grew up in Orange, Connecticut. He graduated ...

and became part of the band

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. The trio went on to form what would become

, which he is credited with naming. For their first three albums, he played mainly the drums. In 2002, for the band's third album, ''

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'', Doucette took on significantly more instruments to play. He played piano and both acoustic and electric guitar, as well as more obscure instruments such as

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and

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. In 2005, with the departure of rhythm guitarist

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, Doucette took over the rhythm guitar duties. The Break and Repair Method drummer Ryan MacMillan took over on the drums for the compilation album ''

Exile on Mainstream ''Exile on Mainstream'' is the first compilation album by American rock band Matchbox Twenty. The album was released in two parts: the first was an EP, featuring seven new songs that emerged from a 12-song recording session, produced by Steve Li ...

'' with both MacMillan and Doucette playing on the song "How Far We've Come". For the band's fourth album ''

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'' in 2012, Doucette returned to play the drums, but continued on rhythm guitar and backing vocals.

References

External links

Official Matchbox Twenty website
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