Interview with Joe Matera

JOE MATERA is an Australian singer/songwriter, guitarist and recording artist for European based record labels, W.A.R Productions (Austria) and RVPrecords (The Netherlands). As a 30 + year veteran of countless original and covers outfits, his impressive playing CV includes, being lead guitarist in Australian rock outfit Geisha (2007 - 2010), founding lead guitarist for classic rock band Double Vision (2003 - 2008) and popular local band On The Prowl (1995 - 1999). He has also contributed guitar to a number of various projects and other artist recordings and has also worked with legendary US producer Tom Werman (Motley Crue, Cheap Trick, Poison) and famed Swedish producer Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Backyard Babies, The Hellacopters)

His original guitar instrumental compositions have also appeared on various soundtracks including Australian movie Ricky!- The Movie (Nov. 2011) which featured his acoustic instrumental 'Starry Night'. He has served as lead guitarist in the orchestra for local award winning stage productions of Les Misérables and Chess, and as a seasoned live performer, has shared the stage with some of Australia's top acts such as Dragon and Taxiride, and as a solo artist, he has supported the likes of Mental As Anything, Brian Cadd, Russell Morris, 1927, Bay City Rollers, Canned Heat, Andrew Strong, Karise Eden (The Voice) and Peter Criss (KISS).

His first official outing as solo artist was the acoustic instrumental 'Travellin' West' in Sept. 2010. In November, 2011 he released 'Slave To The Fingers' an all-electric instrumental EP CD via European record label W.A.R Productions.

https://www.joematera.com