I am so heartbroken right now...
Our good friend Matt Zaun unexpectedly left us in his sleep this weekend.
He was with friends in Eau Claire, having just seen the Black Eyed Snakes.
No excessive debauchery, no nihilistic behavior, simply going to sleep and not waking up.
It is currently just a painful mystery; hopefully answers will come to us in the weeks to come.
He was my bandmate in more than one project, he was my good friend, and he was the definition of True Friendship.
He was one of the best designers I have ever known, and one of the finest percussionists I have ever had the pleasure to hear, watch or collaborate with.
The sadness of his death is impossible to process.
You were loved by many, my friend.
Matt played drums in Salamander, Skye Klad, Blitzen, Di Dollari and several other bands.
I trusted him implicitly with design work for any show or recording I was involved in.
Matt's design skills and music can be sampled here, though just a tiny sliver of his massive body of work is on display:
This is the most recent picture I have of him, when he played drums for Suishou No Fune last month.
