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Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Melbourne, Australia
Body type:6' 2" / Slim / Slender
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
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Zodiac Sign:Aries
Children:Proud parent
Education:High school
Occupation:Musician/Music Journalist



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My many interviews and features have appeared, and continue to appear in, countless music magazines around the world. From Australian Guitar and Rolling Stone in Australia to Classic Rock, Guitar & Bass, Metal Hammer, Performing Musician, Total Guitar, Kerrang! and Record Collector in the U.K. From Guitar World and Goldmine in the U.S to Snaggletooth in Canada. From This Is Rock and Guitarra Total in Spain to Chitarre in Italy. I also supply exclusive interviews to Ultimate-Guitar.Com, and contribute to UK's Guardian Series Newspapers' Limited Edition magazine as well as Fairfax Newspapers' M, The Sunday Age in Melbourne.

In my capacity as music journalist, I have interviewed a who's who of the music world as well as spent time on tour with numerous artists. Artists the calibre of Aerosmith, Velvet Revolver, Foo Fighters, Matchbox Twenty, Kiss, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Steely Dan, The Doors, Bon Jovi, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard, Queens Of The Stone Age, Korn, Motorhead, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Marilyn Manson, Cheap Trick, Hinder, Tool, The Cars, The Smashing Pumpkins, Queen, Nickelback, Alice Cooper, Slayer, Foreigner, Blondie, Yes, Megadeth, HIM, Linkin Park, John Mayer and many, many others.

As a guitar player, I am a 20 + year veteran of countless original and covers outfits. My playing CV includes being the lead guitarist in the pit orchestra for award winning stage productions of Les Misérables and Chess as well as playing guitar and performing live shows with Ash Naylor (Even) and Tim Henwood (The Rogue Traders, The Androids, The Superjesus) I currently play lead guitar in legendary Australian pop-rock outfit Geisha with Chris Doheny - one of Australia's finest singer/songwriters - at the helm. When off duty from my Geisha commitments, I lead my popular rock band Double Vision as lead guitarist, belting out retro covers of rock classics.

For further information, please visit my official website @ www.joematera.com.


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I've met, interviewed and spent time with a lot of my musical heroes in the course of my career, and some have now become good friends of mine.


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Jul 19 2008 8:00P
Doheny Drive @ Newborough Football Club, Newborough
Jul 25 2008 10:30P
Doheny Drive @ Clifton Hill Hotel, Clifton Hill
Aug 2 2008 9:30P
Chris Doheny & Joe Matera @ Bay Hotel, Mordialloc
Aug 3 2008 4:00P
Chris Doheny & Joe Matera @ Family Hotel, Drouin
Aug 9 2008 8:30P
Geisha @ The New Capers, Hawthorn
Aug 15 2008 8:00P
Chris Doheny & Joe Matera @ Hardiman’s Bar & Cafe, Kensington
Aug 23 2008 9:30P
Chris Doheny & Joe Matera @ Elsternwick Hotel, Elsternwick
Aug 31 2008 4:00P
Chris Doheny & Joe Matera @ Heritage Tavern, Balnarring

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Jo Fraser





Jul 9 2008 8:40 PM

Hey Joe!! Just saw you guys are playing at the Clifton Hill in a couple of weeks, we'll come down and have a listen. Been too long since we caught up.
I'm going really well now and rehearsing heaps, so many words to learn lol! Jo xx
Bellagirl





Jul 8 2008 11:21 PM

Hello there,
I am great because I am on a day off. Just working hard and trying to stay sane. Ha Ha
Bel
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May 15 2008 6:41 AM

nice one joe. music is on the way.
cheers
carly





May 6 2008 5:34 AM

You like Kyle Cook too?
I met Paul Doucette and Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20 the other night. Kyle gave a wave from the tour bus!
You will have to play me a matchbox 20 song when I see you at the Linc next time!
chris doheny





May 2 2008 10:19 PM

Hey Joe

See you on stage!

Chris
Suzi





Apr 28 2008 9:47 PM

Thanks so much for letting me know about the Dr.
Phil show!! Mucho thanks!
Banksy - NEW TRACK UP!!!





Apr 27 2008 6:14 PM

hey joe!
sorry havent mailed you the EP...just finished recording the 5th track for it...getting them printed as we speak.... you coming to the jon stevens show? may 10! hopefully see you there!
banksy!
Bellagirl





Apr 16 2008 4:20 AM

Yeah for sure that would be awsome. Ill ask Liz to keep me posted.
Enjoy your week :-)
Jo Fraser





Apr 11 2008 3:43 AM

Have a fantastic birthday Joe and enjoy your gig tomorrow!! I'll give you a call next week.
Luv Jo x
Bellagirl





Apr 10 2008 8:27 PM

Hey Joe,

Happy Birthday for the weekend!!
Have a good one.

Bella
Simply Atomic





Mar 22 2008 3:24 AM

Good Luck at your gig tonight!!!
Jo Fraser





Mar 9 2008 8:32 PM

As always Joe, it was a pleasure playing with you. You make me sound great! Thanks, Jo x
♥♥Angel♥♥





Mar 1 2008 10:56 PM

Hi Joe!
Thanks for the add!! Had a ball last night, hope to catch you guys again soon.
I will be contacting Chris soon about those cds, thanks for the headsup!!
Angel x
Sandra D





Feb 29 2008 5:07 AM

Hey Joe! Hope the rockworld is still treating you well. Rob and I are starting our own duet! Exciting huh?
carly





Feb 17 2008 3:54 AM

hey joe, thanks for the add. great seeing you play again, sorry i was such a silly dancer!
see you at the linc next time :)
Jo Fraser





Feb 9 2008 5:58 PM

Great show last night Joe, was a real pleasure watching you guys perform. Well done! Jo x
Michael





Jan 16 2008 4:34 PM

Cheers Joe! Hope all is good down your way.
Jo Fraser





Nov 4 2007 12:27 AM

Hey Joe, thanks heaps for another great gig last night. I had a ball and have loved gigging with you. Don't be a stranger! Jo xx
Francia Rousseau





Sep 25 2007 8:37 PM

Hi Joe,

Just stopped by to say howz it goin.
Will try to get to one of your Double Vision gigs soon.

Haven't seen the band yet.

Take it easy

Francia
Abel





Sep 20 2007 9:09 PM

How's my brotha from down unda? It's been a minute. Hope all is well with you my friend. Hit me up sometime and lemme know what's the haps... thanx...
The Grapes





Aug 29 2007 1:16 AM

Onya Joe!
Looks like you're as busy as us.
Cheers,
The Grapes.
Mrs F





Aug 28 2007 12:49 PM

Hi Joe

Thanx for the add. I'm loving your web site - cool interviews on which I found very interesting. Let me know when you put your HBM one on. Incidentally, do you wanna exchange links?

Fondest regards

Cazz
www.shadowsfansite.co.uk
Helena Larsson Photography





Aug 17 2007 11:03 AM

Hello Oz!!
Sending some sunny rock n roll regards from Sweden!!! Keep it loud and have an awesome weekend!!!
/Helena

The Grapes





Aug 15 2007 10:49 PM

Ah Joe mate,
Thanks for your support. Hope you and Al are doing well.
Catch you round.
The Grapes.
Donna aka Don-Pet





Aug 9 2007 4:47 PM

Hey Joe,
Thanks again to you and Al for an awesome gig to farewell my beloved Band Bastard Mooooo!!! Everybody had a ball!
I see you're playing tomorrow night at Hardiman's. There's a fair chance I'll be there with my mate Geraldine and another gang of friends!
So until I see you, rock on!
Donna (aka Shirley)
Liz Bradley





Aug 6 2007 11:01 AM

Hey Joe!

Just discovered MUSE ARE COMING BACK TO OZ TO TOUR!!! I'm sooo happy...

:-)

Lizzy.
Abel





Jul 20 2007 7:44 PM

Hey!!! How's my brotha from down unda? Hope all is well my friend. How's the band? Any cool interviews lately? 'Cause I know you're always kickin' ass and up to somethin...

As for me all is well. Just completed a nice vacation. Over two weeks. Drove up the East Coast and hit up Baltimore, DC, Philly, Jersey and of course NYC. Had a freakin' blast! If you have a minute check the "pics" section of my myspace page. Posted tons of pics from my travels. And when you have a chance definitely hit me back and lemme know what's up bro...
megan is your homegirl





Jul 15 2007 5:17 PM

thanks for the add uncle joe :)
DJ KAT LOVES SPIRAL TRANCE





Jul 9 2007 8:50 PM

THANKS JOE FOR THE CDS YOU ROCK DJ KAT
nitebyrd





Jul 6 2007 9:51 PM

Stopping by to say, "Hi!"
Helena Larsson Photography





Jun 28 2007 3:30 AM

Hello Oz!
Im off to another Swedish rockfestival and this time I'll bring som Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Hanoi Rocks and Sonic Syndicate pics back home. Nice. Wish you a rocking weekend too.

Sunny Nordic RocknRoll Regards from Stockholm
/Helena
Abel





May 29 2007 9:27 AM

My brotha from down unda... how's it hangin' dude? Thanks for the comment... its always great to hear from you and i'm lookin forward to your email... btw, steven says hi... have a good one bro...
Helena Larsson Photography





May 28 2007 3:53 AM

Hello!
How nice to find a collegue in rock´n´roll journalism, even though I am mainly a photographer. Thank you for finding me!!

Rock´n´Roll Regards from Sweden
/Helena
JoAnne





May 15 2007 1:57 AM

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
Smoking Joe! Keep up the great work :)
Abel





Apr 18 2007 12:05 AM

my brotha from down unda... howz it hangin dude??? hope all is well... lemme know whats been goin on...
Glenn Tilbrook





Apr 14 2007 6:01 AM

Cheers then!

Glenn

www.glenntilbrook.com

JOBERT MELLO





Apr 13 2007 5:25 PM

Happy Birthday bro!

Jobert Mello
www.jmellodesign.com
Donato Begotti





Apr 13 2007 2:13 AM

Happy Birthday!

STEVE DIGGLE





Apr 13 2007 2:07 AM

Happy BirthDay to you wishing you many more to come
SnakeNet





Apr 13 2007 12:21 AM