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'''Mathew Priest''' (born 1970, [[Birmingham]], [[England]]) is an [[English people|English]] [[drummer]] with the [[musical ensemble|band]] [[Dodgy]]. He has also played with [[The Lightning Seeds]], [[The Electric Soft Parade]], The Yellow Moon Band and [[Ian McNabb]] in [[The Icicle Works]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4146424.stm|title=Britpop - Where are they now?|last=Youngs|first=Ian |date=17 August 2005|accessdate=1 February 2010|work=BBC News}}</ref>


Priest has managed the bands Panama Kings (from [[Belfast]]), Hey Gravity (formerly called M.A.S.S., with former bandmate [[Andy Miller (musician)|Andy Miller]] on [[guitar]]) and [[Misty's Big Adventure]].

He contributes to ''Rhythm'' [[magazine]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], reviewing the [[demo (music)|demos]] sent in by readers. Priest's knowledge of music was shown during his appearances on [[BBC Television]]'s [[Never Mind The Buzzcocks]].

He was the presenter of the early Saturday morning show on [[BBC GLR]] called The Crack At Dawn for 14 months from 1998 until it's changeover to speech based BBC London Live in 1999.

He currently co-presents, co-produces and is responsible for the music playlist for Live and Local on [[Spire FM]] on Sunday evenings, which reports on the local cultural and music scene, getting a band to play a live session every week. They play new releases and classics.

He co-wrote and performed in the [[Edinburgh Fringe]] show ''2 Drummers Drumming 2008''.

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