Guitarist, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Matt Sweeney has a rich and versatile career that spans decades and has seen him lend his skills to musical projects of various genres and levels of notoriety. In addition to leading his math rock-adjacent indie band Chavez in the '90s, Sweeney was a member of Smashing Pumpkins spin-off Zwan and contributed either on-stage or on record to acts that ranged from indie bands like Cat Power and Guided by Voices to more-mainstream names like Johnny Cash, Eagles of Death Metal, and Run the Jewels. Sweeney's guitar skills and production technique added depth and personality to a long list of albums, and shone all the brighter on material of his own like his 2021 collaboration with Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Superwolves.