Matthew A. Donahue has been involved in the creation, performance and production of music since the early 1980s, and ahead of his time with each musical project. Beginning with the regional Midwest punk scene in the United States in the early 1980s, Donahue played in a variety of groups, cutting his teeth in live performances and recording studios. By the late 1980s he was a vocalist for the punk/funk/rap group The Great Bar B-Que Gods. Who were the super group musically and creatively in the Midwest at that time, members of that group consisted of bass player Scott Shriner now in Weezer, guitarist Brad Coffin now in Five Horse Johnson, and drummer Tim Gahagan who has played live and recorded with a who's who of well known musicians over the years. Material was recorded with The Great Bar B-Que Gods that has recently resurfaced and there is a possibility the tracks may be released as a reissue project on vinyl or CD. In the early 1990s he hooked up with drummer Tim Gahagan again and regional rock legends guitarist Steve Sirotniyak, and bass player Miguel Oria to from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal/Motorlizzy mania inspired group Head. There is a live DVD of Head's legendary first performance titled "Night of the Living Head" available for purchase. By the mid 1990s and into the early 2000s he joined the music and art collective Universe Crew, which helped to establish the trip hop sound in the United States, Europe and Japan, working with the group as a vocalist, instrumentalist, co-producer and co-manager/promoter. The group was signed to Adrian Sherwood and Pete Holdsworth's On-U Sound/Green Tea Records from London, England, and released a twelve inch single and album titled, "What's Inside Your Afro?". Universe Crew went on to team up with legendary Japanese super group Audio Active to release the highly successful "Turn of the Century EP". All of the Universe Crew sound recordings are available for purchase. Universe crew went on to remix a single for Capitol recording artist Jeb Loy Nichols, and provide songs for documentary film-maker Harrod Blank film on art cars titled "Driving the Dream". Donahue worked with Stax records session guitarist Bobby Smith in 2001, producing an album titled "Smile" as a promotional tool for Mr. Smith. In a continued effort to pursue his passion, Donahue has maintained in the musical loop as a deejay/mc, and working in the rock and acoustic/folk genres, still bringing a social and political message to the people.