Mathew, otherwise known as Skube, from Hobart, Tasmania, learned to play guitar with his brother Chris starting around 1990, and by 1994 had started the local metal band JIGSORE with Colin Mahoney, who he nowadays guests with on his The Calm Before project.

Skube provides guitars, bass, vocals and extra drums / percussion to “It’d Be Rude Not To” as well as Yngwie kicks on “A Soldier’s Fortune”.

Currently plays with Hobart band Everburn, and guests with Chris in TCSO and solo, and old bandmate Colin Mahoney in The Calm Before.