‘The Bear’ star Matty Matheson launches new hardcore band Pig Pen with Alexisonfire guitarist

19 March, 2025

The Bear star, restauranteur and celebrity chef Matty Matheson has announced the launch of his new hardcore band, Pig Pen.

Matheson took to social media to announce the band, which also feature’s Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire on guitar and backing vocals while Matheson serves as the band’s lead vocalist. The rest of the group is completed by indie-country artist Daniel Romano on guitar, Romano’s brother Ian SKI Romano on drums, and Young Guv/Romano collaborator Tommy Major on bass.

Matty Matheson wrote on Instagram that the band have already recorded an album, and went on to explain how they came together: “A few old friends got together a couple years ago and wrote and recorded 10songs over 2 days. We just wanted to hang out and see what’s up. This is our band. we are Pig Pen.”

The band also shared a snippet of a song and a clip of its music video, but have not confirmed when it will be released. Pig Pen have also announced their debut show, which will take place on April 25 at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto, Canada.

The show will also include performances from Best Wishes and Pluto’s Kiss. Tickets to the gig are sold out, but a waitlist has been opened – check out the link here to join the waitlist.

Besides starring in The Bear as handyman Neil Fak, Matheson also serves as the show’s culinary advisor and executive producer.

In a four-star review of The Bear‘s third season, James Mottram wrote for NME: “Cracking along with its usual mix of slow-burns and fast-spurts, the balance in season three is just right. From Marcus poignantly delivering the eulogy at his mother’s funeral to Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) dealing with her father as she settles on a new place to live to the pregnancy of Carmy’s sister Natalie (Abby Elliott), everyone gets a moment or two to shine. Once again, The Bear has come out of the oven baked to perfection; its pursuit of excellence puts other shows to shame.”

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