Yellow Matter Custard

Yellow Matter Custard is a Beatles tribute supergroup consisting of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic, OSI, Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Trio Experiment, Avenged Sevenfold, Adrenaline Mob, The Winery Dogs), Neal Morse (Transatlantic, Spock's Beard), Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big) and Matt Bissonette (Mustard Seeds, Jughead, David Lee Roth, The Squirts, Joe Satriani, Electric Light Orchestra). Kasim Sulton (Utopia and various Todd Rundgren bands) played bass with the band in 2011, replacing Bissonette.

They take their name from a lyric in "I Am the Walrus", by the Beatles: "Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye".

Ty Tabor (King's X) was originally approached to play guitar for the group, but was unable due to the King's X touring schedule.^[1]

Conceived as more of a project than a band, they have only performed a total of five times: twice in 2003 (May 17 at Upper Montclair, New Jersey and May 18 at B.B. King's Blues Club, New York), and three times in 2011. Due to scheduling conflicts, Matt Bissonette was unable to play with the band in 2011, and thus was replaced by Kasim Sulton.^[2]

Members

Former members

• Mike Portnoy - drums, vocals
• Neal Morse - keyboards, guitars, fuzz bass, vocals
• Paul Gilbert - lead guitars, vocals
• Matt Bissonette - bass, vocals (2003)
• Kasim Sulton - bass, vocals (2011)

Additional players

• Bert Baldwin - keyboards, percussion, samples

Discography

One Night In New York City

• 2 CD/DVD
• Recorded May 18, 2003
• CD released 2003
• DVD released 2005

1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. Dear Prudence
3. Dig a Pony
4. She Said She Said
5. I Call Your Name
6. You Can't Do That
7. When I Get Home
8. Nowhere Man
9. Rain
10. Free as a Bird
11. Come Together
12. I Am the Walrus
13. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
14. Baby's In Black
15. I'll Be Back
16. No Reply
17. The Night Before
18. You're Gonna Lose That Girl
19. Ticket to Ride
20. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
21. Oh Darling
22. Think For Yourself
23. Wait
24. Revolution
25. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
26. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
27. Lovely Rita
28. Good Morning Good Morning
29. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
30. A Day in the Life

DVD bonus features

• Yellow Matter Custard Rehearsals
• Pre-Show Backstage

One More Night In New York City

• Recorded February 28, 2011
• 2CD/DVD released 2011

1. Back in the USSR
2. I Got a Feeling
3. And Your Bird Can Sing
4. Day Tripper
5. Getting Better
6. Taxman
7. It Won't Be Long
8. You've Really Got a Hold On Me
9. Lady Madonna
10. We Can Work It Out
11. I'm a Loser
12. I Don't Want To Spoil the Party
13. Penny Lane
14. The Fool on the Hill
15. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
16. Things We Said Today
17. If I Needed Someone
18. It's Only Love
19. She's a Woman
20. The Word
21. Any Time at All
22. Paperback Writer
23. Don't Let Me Down
24. I'm So Tired
25. Savoy Truffle
26. Glass Onion
27. Yer Blues
28. Helter Skelter
29. Flying
30. Because
31. You Never Give Me Your Money
32. Sun King
33. Mean Mr. Mustard
34. Her Majesty
35. Polythene Pam
36. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
37. Golden Slumbers
38. Carry That Weight
39. The End

DVD bonus features

• Interview with Mike Portnoy & Paul Gilbert (25:23)
• Rehearsal footage (38:16)

References