History YMMV / MatthewGood

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Matt has specifically said that he has no idea how "Avalanche" (the song, not the album) was ever created, and considers it his best work.

* SignatureSong: "Weapon." Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_%28song%29 notes its use]]. If you're in North America and know only one Matt Good song, it's this one.

* CreatorWorship: Since Good maintains an active web presence and posts regularly, this trope is played dead straight. ([[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's not even talk about the fansites.]]) Also overlaps with [[WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings creator-pestering]], as the same requests and complaints will be aired roughly once per month. Previous iterations of this trope led to Good taking down his blog.

* EarWorm: There are many. The most interesting case may be "Anti-Pop," a song Good was forced to write so the record would have a "hit." He stated that he attempted to write the worst song possible... good luck getting it out of your head.

* CreatorWorship: Since Good maintains an active web presence and posts regularly, this trope is played dead straight. ([[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Let's not even talk about the fansites.]]) Also overlaps with [[WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings creator-pestering]], as the same requests and complaints will be aired roughly once per month. Previous iterations of this trope led to Good taking down his blog.

** To a lesser extent, ''Beautiful Midnight'' and ''Loser Anthems'', as well as the long production, were part of the initial reaction ''The Audio of Being.''

** ''Last of the Ghetto Astronauts'' is the best-selling independent record in Canadian history. Good chose to release the record independently over signing a major deal in order to maintain creative freedom... leading to even better offers from labels.
** ''The Audio of Being'': It was a surprise to fans, who weren't sure what to make of it, and Good later made a number of derogatory comments, seemingly disowning the record. As of 2012, however, his opinion seems to have changed and tracks from the album frequently appear in setlists.

* ToughActToFollow: Good followed ''Avalanche'' with ''White Light Rock & Roll Review'', a deliberate throwback to [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth rock anthems with a relatively simple structure]] (most of the time), then ''In a Coma'', saying that releasing the greatest hits and out-of-print [=EPs=] was for the fans and he was now interested in moving on to "weirder" music.

* SignatureSong: "Weapon." TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_%28song%29 notes its use]]. If you're in North America and know only one Matt Good song, it's this one.

** ''The Audio of Being'': It was a [[BaseBreaker surprise]] to fans, who weren't sure what to make of it, and Good later made a number of derogatory comments, seemingly disowning the record. As of 2012, however, his opinion seems to have changed and tracks from the album frequently appear in setlists.

* MagnumOpus: ''Avalanche'', [[FirstInstallmentWins for better and for worse]]. ''Hospital Music'' and subsequent releases have also been greeted warmly, but there are many who would love an ''Avalanche''-only tour.

* ArchivePanic: Good has been recording music since the early '90s and blogging since the mid-'90s. While the old forms of his blog are now spread across old harddrives and backups and are not coming back (though some posts still exist on fansites), that still leaves plenty of albums and [=EPs=], not to mention demos, leaks, etc.

** ''Last of the Ghetto Astronauts'' is the best-selling independent record in Canadian history. More ironic is that Good choose to release the record independently over signing a major deal in order to maintain creative freedom... leading to even better offers from the labels.