“We’re the first British metal band to play arenas for a very long time,” Tuck declared in 2010. There’s a perception of him as “tricky”, even, a reputation forged over 20 years with a Welsh group who have managed to make waves in the US, including a million albums sold and a Top 10 on the Billboard 200. For thousands of young fans they were a gateway into the world of metal, even if they did annoy legions of diehards with outlandish statements. “I’m a quiet person, I really am.”īefore our interview, which takes place in a west London pub near the home he shares with his wife and 11-year-old son, I was warned about Tuck’s supposed reticence, that he might be reluctant to talk about anything besides the music. “It sounds weird but I’ve never been a spotlight hunter,” he says. Tuck’s social media accounts are dedicated to band updates, offering virtually no clues as to the goings-on in his personal life or, say, what he likes to eat for lunch. After more than 20 years in music, he remains something of an enigma. But in person, the singer is so reserved that the bartender mistakes our conversation for a job interview. Onstage with his band Bullet for My Valentine, he’s a maelstrom of flailing limbs and hair. Matt Tuck might be the world’s most unassuming frontman in metal.
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