Matthew Roch Brady was born in Greenfield Massachusetts. His Gallic middle name was in honor of Father Roch a priest and family friend who had married his parents. His father was a civil engineer who up and moved the family every 4 years or so from project to project. His nomadic youth stayed in his blood and he continued to wonder after college touring the eastern seaboard in hard rock band based out of Atlanta. When the band wasn't touring Matt held down a myriad of jobs working as a rancher, carpenter, miner and campaign manager for a federal congressional seat. The band broke up in the late nineties and Matt moved to NYC for a year where he met his future wife. Together they decided to try Los Angeles. After a brief stint in advertising Brady tired of office life and went back to work as a miner helping to complete the new aqueduct into San Bernardino. While on this job Brady met director Michael Byrne at a party, shortly after Byrne cast Matt as the lead in his mocumentary No Sleep.
Worked as a hard rock miner in KY, TN, CA and PA.
