“The main triggers of autoimmune diseases are stress, fatigue and bad diet.” Matt Bigland is explaining the factors that aggravate his ulcerative colitis, the chronic inflammatory bowel disease he was diagnosed with during the pandemic, fracturing his physical and mental health and contributing to his band Dinosaur Pile-Up being off the road for six years. “Touring is probably the last thing I should be doing, then…”

Thankfully, that’s not what Matt is up to right now. Instead, he’s at the home near Hastings he shares with his wife, Brazilian feminist punk Karen Dió , who’s currently preparing for a Kerrang! interview of her own. In recent months, Matt has been acting as touring guitarist for Karen, which has provided him with a relatively low pressure reintroduction to the live side

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