Donna Lorraine Matthews (born 2 December 1971) is a Welsh musician who was the lead guitarist of the Britpop band Elastica.
[1] Matthews left Elastica in the spring of 1999 after the band's output had waned and she had developed a heroin habit.
[1] In April 2000 she briefly rejoined the band to play one track, "Connection", at the London Kentish Town Forum after being invited out of the audience by Elastica singer Justine Frischmann.
[2] After shaking off her drug addiction she formed an unnamed band with bassist Isabel Waidner and Catrin Jones.
"[1] In May 2004, Matthews' new band, Klang (with Waidner and drummer Keisuke Hiratsuka) released their debut album, No Sound is Heard.