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Alkaline Trio: Matt Skiba
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Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois that has been heard by millions of fans. The band consists of Matt Skiba on guitar and vocals, Dan Andriano on bass and vocals, and Derek Grant on drums and back up vocals. Their tour manager, Nolan McGuire, joins the band on guitar during select songs with more complexity. If you like punk that is nuetralizing with upbeat tempos and catchy hooks, you need to see Alkaline Trio perform live.
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Alkaline Trio is a pop-punk/punk rock band from Chicago consisting of Matt Skiba (of Jerkwater) on guitar/vocals, Dan Andriano on bass/vocals, and Derek Grant on drums. Their music is characterized by morbid lyrics, catchy hooks, fast tempos and a recurring theme of alcoholism, and death
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Formed by ex-Jerkwater drummer Matt Skiba (vocals/guitar), Glenn Porter (drums/vocals) -- formerly of 88 Finger Louie -- and Rob Doran (bass/vocals), the Alkaline Trio were brought together in 1997 by heartbreak, angst and the companionship of drinking. They issued For Your Lungs EP just prior to Doran's departure in late 1997, later releasing Sundials the following year on Johann's Face Records.
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After giving peta2 a shoutout last night, Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio dedicated a song to us during their encore which he renamed "My Friend PETA". It was cute. Check them out on tour with Rufio now, and say hello to Matt's PETA friends Pulin and Jason. They both really like getting hugs from vegans.
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Formed by ex-Jerkwater and Traitors drummer Matt Skiba (vocals/guitar), Glenn Porter (drums/vocals) -- formerly of 88 Fingers Louie -- and Rob Doran (bass/vocals), Alkaline Trio was brought together in 1997 by heartbreak, angst, and the companionship of drinking. They issued the For Your Lungs Only EP just prior to Doran's departure in late 1997, later releasing Sundials the following year on Johann's Face Records. Slapstick's Dan Andriano entered on bass, adding a complementary voice and songwriting style to Skiba's that would become the group's signature dynamic. The three then started making a name for themselves all throughout the Midwest with their emotion-fueled, angst-ridden, dark pop-punk. With this lineup in full force, all while Skiba and Porter were working as bike messengers full-time, their first full-length, Goddamnit!, was released on Asian Man in 1998 to the praise of a following who related to their heartbreak tales and anti-cop rants. Both Maybe I'll Catch Fire and a self-titled singles collection followed in early 1999.
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The new year promises new horizons for Alkaline Trio. In October, the band announced it was moving record labels from punk/emo stalwarts Vagrant to V2 Records (oops!), for which it was to have recorded its sixth studio album in. In the meantime, it is releasing Remains, an odds-and-sods collection of b-sides, compilation tracks, cuts from split EPs with other bands, and a trio of new live songs. Unlike similar releases from other bands, this is not just a tossed-off collection of musical detritus. At 22 tracks and 70 minutes, it is stuffed full of trademark Alkaline Trio music—melodic and blistering punk rock upheld by the vocal talents of Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano. These songs may not have fit on any traditional Alkaline Trio albums, but this does not mean that they are of any lesser quality. “Hell Yes,” the A-side of the 2001 7” of the same name, and “Jaked On Green Beers” from the first Atticus compilation, are as driving and catchy as anything the band has written, while “My Standard Break From Life” and “If You Had a Bad Time” feature Andriano’s rough baritone showing a different and perhaps more sensitive side to the band.
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