Founded by vocalist and guitarist Matt Skiba, the band Alkaline Trio put out its first record in 1998: a scrappy EP released on a handshake deal with Mike Park, the DIY proprietor of Asian Man Records ...

For nearly his entire adult life, Matt Skiba has sung and played guitar in Alkaline Trio, a pop-punk outfit that is splendidly competent but reasonably polarizing — and not just in its native Chicago.

If you’ve worn a black shirt, and raised your fist in agony in the past 10 years, chances are you have at least heard of Alkaline Trio. Alkaline Trio fans are die-hard, like an emo army of punk-rock ...

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