Episode 14 – Matt Skiba

Matt Skiba was born in Chicago and moved to nearby suburb of McHenry at the age of three. He began playing piano and drums at an early age. In 1996, while working as a bike messenger, he decided to switch from drums to guitar. Prior to that he played in bands including Blunt, Jerkwater, and the Traitors. Skiba studied design at Chicago’s Columbia College but left in 1996 to form Alkaline Trio with drummer Glenn Porter and bassist Rob Doran. After the group recorded their demo and the single “Sundials”, they recorded the For Your Lungs Only EP, during which Doran left the group. Dan Andriano joined and played bass on the EP. The band released their debut full-length Goddamnit on Asian Man Records in 1998, followed by Maybe I’ll Catch Fire and the compilation Alkaline Trio in 2000.

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