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Matt Skiba is tagged as: acoustic, punk, singer-songwriter, pop punk, emo

Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater, Blunt and The Traitors. In 2002, Skiba recorded a split EP with Kevin Seconds. In 2006 Skiba was in a side project with F-Minus bassist Josiah (Joe) Steinbrick named Heavens which debuted their album Patent Pending on September 12th.
Born in Chicago on February 24, 1976, he moved to the suburb of McHenry, Illinois at the age of three. Playing drums at an early age, his first concert was Public Image Ltd. But in 1996, while working as a bike messenger, he decided to take up the guitar. Skiba dropped out of art college to form Alkaline Trio with drummer Glenn Porter and bassist Rob Doran. Matt Skiba is a vegetarian and holds a membership card to the Church of Satan. His central influences include punk groups such as The Ramones, The Misfits, and The Damned, Naked Raygun, Pegboy and Jawbreaker as well as 1980s new wave/gothic rock groups like as The Cure, Sisters Of Mercy and The Psychedelic Furs.
He now resides in California.
Skiba’s latest project Heavens released their debut album “Patent Pending” on Sept. 12, 2006.
His mother, Joan Skiba, is a 4th Grade teacher in Crystal Lake, Illnois.
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