Matt Skiba

His father, Thomas Skiba (1942–2022), was an oral surgeon in Crystal Lake who served in the Vietnam War.

He has two younger twin sisters.

Matthew Thomas Skiba (born February 24, 1976) is an American musician, singer and songwriter.

Matthew Thomas Skiba was born on February 24, 1976, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in McHenry, Illinois.

He began playing piano and drums at an early age.

His first concert was Public Image Ltd.

Alkaline Trio formed in 1996 with Skiba as the frontman.

Since then, the band has released nine full-length albums over two decades.

Skiba also recorded albums with side projects including Heavens and the Hell, as well as two full-length solo albums with his backing band, the Sekrets.

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.

His mother, Joan Skiba, is a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Woods Creek Elementary School in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

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.

The group's lineup changed again in 2000 when Porter left and former Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee joined.

From Here to Infirmary, released by Vagrant Records in the spring of 2001.

In 2002 Jade Tree Records released a Hot Water Music/Alkaline Trio split EP which was well received.

Both bands contributed original tracks and covers of each other's songs.

Good Mourning followed in 2003, marking the band's first album with drummer Derek Grant, formerly of Suicide Machines and Thoughts of Ionesco.

While recording Good Mourning, Skiba suffered from vocal problems due to acid reflux, lack of vocal warmups, and earlier use of alcohol and drugs.

Following a tour and throat surgery, the band recorded and released Crimson in 2005 and the compilation Remains in 2007.

Agony & Irony, their first and only record on Epic Records, was released in July 2008.

In January 2010 they released This Addiction on their own Heart & Skull label in partnership with Epitaph Records.

In July 2011, they released a semi-acoustic LP called Damnesia to commemorate 15 years as a band.

Their eighth album, My Shame Is True was released on April 21, 2013.

In 2014, the band underwent an anthology tour known as the "Past Live Tour", in which they performed their first eight studio albums in their entirety across four dates.

He is best known as the co-lead vocalist and guitarist of the punk rock band Alkaline Trio, and served as the co-lead vocalist and guitarist of Blink-182 from 2015 to 2022.

Skiba's lyrical content commonly involves dark romantic themes.

Following Tom DeLonge's second departure from Blink-182 in early 2015, Skiba was hired as their touring guitarist for three shows before becoming an official member later that year.

Following the departure of Tom DeLonge from Blink-182 in 2015, Mark Hoppus announced that Skiba would "fill in" for the band and performed two club shows and a slot at the Musink festival in March 2015.

Later that year, the band confirmed that Skiba was now an official member and would be appearing on their upcoming album.

He recorded two albums with the band, California (2016) and Nine (2019), before DeLonge returned in 2022.

The resulting album California, was released on July 1, 2016.

Following a five-year hiatus from the studio and a second throat surgery for Skiba, the band released their ninth album, Is This Thing Cursed?, on August 31, 2018.

Skiba reappeared on the band's eighth studio album Nine, which was released on September 20, 2019.

The band released an EP titled E.P. on March 19, 2020.

The band's tenth studio album, Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, came out on January 26, 2024.

However, he did not appear on the band's 2020 single "Quarantine", due to lack of a proper home recording studio.