Matt Skiba

Matthew Thomas Matt Skiba born February 24 1976 is an American musician singer and songwriter known for his role as the founding lead vocalist and guitarist for Alkaline Trio and the guitarist and colead vocalist of the band Blink182 20152022 His lyrical content commonly involves dark romantic themes Alkaline Trio was formed in 1996 with Skiba as the frontman Since then the band has released nine fulllength albums over two decades Skiba also recorded albums with side projects including Heavens and theHell as well as two fulllength solo albums with his backing band the Sekrets Following Tom DeLonges second departure from Blink182 in early 2015 Skiba began touring with the poppunk trio then joined the band permanently later that year he has since recorded two albums with them