Home to tracks 'Private Eye' and 'Bloodied Up,' Infirmary was followed by a split EP with Hot Water Music, wherein both bands contributed original tracks and covers of each other's songs. Third album From Here to Infirmary arrived on the Vagrant label in spring 2001 and was their first to chart, barely entering the Billboard 200 at number 199. Glenn Porter left the band early the following year and ex-Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee joined in his absence, making Alkaline Trio a three-piece again. With this lineup firmly in place - and with Skiba and Porter working as bike messengers to make ends meet - Alkaline Trio made their full-length debut in 1998 with Goddamnit!, an album whose heartbreak tales and anti-cop rants earned a modest following.īoth Maybe I'll Catch Fire and a self-titled singles collection followed in early 1999. The three then started making a name for themselves in the Midwest with their emotion-fueled, angst-ridden, dark pop-punk. Slapstick's Dan Andriano climbed aboard to handle bass duties, adding a complementary voice and songwriting style to Skiba's that would soon become the group's signature dynamic.

The original lineup issued a short EP, For Your Lungs Only, just prior to Doran's departure in late 1997, and Sundials followed one year later on Johann's Face Records.

Later that decade, after frontman Matt Skiba took a break to join blink-182, Alkaline Trio issued their ninth LP, 2018's Is This Thing Cursed?įormed by ex-Jerkwater and Traitors drummer Matt Skiba (vocals/guitar), former 88 Fingers Louie percussionist Glenn Porter, and Rob Doran (bass/vocals), Alkaline Trio were brought together in late 1996 by heartbreak, angst, and the companionship of drinking. They hit a peak with seventh set This Addiction, which topped the rock, alternative, and indie charts in 2010. Slowly ascending through the Warped Tour ranks into the early 2000s, they reached the Billboard Top 20 with 2003's mainstream breakthrough Good Mourning.

Since the mid-'90s, punk trio Alkaline Trio have delivered urgent punk blasts with a dark, driving edge that helped them remain commercially viable without sacrificing their raucous spirit.

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