Matt Skiba, real name Matthew Thomas Skiba, was born in Chicago, although his family later moved to a nearby suburb. Early drum lessons led to Skiba attending his first concert, Public Image Ltd.; Social Distortion performances also had a big impact on the musician. Joey Ramone, an original member of Alkaline Trio, had a major musical influence on Skiba. Skiba was a member of several punk bands, including Jerkwater, Blunt and the Traitors, however he is most recognized for his work with the aforementioned punk rock trio. After a brief stint at art school, Skiba dropped out. He later got engaged in the music scene in Chicago while working as a bike messenger. Skiba's participation with Alkaline Trio led to a number of full-length recordings and tours in Europe and North America.
After the publication of This Addiction, Skiba's debut solo album, Demos, including demo recordings created on his home computer, was made available. Two years later, he released the full-length Babylon, which included his backup band the Sekrets, who included Jarrod Alexander of My Chemical Romance and Hunter Burgan of AFI. After that, he went back to Alkaline Trio to perform My Shame Is True. KUTS, the second studio album by Matt Skiba & the Sekrets, was released and includes the song "Krazy."
Matt also served as Blink 182's guitarist until Tom DeLonge rejoined. He is now releasing new music in the band Lektron..

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