My Four Leaf Clover

2 o’Clock Punk Rock - September 7, 2016 Alkaline Trio - Help Me

When a teenage Matt Skiba ditched his job as a bike messenger, he began to focus on crafting the blunt, gory metaphors that would soundtrack many emo teens’ miserable adolescences. By the release in 2001 of From Here to Infirmary, his band, Alkaline Trio, were being widely hailed for making death, despair and heartbreak a catchy proposition. Now, 15 years on, they’re often up there in lists of the best punk-rock bands of the 21st century.

In 2015, Skiba joined Blink-182 as Tom DeLonge’s replacement and wrote their new album California with them. While Blink were over in London recently, we spoke to Skiba about acid, transcendental meditation and living a life completely without fear.

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