first two albums in America. Skiba had met the band's guitarist Lee Hartney and fallen in love with his personality and tones. Blink 182 and The Smith Street Band played together in 2017 at Hurricane Festival in Germany. Skiba confirms his current work on a solo record, a screenplay, and a children's punk record featuring Mark Hoppus. In March 2015, Skiba and the Sekrets' second album, Kutz, was announced for a release date of June 1. Equipment Guitars Although he started out as an avid player of Gibson Les Pauls, Skiba currently plays Fender Jaguar HH's. He has also played Gibson Les Paul Juniors, Gibson SGs, Fender Stratocasters and Fender Jazzmasters in the past. He has had two signature instruments made: GPC released a limited run of Matt Skiba Signature guitars (with the Jaguar body shape), with 200 being manufactured. Fender released a signature acoustic guitar dubbed the Malibu, which was featured on the cover of Alkaline Trio's acoustic album Damnesia Amps Diezel VH4 Bogner Shiva Orange Rockerverb 100 Fender Supersonic 22 Kemper Profiling amp Skiba used a Kemper profiling amp while in the studio with blink-182 and John Feldmann. Along with his own amps, the profiled sounds that were used include: Friedman Browneye Hughes & Kettner Statesman Vox AC15 Silvertone 1471 Personal life Skiba is a vegan and practices Transcendental Meditation according to an interview with AOL Interface. He said that the clear and calm state of mind it provides has greatly helped his creative process, though initially he believed the "tortured soul" mindset was more beneficial. The book Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch caused him to change his mind and he now believes a calm state is more artistically helpful. Matt purchased a membership in The Church of Satan organization back in the early days of Alkaline Trio, saying, "to me Anton LaVey was...very punk rock". Skiba moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001, though he currently lives in Los Angeles. He has "Love Song" tattooed on his knuckles. He is a "big Cure fan," a "huge Damned fan," "an enormous David Lynch fan", a "big Green Day fan" and a "really big Nirvana fan." Skiba is divorced. He was a close friend of Fat Mike of NOFX-fame and served as the best man at his wedding. Discography Solo Matt Skiba / Kevin Seconds (2002) Demos (2010) With Alkaline Trio Goddamnit (1998) Maybe I'll