Alkaline Trio formed in 1996 with an initial lineup of Matt Skiba (guitar, lead vocals), Rob Doran (bass), and Glenn Porter (drums).

The group then signed to Asian Man Records and released their debut EP For Your Lungs Only and album Goddamnit in 1998.

A second EP, I Lied My Face Off, followed in 1999 and resulted in their first music video, for the song "Goodbye Forever".

[1][2] "We've Had Enough" and "All on Black" were released as singles from this album, the former becoming the band's first song to chart in the United States.

[4] A DVD titled Halloween at the Metro was released later that year as an installment of Kung Fu Films' The Show Must Go Off!

[1][4] 2010's This Addiction was released through the band's newly formed label Heart & Skull, in partnership with Epitaph Records.

[9] The band's eighth studio album, My Shame Is True, was released on April 2, 2013.