Alkaline Trio’s Dan Andriano Goes Deep on Mental Health, Sports Rivalries and Other Trios

What’s been going on behind the scenes with pop punkers Alkaline Trio in recent years I’ve found fascinating on a couple of levels. First, founder, guitarist and co-lead singer Matt Skiba decides to join Blink-182 in the same exact role back in 2015, taking the place of Tom DeLonge. Meanwhile, fellow Alkaline vocalist/bassist Dan Andriano and drummer Derek Grant have been vocal about their ongoing mental health issues, with the latter even quitting the band recently during the mixing process for their latest record and attributing it those very struggles.

This lead to me sitting down with Andriano to get some insight into what exactly that whole situation was like, even with Skiba now focusing solely on the A. Trio and DeLonge back in Blink. It ended up being an in-depth discussion on the topic of the band spreading themselves too thin, mental health and much more. Check out the 617 Q&A we did for Vanyaland and, below, the video to the title track of their newest album, Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs.