Metal Anarchy

Alkaline Trio have recruited drummer Tosh Peterson (Lady Gaga, etc.) for their upcoming live shows. He will serve as a replacement for Atom Willard, who exited the band earlier this year.

Vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba commented:

“I met Tosh at Swingers a few months back for lunch to meet up and discuss the possibility of him playing in Alkaline Trio. Tosh’s mom was also there who turned out to be a fellow history buff so her and I spent half the lunch talking about Churchill and the Miracle of Dunkirk while Tosh politely ate his fries. He later told Dan Andriano [of Alkaline Trio] that if we had had a problem with his mom coming to lunch he probably didn’t want to play with us anyway.

Apart from the absolute monster he is behind a drum kit he is just a lovely guy: kind, polite, enthusiastic, driven and hilarious. I told Dan I wouldn’t want Tosh to play with us if he hadn’t brought his mom. Tosh is a beautiful human being we’re very excited to travel and play music with and a drummer we couldn’t be more thankful to be able to welcome into our family.”