Alkaline Trio Salute Their Homeotwn Fans With Blistering Chicago Set
It Happened Last Night
Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba / Photo by Alexis Wilson - Castaldi
We Asked: "In Alkaline’s days of youth, the band would honor fans who took the ultimate step and tattooed themselves with the band’s insignia, the right to freely access any of their shows. What other band would you do that for today?."
Name: Rachel Bonen
Age: 21
Hometown: Evergreen Park, IL
Occupation: Student
“There isn’t any artist I would do that for. That’s silly.”
Name: Steve Szafranski
Age: 18
Hometown: Evergreen Park, IL
Occupation: Student
“Dashboard Confessional, because I like how he reaches out to the fans a lot.”
Name: Gina Engleman
Age: 23
Hometown: Elk Grove, IL
Occupation: Cleaner
“Well, Alkaline Trio. But if I had to choose a different band, Against Me.”
Name: Shaun Bonen
Age: 28
Hometown: Oak Lawn, IL
Occupation: Cook County Sheriff
“Social Distortion, because they were one of the Godfathers of the original punk movement.”
