The Hell (Alkaline Trio, ex-Angels and Airwaves) post EP teaser

Contributed by eatdogs. Posted by aubin on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM (EST)

The Hell, the new project from Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba and Rocket From The Crypt/Angels and Airwaves/The Offspring drummer Atom Willard have posed a teaser for their debut EP. The band was first announced in February. Skiba is promising a limited 10-inch/digital EP due out before Christmas, but notes: "Christmas is a loose term...after all, Jesus was born in April.."

Bands in this story

Alkaline Trio

Matt Skiba

Rocket From The Crypt

Angels and Airwaves

The Offspring

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schaumpton (December 14, 2011)

What's this got to do with Lucero and William Elliot Whitmore touring in the spring? The "Tear in My Beer Tour" is gonna kick ass!!!

skolarx (December 14, 2011)

I saw them together years ago, one of the worst show experiences of my life. Couldn't hear a damn thing from William Elliot Whitmore because of the all the frat guy yelling and carrying on. Also probably the show I saw the most fights at that I've ever been to

schaumpton (December 14, 2011)

Great! Now I'm gonna have to go to more than one show. Thanks for talking it up, Skolarx.

lookingforcorpses (December 14, 2011)

Wow, sounds remarkably similar to my experience at the same show.

baldsteve (December 14, 2011)

So...is it awful?

baldsteve (December 14, 2011)

It finally loaded. Awful? No.
It's not garbage like Demos or tepid like Agony and Irony.

Could be fun. It sounded like it had weird vocal effects though.

mystereohasmono (December 14, 2011)

Seemed pretty awful to me.

baldsteve (December 14, 2011)

Yeah, but you hate everything.

rob_rob (December 14, 2011)

Isn't this what the trio sounds like now anyways?

lookingforcorpses (December 14, 2011)

Yeah, thought this was supposed to be a "rock" band. The little snippet sounds exactly like Alkaline Trio.

throw_away (December 14, 2011)

yeah, but OLD trio.

their new stuff sounded like a kelly clarkson record. only... bad.

lookingforcorpses (December 14, 2011)

Ummm, no. Not really.

lostcausegiveup (December 15, 2011)

are you sre you didn't have your new Simple Plan LP on instead?

mowlio (December 16, 2011)

this addiction was better than anything after infimary. done

nacho8675309 (December 14, 2011)

fuck yeah this rules

eazyd2 (December 14, 2011)

sounds pretty ok. i dont get the jesus was born in april thing though

wentz_equals_death (December 14, 2011)

what would zombie jesus do

warbrain (December 15, 2011)

what would billy joel do?

baldsteve (December 14, 2011)

Christian "Christmas" was placed in December because Pagans already celebrated the solstice during that time.

tittus (December 14, 2011)

This.

Skibz777 (December 14, 2011)

Jesus DIED in April, thus is Easter. I don't believe there's been any definitive historical theories as to what month he was born in.

lookingforcorpses (December 14, 2011)

There is. It's been a while since I've done any research, but I believe it was in the neighborhood of passover. He definitely wasn't born in December.

Skibz777 (December 14, 2011)

Really? Based on some bare bones research I just did it seems historians can't even agree on what year he was born, let alone month. I'll have to crack open some books on the subject.

Damn you, Skiba! If I can't get factually accurate and sourced Jesus trivia from YOU, then who CAN I get it from? Andriano? Fat chance.

skolarx (December 14, 2011)

Earlier I heard something about September or October. Not that it matters since he was just some guy born thousands of years ago who conned people into thinking he was special

Skibz777 (December 14, 2011)

Everyone is special in the eyes of the Heavenly Father!

Johnnyz77 (December 14, 2011)

Yeah all Jesus did was miracles among other things. Sounds like he conned people to me.

thenightman (December 14, 2011)

One time I asked myself "What would Jesus do?"
Then I didn't exist.

thenightman (December 14, 2011)

but was resurrected 3 days later with the intent of posting this.

skolarx (December 15, 2011)

Or he conned people into thinking he was performing miracles. Feel free to believe what you'd like, I know I will

johnnyz77 (December 15, 2011)

whatever skolarx. are you atheist or what religion do you believe in?

Bastard_squad (December 15, 2011)

Dude, don't start this.

skolarx (December 15, 2011)

It doesn't really matter one way or another. Whatever I may believe has zero bearing on anyone else.

johnnyz77 (December 15, 2011)

You win. Game over.

lookingforcorpses (December 14, 2011)

I think there's a reference to the census that they're traveling for being X amount of time from passover, or some other event.

mill83 (December 15, 2011)

Guys guys guys, Tim Tebow was born in August. Question answered.

skolarx (December 14, 2011)

Atom was also in Alkaline Trio for a short bit

hashbrowns (December 14, 2011)

the hell was that?

baldsteve (December 14, 2011)

No, The Hell was that.

kylewagoner (December 14, 2011)

I was previously under the impression that it'd be theHELL was that...but they change it.

detachedretina (December 14, 2011)

Can't he change his voice a little?

kylewagoner (December 15, 2011)

He had throat surgery. What else do you want? A country twang?

thenightman (December 14, 2011)

Matt Skiba's like "I saw Heavens, and I saw the Hell, and I wanted to visit both and I think I did"

thenightman (December 15, 2011)

10/10

lostcausegiveup (December 15, 2011)

10/10 for sure.

jibber (December 14, 2011)

If I was Atom, I might tidy up my past bands resume. RFTC is all it would say.

IllaZilla (December 14, 2011)

What, no Special Goodness?

kylewagoner (December 15, 2011)

Or Social D? Or The Offspring? Angels and Airwaves I guess is kinda embarrassing, but that seemed to be the one he was behind the most.

lookingforcorpses (December 15, 2011)

He was an actual member of A&A. The others he was a hired gun, and, he didn't even record with SD, I don't think.
Also, anyone remember the band Moth he was in?

jibber (December 15, 2011)

I was referring to the ones mentioned in the article.