Fact: Alkaline Trio's guitarist MATT SKIBA will be part of Blink-182's new album, Mark Hoppus has confirmed. In a post on Instagram.com on Tuesday (02Sep15), a studio photo of Skiba appeared, followed by an image of with the words "Blink-182 2015" scrawled on it. The confirmation that Skiba will be joining the rockers comes as former Blink frontman Tom DeLonge revealed the band will always be part of his life. The trio split in January this year (15) after a bitter fall-out.