Alkaline Trio announce Tosh Peterson as new drummer

Alkaline Trio has officially announced Tosh Peterson as their new drummer. Replacing Atom Willard who left earlier this year, Peterson has a long resume including drumming for the likes of Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Machine Gun Kelly, and even filling in for Fall Out Boy.

Matt Skiba posted the news with the statement below.

“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.”