My Chemical Romance, Alkaline Trio, AFI Members Form New Band

Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba has teamed-up with members of My Chemical Romance and AFI to form a new side-project.

Matt Skiba And The Sekrets features AFI's Hunter Burgan on bass and My Chemical Romance's sacked touring drummer Jarrod Alexander.

Skiba said of the project: "Creating a record on my own and deciding who plays and how the songs were structured, it was fun to do. I love working with my band-mates in Alkaline Trio, but to make a rock record that was just mine was something that I wanted to do."

The band's debut album 'Babylon' will be released later this year.

Meanwhile, My Chemical Romance have suggested that their new album might be released in summer next year.

The band, who recently finished touring 2010's 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys', are currently working on new material.

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