The Alkaline Trio Archive Blog

When I started my archive in 2019 it was a very small venture. I aimed to catalog vinyl variants so I had an easy way to complete an entire VC of their music. I never thought my collection, or my website, would be where it is today.

To date I have worked on this archive nearly everyday since the end of 2019 taking days and at most a week and a bit off for vacations. But even then I was jotting down ideas for new features and new things I could do to really make this a band archive.

For the first few years of this website I focused on the vinyl, styling the site, adding small features, and adding information to help others identify what vinyl they own, or are planning on buying. I'm happy to say I've had dozens of people reach out to me via reddit, Instagram, Facebook, and even email to ask me questions and give me kind words about how this archive has helped them. It's really been a labour of love for this band and their catalog, and makes me happy to help others.

For the past 4 or 5 years this archive has exploded with catalogs for Trio's CDs, test pressings, lyrics, tracklists, posters, clothing, various merch, collection tracking, sales history, trivia sections and many, many upgrades behind the scenes.

Recently I've created an article section that is almost entirely automated and a few other pages that aren't public like a 3D virtual poster museum and a backlog of sales history dating back more than a year.

I can't wait to see what my archive becomes in the future as I continue to improve and create.

Thank you for visiting!

Welcome! This is the first official blog post on the archive.

Here I'll be posting updates about vinyl, news, releases, stories, personal collection stories, and more. I've wanted to keep a blog or journal about my collection, finds, and experiences since My Shame Is True came out, and now I have a space of my own to do so.

Hopefully you enjoy the reads.