Glenn Porter is an American drummer from Chicago, Illinois most famous for forming Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band that formed in McHenry, Illinois, in 1996. The band's line-up consists of Matt Skiba , Dan Andriano , and Derek Grant...

 with fellow bike messenger Matt Skiba

Matt Skiba

Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio.-Early life and family:...

 and Rob Doran

Rob Doran

Rob Doran was the original bassist of the Chicago punk band Alkaline Trio, formed in 1996. He quit the Trio in 1997 to focus on visual arts. He also played bass in Pit er Pat.-References:...

, which he later left in 2000 after recording two albums with them. He is also a former 88 Fingers Louie

88 Fingers Louie

88 Fingers Louie is a band from Chicago, Illinois which was formed in 1993.They play a style of hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, and punk rock. In 1993 they released their debut 7", Go Away. After disbanding in 1999, members Joe Principe and Dan Wleklinski went on to form the punk rock band Rise...

 member. He has also been credited as a sound mixer for two films, but other than that his history is sketchy.

Glenn Porter's ex-girlfriend, Heather Gabel, is credited with designing the Heart/Skull Alkaline Trio symbol, as discussed in the Alkaline Trio DVD Goddamnit

Goddamnit

Goddamnit is the debut album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released October 13, 1998 through Asian Man Records.- Reception :...

.

Porter currently resides in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, where he played drums for a band called The Moneychangers.

with 88 Fingers Louie

• Behind Bars (1995)
• 88 Fingers Up Your Ass (1997)

with Alkaline Trio

Album Cover	Year	Title	Label	Format	Other information
	1996	Demo Tape	Self Released Cassette	EP
	1997	Sundials Sundials (Alkaline Trio EP) "Sundials" is the debut single by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released in 1997 by Johann's Face Records. It is the band's only studio release to include original bassist Rob Doran, who left the group after the single's release and was replaced by Dan Andriano...	Johann's Face Records	EP
	May, 1998	For Your Lungs Only For Your Lungs Only For Your Lungs Only is the debut EP by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released May 26, 1998 through Asian Man Records. The song "Southern Rock" was re-recorded for their debut album Goddamnit later that year...	Asian Man Records Asian Man Records Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...	EP
	October 13, 1998	Goddamnit Goddamnit Goddamnit is the debut album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released October 13, 1998 through Asian Man Records.- Reception :...	Asian Man Records Asian Man Records Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...	CD
	June 25, 1999	I Lied My Face Off I Lied My Face Off I Lied My Face Off is an EP by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released July 20, 1999 through Asian Man Records. It resulted in the band's first music video, for the song "Goodbye Forever"...	Asian Man Records Asian Man Records Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...	EP
	January 18, 2000	Blue Meanies/Alkaline Trio Split 7"	Thick Records Thick Records THICK RECORDS is a Chicago based independent record label formed in 1994 by Detroit native Zak Einstein. Early label releases include influential albums from Chicago ska-punkers The Blue Meanies, Alton, IL’s Judge Nothing, and the Omaha based Commander Venus, whose members included Conor Oberst,...	LP
	March 24, 2000	Maybe I'll Catch Fire Maybe I'll Catch Fire Maybe I'll Catch Fire is the second album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released March 14, 2000 through Asian Man Records...	Asian Man Records Asian Man Records Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...	CD
	April 18, 2000	Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio (album) Alkaline Trio is a compilation album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released April 18, 2000 through Asian Man Records. It includes all of the tracks from their EPs For Your Lungs Only and I Lied My Face Off , as well as both tracks from the "Sundials" single and several tracks...	Asian Man Records Asian Man Records Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, with the Asian Man label established May 1996.-Artists:...	CD	Collection of Songs from their EPs