Blink-182 have canceled their show tonight in Bournemouth after Mark Hoppus was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection.
Matt Skiba Talks With Music Radar
Matt Skiba of Blink-182 talked with Music Radar:
I’m not doing something I haven’t ever done before; it’s just on a different scale and with different guys. I’m really lucky that lightning struck twice in my life. When all is said and done, it was a pretty easy transition. Yes, there were moments of total terror and panic, but that’s life. That’s just wanting to do a great job.
And:
We had a group of songs that we still may or may not use, I don’t know. There’s way more material than just what is on the deluxe record; there’s a whole other record’s worth of material that I personally thought sounded too much like Alkaline Trio.
That’s how I write; it’s hard to change. It’s like you can’t just change your fingerprint. We discussed the record at length and made sure that we didn’t just really like it, we had to love it. You can’t put something out that is anything short of true love and true pride.
Travis Barker – “Home Is Such a Lonely Place” Video
The Travis Barker edit of Blink-182’s “Home Is Such a Lonely Place” is now up for your viewing pleasure.
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Mark and Matt Talks Next Blink-182 Album
NME sat down with Mark Hoppus and Matt Skiba of Blink-182:
I think this album took Blink back to its roots and what it’s all about, and I think on the next record, we want to push that boundary again. We’ll keep the core of Blink 182 but we’ll get a little more experimental. Kind of like what we did on the untitled record, which we’re all really proud of. It still sounded like Blink and had that Blink feeling, but it was different and a little more thought out.
Music to my ears.
Mark Hoppus – “Home Is Such a Lonely Place” Video
Blink-182 have released a Mark Hoppus version of their “Home Is Such a Lonely Place” video.
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Matt Skiba – “Home is Such a Lonely Place” Video
Blink-182 have released a special Matt Skiba edit of their “Home is Such a Lonely Place” video. This is really awesome idea. I still come back to this song quite a bit as well.
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Blink-182 Announce New Manchester Show
Travis Barker Replaced His Bad Addictions With Good Ones
Travis Barker of Blink-182 wrote in Runners World about how important exercise is to him:
I’ve been sober since the accident, but I’ve replaced all of my bad addictions with good ones. Now, I get high off running.
I just love running. It makes me feel like I can conquer anything that comes at me. I’m never tapped out. I’m never tired around my two kids. I owe a lot of that to running.
Blink-182 – “Home is Such a Lonely Place” Video
Blink-182 have released a video for “Home is Such a Lonely Place.”
Blink-182 Cancel Three Shows
TWIABP Cover Blink-182’s “Built This Pool”
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die have covered Blink-182’s “Built This Pool.” You can stream that below. The band also has announced their new album is done and currently being mastered.
Blink-182 – “Last Train Home”
Blink-182 have released a lyric video for “Last Train Home.” The band’s new deluxe version of California comes out today.
Travis Barker Appears on “The Doctors”
Travis Barker of Blink-182 appeared on the TV show “The Doctors” on Monday to talk about recovering from a deadly plane crash in 2008. Some clips from the show can be seen on Huffington Post:
“The doctors said, ‘You’re probably going to be on most of these drugs for the rest of your life because you went through such a horrific experience, and you’re dealing with bipolar disorder. You’ll probably never play drums again, you’ll never run again,’” he recalled on the program this week.
“Then the challenge was in my mind just to prove them wrong,” he said. “I had to wean myself off of every drug, start playing the drums immediately, run, and then I became even healthier than I ever was before the plane accident.”
Matt Skiba Talks with Ultimate Guitar
Matt Skiba talked with Ultimate Guitar about writing and recording with Blink-182:
I would bring a song into the studio, we’d work on it or I would send a very crude demo to Mark and Travis and then go in the next day and kind of learn it and everybody bring their own thing to it. We would track it at Travis’ studio.
We were doing this for several months. The songs were good. It was cool but it didn’t sound like Blink. The songs I was bringing in sounded like [Alkaline Trio].
Travis Barker Doubles Down in Calabasas
The Los Angeles Times has some photos of the house recently purchased by Travis Barker of Blink-182:
Travis Barker of Blink-182 fame has a new spot to bang his drum in Calabasas. He just bought a Mediterranean home that sits on nearly half an acre corner lot on a private street for $2.825 million. He also owns another house in the gated community.
Nice digs.