Tom DeLonge Producing ‘Suburban Kings’

Tom Delonge

Deadline:

Jaime Eliezer Karas (Acapulco) has come aboard to direct Suburban Kings, a coming-of-age film penned by Peter Hoare (Kevin Can Wait), to be produced by Chris Mangano (Mangano Movies & Media), Blink-182’s Tom DeLonge (To The Stars Media), and Stan Spry (Evoke Entertainment).

The film follows Wolfgang Binder, a rebellious, skateboarding-obsessed 13-year-old, who is hellbent on spending the summer of ’99 cheering up his best friend after the tragic, unexpected death of his mother.

Mark Hoppus Talks With NME

Mark Hoppus

Mark Hoppus sat down for a new video interview with NME:

For decades I’ve not told stories or I’ve felt like it wasn’t my place to say anything. I really prefer to be a little bit more reserved and private – as outgoing and ridiculous as I am. Talking about how I felt about things, arguments that our band has had, struggles that I’ve had, to put it all out there in the world feels kind of cathartic and healing. Even putting out the bad stuff feels joyous to me.

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Blink-182 About to Work on New Music

Blink-182

Mark Hoppus recently talked with People, and when asked if Blink-182 were writing new music said:

Not yet, but we are about to. [I] literally found out by Tom doing an interview with our friend Toby Morse from H2O, saying that we were going to start demoing songs this summer. So I was like, “Oh, okay. Cool. Guess I’m writing a new album this summer. Great. Can’t wait.”

Mark Hoppus on All Things Considered

Mark Hoppus

Mark Hoppus is on the latest episode of NPR’s All Things Considered.

You know, coming out of the mid- to late-’90s, pop was really big, you know, boy bands, NSYNC. And I think people were ready for a little more edge and a little more fun. So Blink-182 came around, and I think it was just being there at the right moment when people were ready to laugh. And I think that “What’s My Age Again?” really broke through what was being played on the radio because it was catchy. It has a lot of energy. It had a funny video.

Mark Hoppus Shares Where “Dammit” Got Its Title

Mark Hoppus

Mark Hoppus revealed at book tour stop at the Paramount in Brooklyn, New York that the title for “Dammit” came from an episode of Beavis and Butthead:

”Dammit, Dammit, Son of a Bitch. Dammit. Dammit. Son of a Bitch,” Beavis bemoaned as they watch the clip. Butt-Head responds, “If those were the words, that’d be cool.” Beavis then shares that he was thinking of writing a song with that title. But in real life, it appears that Blink-182 beat them to the punch.