Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is on the latest episode of Mark Hoppus’s podcast.
Blink-182 Live on Valentines Day in 1997
A new live video of Blink-182 performing at the El Dorado Saloon on February 14th, 1997 has been uploaded to YouTube.
Read More “Blink-182 Live on Valentines Day in 1997”Various Blink-182 Stems
It’s a ridiculously slow news week … but I did recently see someone posted up a bunch of Blink-182 music stems, after Mark Hoppus joined The Session to talk about “What’s My Age Again?” and popped in to talk about “Feeling This” as well.
Read More “Various Blink-182 Stems”Tom DeLonge Reflects on ‘Neighborhoods’
Tom DeLonge talked with ABC Audio:
DeLonge now feels that he may have been “too heavy-handed” in trying to change Blink’s sound for Neighborhoods, something he admits Barker and Hoppus were “probably rightfully hesitant” to do. Should he ever return to the band, though, DeLonge believes he’d be able to strike a better balance between what all band members want from a Blink record.
“Knowing that I’ve gotten so much out of my system with this type of music with Angels & Airwaves, I don’t need Blink to land here, like I might’ve 10 years ago,” he says.
Mark Hoppus Profile in GQ
The full Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 profile for GQ is now online:
The diagnosis had prompted him to revisit other things too. When we initially spoke in September, he told me that he’d recently been going back over old Blink tracks—songs he’d played thousands of times—discovering that they’ve suddenly taken on new meaning. Of note was “Adam’s Song,” a somber number that Hoppus wrote in his 20s, from the imagined perspective of someone who felt suicidal but ultimately made the decision to carry on the hard work of living. “I’ve had a lot of thoughts about my own mortality, a lot of thoughts about what happens when I’m gone,” he said. “And so I’ve been listening to ‘Adam’s Song,’ thinking, Yeah, tomorrow holds such better days.”
Mark Hoppus in Latest GQ Magazine
Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 is in the latest issue of GQ magazine and there’s quite a lot of information revealed, here’s a few bits as compiled from Blink-182 Italia:
Hoppus still isn’t quite sure what tomorrow holds, exactly. But who is? He hasn’t really thought about what blink-182 might look like now that he’s cancer-free, but he’s open to any permutation of the band, really, including line-ups with Tom back in the fold. “We haven’t really talked about that, but I’m open to anything in the future,” said Hoppus. “I don’t know how that would work if it’s all four of us. Like we’re all going to live in the same house again?”
And:
For Hoppus, the past year not only deepened his appreciation for his family and friends, but it taught him how to handle unexpected horror with humility, grace, humor, and—this is the new one—an open heart that’s still learning how to feel deserving. “I’m totally overwhelmed with the support and love,” he said, pausing. “I don’t know. People online I have never met sending support. Cancer survivors of the same lymphoma that I had even put together a video where they covered a Blink song, and it made me cry.” That song, of course, was “All the Small Things.”
Before I left, Hoppus wanted me to take a close look at the top of his head. He was excited: His hair was showing tiny signs of growth. Of returning to normalcy. “My armpit hair is still totally gone,” he said, “but if you look close, all this white hair is just the shitty cancer hair, and then you can see the actual dark hair growing back in a little bit.”
You got a free bleach job, I joked.
”I know,” he replied, beaming. “I wish I’d had this in the mid-90s.”
There’s also more on the Reddit community.
Read More “Mark Hoppus in Latest GQ Magazine”JXDN Covers Blink-182
JXDN has covered Blink-182’s “Happy Holidays, You Bastard” for Spotify.
Read More “JXDN Covers Blink-182”Ricky Himself – “Parasocial”
Ricky Himself has shared the new song “Parasocial” featuring Mark Hoppus.
Read More “Ricky Himself – “Parasocial””Mark Hoppus’s Midcentury-Modern Home
Architectural Digest has profiled the Hoppus family home.
This desire for a more comfortable place to soak created a ripple effect. Finally, in 2015, Mark and Skye brought in Marmol Radziner to give the entire house a facelift. (The kitchen remained untouched, but there is talk of updating it next.) The front door and entryway, which the firm’s design partner Ron Radziner says was “confusing” before, was completely reconfigured, as was the main bedroom suite. The landscaping was refreshed, as was most of the furniture, and the biggest addition was that of a completely brand new subterranean music studio for Mark. The bunker-like room features a vocal booth and cozy seating area, and it provides the perfect place for the musician to keep items “that Skye doesn’t necessarily like in the rest of the house,” the rocker says, like Star Wars memorabilia or Dodgers baseball bobblehead dolls.
Blink-182 Perform For Travis Barker’s House Of Horrors
Mark Hoppus makes his triumphant return! Check out Blink-182 performing three songs for Travis Barker’s House of Horrors. Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft is performing on guitar while Matt Skiba is out on tour.
Read More “Blink-182 Perform For Travis Barker’s House Of Horrors”Spanish Love Songs Cover Blink-182
Spanish Love Songs have shared a cover of Blink-182’s “I Miss You.”
Read More “Spanish Love Songs Cover Blink-182”Mark Hoppus Invests in Villager Spirits
Mark Hoppus shared on social media his involvement in Villager Spirits.
Mark Hoppus Talks ‘TOYPAJ’ Singles
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 talked about what songs he thought could have been singles from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, if the first two singles weren’t used, in a Twitch stream recently. At around 11:42 in the video he also plays a clip of what sounds like the most polished version of the “Life’s So Boring” demo I’ve ever heard.
Read More “Mark Hoppus Talks ‘TOYPAJ’ Singles”Mark Hoppus is Cancer Free
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 just posted on Instagram that he is “cancer free.”
Read More “Mark Hoppus is Cancer Free”Tom DeLonge on Peer Pleasure Podcast
Tom DeLonge is the latest guest on the Peer Pleasure podcast.