Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 has been doing a bunch of bass play throughs on Twitch.
UPDATE • Jan 11, 2022Mark has asked for these to be taken down off the internet because they’re not performances, just something fun he does for his Twitch and to get back into playing.
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Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is on the latest episode of Mark Hoppus’s podcast.
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 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?”
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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” Ricky Himself has shared the new song “Parasocial” featuring Mark Hoppus.
Read More “Ricky Himself – “Parasocial”” 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.
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” Mark Hoppus shared on social media his involvement in Villager Spirits.
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.
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Travis Barker has announced a “House of Horrors” livestream featuring Avril Lavigne, JXDN, and “special guest Mark Hoppus.”
Read More “Travis Barker’s House of Horrors” Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 just posted on Instagram that he is “cancer free.”
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Releasing today is a great compilation of covers of Blink-182’s classic Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (TOYPAJ) album that has all Bandcamp proceeds from the record going directly to Mark Hoppus’ fundraiser for Cedars-Sinai blood cancer research. The compilation takes on thirteen of the Blink-182 songs found on the legendary pop-punk album, and features several scene favorites like The Republic of Wolves, ManDancing, and Out of Service. Please consider streaming the album and/or making a donation to the Cedars-Sinai blood cancer research fundraiser.
Read More “‘Rock Show: A 20th Anniversary Tribute’ to Blink-182’s ‘TOYPAJ’” Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 has shared another update on his health, stating:
Read More “Mark Hoppus Shares Health Update”Today I’m grateful to not be going in for chemotherapy. It’s been three weeks since my last treatment. Normally I’d be going in today. “Normally.” Damn. Getting pumped full of poison every three weeks is my normal. On the 29th I get scanned and will know if it worked.
Tom DeLonge has shared on Instagram that Mark Hoppus has completed his chemo treatment.
Read More “Mark Hoppus Done With Chemo” Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge sat down on Mark’s Apple Music show to talk about everything from their favorite Blink-182 album, to the band’s early days, and much more. It was a great conversation just to hear the two friends chat.
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