hi, my name is mark. blink-182. hoppus on music. stupid hair. ama.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

my grandfathers. one i never got to meet, and the rest died before i was able to fully appreciate them. all served in world war 2. one was in the army, stormed the beach at normandy, fought through the hedgerows of france, battle of the ardennes, battle of the bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war. one was in the marines, fought through the island of the pacific, at the fronts, okinawa. one was in the army air force, flew the burma hump, bombing missions, and was a backup pilot for the enola gay. i never got to ask them what they had seen or how it felt, or say thank you for what they did. much respect to them and everyone who serves.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

lumpy space princess

MarkHoppus · 3 months

nope. 90 minutes, boom. longer than that and it'd get boring for people. 90 minutes is the perfect set length.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

thanks very much for the star! i feel verified now!

MarkHoppus · 3 months

at times it is awkward, frustrating, contentious, angering, and everything else. we are a band who've been together for twenty years. we fight, we argue, we make up, we move on, we laugh, we play music, we tour, we write songs. rinse, lather, repeat.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

adam's song. it may be permanently retired from our set list. too hard.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

yes, that is true.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

most fun was definitely first date. summertime, water park, vw bus, friends. it makes me laugh even still. for the record, i want our next video to be like that. we need another silly video. right?

MarkHoppus · 3 months

underneath the weeping willow by grandaddy. listen to it and i think you'll understand.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

ginger

MarkHoppus · 3 months

no. when i sing dammit, a song written more than 15 years ago, i remember the exact day i wrote it, what i was going through, what it meant to me.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

french, spanish, japanese, italian, portuguese, but i'm still working on english. still can't quite get a handle on english...

MarkHoppus · 3 months

that's the one.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

yes, at times. but that's what makes us blink-182. we're all way different from one another. it is in that tension that we do our best work. that's what we learned during the hiatus.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

many.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

the whole situation sucked. but i sang on the track because, at the heart of it, tom and travis are my friends. i'm sure tom felt the tension and asked me as an offering. i was glad to have done it, and i was glad that he asked.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

no, i don't. that was a many years ago.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

i'm not famous. famous is brad pitt (dreamy!) or sir ernest shackleton (explorey!) or carrot top (prop comedy-y!). i'm a dude in a band. i love it when people recognize us or ask for a photo or come up to say they love a song or our band. it's a huge compliment. the only reason we get to do what we do is because people support our band. i hope to ever lose sight of that fact. also, thank you to everybody.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

weird, betrayed, jealous. probably more than i should have.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

someone asking us to sign his prosthetic leg, and a lady asking to touch my hair. i said, "nah, that'd be weird," and she said, "no, it's fine," and proceeded to rub my head. in a mexican food shop.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

i feel like it needs a kick in the ass. something fresh and brave to shake it up. the whole thing feels safe and stale and formulaic. but that's just me.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

fighting the gravity is about a night a long time ago where someone put something in my drink. i had no idea what was happening and thought i was dying. the whole world felt malicious and angry. i could barely move from the immensity of the earth's pull. i got into my girlfriend's car and said, "please, just drive." no me gusta.

MarkHoppus · 3 months

feelin' this, because it's the beginning of the set, the release of all the anticipation leading up to walking onstage. the curtain drops, the lights explode, and we start the show. where it goes from there is unknown...

MarkHoppus · 3 months

i don't know from experience, but i do fancy myself a scientist, so i will see what i can do...

MarkHoppus · 3 months

happens is a few days. i'll let you know how it goes. i'm definitely going to get out my dress monocle for the occasion.

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