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Green Day’s origins stretch farther back than Blink-182’s, but ultimately, both groups would be defining pop-punk bands of the early 2000s. There was a stretch during that time, though ...
In an interview with NME published on Friday, May 16, the Blink-182 guitarist reflected on his experience touring with Green Day in 2002. Hoppus, 53, called it "very strange" since he was such a ...
By Jessica Lynch Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus opened up about the simmering tension between his band and Green Day during the iconic 2002 Pop Disaster Tour, describing it as a “musical battle” th ...
Rocker Mark Hoppus has had plenty of wild experiences as a member of Blink-182 — but he once turned down the chance to share a smooch with an '80s icon who happened to be a man. The bass player ...
Mark Hoppus found Blink-182's rivalry with Green Day to be "weird". The 53-year-old musician "grew up listening to Green Day" and was a huge fan of their music during his younger years ...
Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus has spoken to NME about how he now “wishes” he had made out with The Cure‘s Robert Smith. The bassist first revealed the incident in his memoir Fahrenheit-182 ...
Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, along with his bandmates Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, are known for their sense of humour, but his 2021 cancer diagnosis left him convinced he wouldn’t make it.
That last one is admittedly quite niche, applicable to perhaps only one person: Mark Hoppus, bassist and vocalist of pop-punk legends Blink-182. “It was my third round of chemo and every time I ...
BLINK-182 frontman Mark Hoppus has revealed he genuinely believed he was going to die after being diagnosed with a fast-spreading cancer and had even started preparing his family for life without him.
The Blink-182 star was diagnosed with cancer in 2021 - but having been so fortunate in his life up until that stage, Mark felt like he "deserved" to die. Read here to find out why he felt that way ...