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San Francisco Chronicle
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus elaborates on ‘very strange' rivalry with Green Day
Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus admits that his band's rivalry with Green Day was 'very strange.' In 'Fahrenheit-182,' the musician's memoir published in April, he revealed his San Diego pop punk group developed a toxically competitive dynamic with Green Day during their joint 2002 tour. Now, Hoppus is elaborating on that relationship, claiming that the competition was driven by the East Bay punk trio. 'That was very strange because I grew up listening to Green Day,' he reflected during an interview with NME published on Friday, May 16. 'I was a huge fan, then we're touring with them, but it was a weird thing where Green Day were dipping at the time and Blink were ascendent.' At the time, Blink-182 was riding the success of its 1999 breakthrough album, 'Enemy Of The State' and its similarly popular 2001 follow-up, 'Take Off Your Pants.' Meanwhile, Green Day was grappling with a decline in popularity after the 2000 release of its sixth studio album 'Warning,' which they didn't bounce back from until the 2004 release of 'American Idiot.' Hoppus went on to explain how despite being billed as co-headliners, Green Day was essentially opening for Blink-182. 'Headlining over your idols is a little strange… We walked in thinking we were hot s— and Green Day walked in ready to fight — musically of course,' he said. 'Billie was super nice to us. Then, when it came time to get on stage… It's like athletes: we could be on different teams, but when we get on the field we're going to try and kick your ass.' Green Day has not publicly responded to Hoppus' allegations. The 'All the Small Things' hitmaker added that his band, which also included lead vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker at the time, didn't necessarily join the tour with that competitive state of mind. 'They blew us off the stage the first few nights and we were like, 'Oh s—, we have to up our game'. Then it was this battle back-and-forth about who could put on the better show and who could win people over,' Hoppus said. Hopper described Blink-182's relationship with Green Day as 'rival gangs across town who both despise and respect each other' in his memoir, noting that sometimes they'd end up in 'screaming matches with their manager in the hallways.' Though the bands haven't toured together since, there seems to be no bad blood on Hoppus' end. 'It definitely made us a better band,' he reflected. 'I think I inspired them so much they were like, 'We have to kill Blink-182 with an awesome album called 'American Idiot'.'
The Irish Sun
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Blink 182 star reveals he thought he was going to die after shock cancer diagnosis and prepared for family ‘to move on'
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. Speaking on the four-year anniversary of his diagnosis, the pop-punk legend, 53, recalled how the news came out of nowhere while he was relaxing at home. 5 Blink 182 star Mark Hoppus spoke to Chris Moyles on Radio X today Credit: Instagram 5 Mark, right, is the co-founder and co-lead vocalist of Blink-182, pictured in 2011 with Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker Credit: Getty 5 Mark first revealed his cancer battle in 2021 Credit: Instagram @markhoppus The All The Small Things singer told Radio X presenter 'I was playing video games and I was talking to my son who was away at college and I felt a weird thing on my shoulder. 'And three days later I was going ready for chemo. That quick.' Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a serious blood cancer for which there is no standard treatment. READ MORE ON ROCK STARS 'The chemo was awful, it was brutal,' he added. 'The good news is my form of cancer, the doctor told me I had a 60% chance of getting through it and never having to deal with it again. 'But the bad part was the chemo was one of the worst that you could undergo and it was bad. 'I don't recommend it. Zero out of five stars. But it saved me so it was all good.' Most read in Celebrity Mark admitted the emotional toll was just as devastating as he wasn't feeling at all hopeful. He said he had prepared for his family, including wife Kelly and son Jack, to 'move on' after his death. Blink 182's Mark Hoppus shares heartbreaking update in cancer battle revealing he has stage 4 lymphoma 'Oh yeah, it was pretty dark,' he told Chris. 'It was awful and I really thought that I wasn't going to make it. I thought I was on the wrong side of that 60%,' he said. 'I was mentally preparing for my family moving on and what my wife was going to do after I was gone and who was going to help raise my son.' Now in remission, Mark says he's grateful just to be alive and working again. He said: 'So to be here with you all today and to sit next to Captain Crap Beard is just a dream come true.' Mark co-founded Blink-182 in the early '90s with Tom DeLonge, who left and rejoined the band multiple times over the years. Travis Barker joined as drummer in 1998 after original member Scott Raynor's departure, helping launch the band to mainstream stardom with albums like Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Travis himself has faced death - surviving a horrific 2008 He and DJ AM were the only survivors, and Travis underwent over 20 surgeries and months of rehab. Now, all three original members are back together, with their latest album One More Time, released last year. But for a brief time, Tom was absen from the band. Tom previously left in 2005 to form Angels & Airwaves after Blink-182 split and went on an indefinite hiatus. He left again in 2015 and was then slammed by Mark and Travis. In an interview with 'We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely,' Hoppus recalled at the time. 'There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.' Travis added: 'I think he's just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest. We always covered up for him before… It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful. "You don't even have the balls to call your bandmates and tell them you're not going to record or do anything Blink-related. You have your manager do it. Everyone should know what the story is with him and it's been years with it.' Despite the bad blood between the former bandmates, Mark and Tom were "able to completely repair" their friendship as the years went on. " The way the universe works is strange because I reached out to Mark because I needed him to sign this piece of paper that had to do with my divorce," DeLonge said in a 2021 "Only because of that call did I learn he had cancer. And he told me on the phone. I was like, 'Wait, what?" He added: "We weren't really talking much at all, maybe once every couple of months, a little text here and there. But now, we talk multiple times a day. "We've been able to completely repair that friendship and really cut to the depth of who we are as people and what this is all about." Is Tom DeLonge back in Blink-182? Travis and Mark continued to make music without Tom for years, but fans often wondered if he would ever make a return. That question was later answered in October 2022, when it was revealed that he had rejoined the band. 'Tom DeLonge has rejoined blink-182 and they are coming to the United Center,' Troy Hanson, the Vice President of Rock Programming at Cumulus Media, said on the 'Live Nation that's my gift to you for doing this whole thing in late October with Panic! At The Disco. I just blew your nut on Blink-182. Sorry not sorry.' 5 Mark Hoppus with his wife Skye Everly Credit: Getty 5 Tom previously left the band in 2005 to form Angels & Airwaves Credit: Getty
The Sun
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Blink 182 star reveals he thought he was going to die after shock cancer diagnosis and prepared for family ‘to move on'
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. Speaking on the four-year anniversary of his diagnosis, the pop-punk legend, 53, recalled how the news came out of nowhere while he was relaxing at home. 5 5 5 The All The Small Things singer told Radio X presenter Chris Moyles today: 'It was four years ago today. 'I was playing video games and I was talking to my son who was away at college and I felt a weird thing on my shoulder. 'And three days later I was going ready for chemo. That quick.' Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, a serious blood cancer for which there is no standard treatment. 'The chemo was awful, it was brutal,' he added. 'The good news is my form of cancer, the doctor told me I had a 60% chance of getting through it and never having to deal with it again. 'But the bad part was the chemo was one of the worst that you could undergo and it was bad. 'I don't recommend it. Zero out of five stars. But it saved me so it was all good.' Mark admitted the emotional toll was just as devastating as he wasn't feeling at all hopeful. He said he had prepared for his family, including wife Kelly and son Jack, to 'move on' after his death. Blink 182's Mark Hoppus shares heartbreaking update in cancer battle revealing he has stage 4 lymphoma 'Oh yeah, it was pretty dark,' he told Chris. 'It was awful and I really thought that I wasn't going to make it. I thought I was on the wrong side of that 60%,' he said. 'I was mentally preparing for my family moving on and what my wife was going to do after I was gone and who was going to help raise my son.' Now in remission, Mark says he's grateful just to be alive and working again. He said: 'So to be here with you all today and to sit next to Captain Crap Beard is just a dream come true.' Mark co-founded Blink-182 in the early '90s with Tom DeLonge, who left and rejoined the band multiple times over the years. Travis Barker joined as drummer in 1998 after original member Scott Raynor's departure, helping launch the band to mainstream stardom with albums like Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Travis himself has faced death - surviving a horrific 2008 plane crash that killed four people inclucing his best friend. He and DJ AM were the only survivors, and Travis underwent over 20 surgeries and months of rehab. Now, all three original members are back together, with their latest album One More Time, released last year. But for a brief time, Tom was absen from the band. Tom previously left in 2005 to form Angels & Airwaves after Blink-182 split and went on an indefinite hiatus. He left again in 2015 and was then slammed by Mark and Travis. In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2015, Mark and Travis discussed the split with their 'disrespectful and ungrateful' bandmate and revealed that he had backed out of upcoming commitments, which also included recording a new album. 'We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely,' Hoppus recalled at the time. 'There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.' Travis added: 'I think he's just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest. We always covered up for him before… It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful. "You don't even have the balls to call your bandmates and tell them you're not going to record or do anything Blink-related. You have your manager do it. Everyone should know what the story is with him and it's been years with it.' Despite the bad blood between the former bandmates, Mark and Tom were "able to completely repair" their friendship as the years went on. " The way the universe works is strange because I reached out to Mark because I needed him to sign this piece of paper that had to do with my divorce," DeLonge said in a 2021 interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe. "Only because of that call did I learn he had cancer. And he told me on the phone. I was like, 'Wait, what?" He added: "We weren't really talking much at all, maybe once every couple of months, a little text here and there. But now, we talk multiple times a day. "We've been able to completely repair that friendship and really cut to the depth of who we are as people and what this is all about." Is Tom DeLonge back in Blink-182? Travis and Mark continued to make music without Tom for years, but fans often wondered if he would ever make a return. That question was later answered in October 2022, when it was revealed that he had rejoined the band. 'Tom DeLonge has rejoined blink-182 and they are coming to the United Center,' Troy Hanson, the Vice President of Rock Programming at Cumulus Media, said on the Q101's Brian, Ali & Justin Podcast. 'Live Nation that's my gift to you for doing this whole thing in late October with Panic! At The Disco. I just blew your nut on Blink-182. Sorry not sorry.' 5 5
