Look at this awesome song.’ And then I wake up the next day and go through the whole thing all over again.Caffeine- Incorporating caffeine can have a positive effect on reducing the appearance of dark under eye circles, reducing puffiness and improving the tone and texture of skin “Then sometimes I’ll write a song, drive home, play it for my wife and go, ‘Look what we did today. “I wake up every day like, ‘I’m never going to write another good song,’” he says. “If there’s cool melodies and cool sounds within the track, that’s what really inspires people.”įor Hoppus, the struggle to create songs that are melodic and meaningful is the same as it ever was, as Blink faces an audience that now includes original Blink fanatics hitting their 40s and another generation discovering pop-punk for themselves. “A lot of the rappers and artists outside of rock I work with, they’re talking about rock music and are inspired by rock music,” he insists. The Fader recently called him “rap’s favorite drummer,” with credits alongside the likes of Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar.īased on his experiences in that company, Barker insists rock remains a vibrant, influential form. ![]() We’re like, ‘Is Puffy coming by today?’ ‘No, that’s for you guys.’”Īfter establishing his bona fides with Blink-182, Barker branched out into other projects and genres, collaborating as drummer, songwriter, producer and impresario. Or we’d show up for some MTV interview in Italy and there’d be thousands of people outside. “I’d look out that window and Times Square would be packed with fans. “We would go to New York and they’d put us on ‘TRL,’” Hoppus recalls. They were still the same Blink guys - just a lot more people knew who they were.” “It’s awesome that they did all that stuff. “I’ve seen it firsthand where a band will be afraid to take that next step in terms of going on a ‘TRL’ or doing something that hardcore fans don’t expect,” adds Stryker, who joined KROQ the same year “Enema of the State” landed in the mainstream. Soon they were on MTV’s pop-centric “Total Request Live,” sharing screen time with Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys. KROQ-FM has been an on-air home for the band in Southern California since the ’90s, and deejay Ted Stryker watched as the band “hit that sweet spot” where the wider pop culture embraced the three young punks. Their songs and accompanying videos - “All the Small Things” and “What’s My Age Again?” most indelibly - were angsty, juvenile, endearingly cute and loaded with irresistible hooks. Alongside Green Day, Blink’s takeover of MTV and pop radio helped introduce a suburban version of punk to a new wave of restless young fans. “Now, an hour before we start, I take a couple of Advil.”įounded by Hoppus, former singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge and original drummer Scott Raynor, Blink-182 arrived in the mid-’90s as pop-punk pranksters with irreverent tunes of adolescent frustration, delivering an avalanche of sex jokes and soaring pop choruses. “I used to drink before I walked on stage,” says Hoppus with a grin. ![]() The night before, Blink-182 - Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker and guitarist-singer Matt Skiba - were at an amphitheater in Chula Vista, close to the band’s San Diego birthplace, and near the end of a Southern California tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Enema.” The record contains several of Blink’s many radio hits and is the foundation to a seemingly open-ended longevity few might have predicted when they emerged from a garage as a trio of leaping, snarling, foul-mouthed goofballs. I don’t know what we owe our longevity to.” “We always try and write the best songs we can and put on the best shows that we can, but there’s lots of bands that do and don’t get the chance to continue to play the Forum. “Somehow Blink has had several do-over tokens,” says Hoppus, still bouncy but grown up at 47, his auburn hair standing up in a youthful, tousled Bazooka Joe spike. Blink is still here, a full 20 years after its multiplatinum, career-defining “Enema of the State” album. Only a small number survive decades at that altitude. In the normal arc of a pop music career, an artist might enjoy a season or three of major chart success and arena concerts. On the walls are vivid pictures of headliners from the past and present, from Led Zeppelin to Madonna, Neil Diamond to Guns N’ Roses, and Hoppus is contemplating how his pop-punk trio fits into that company. ![]() Hours before showtime, Blink-182 singer-bassist Mark Hoppus is in the VIP lounge of the Forum in Inglewood, surrounded by generations of popular music.
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