Mark hoppus

Mark Allan Hoppus (Ridgecrest, California, United States, March 15, 1972) is an American musician, record producer, television host, fashion designer, and model. He is the bassist, founder, and one of two vocalists for the band Blink-182, and also bassist and lead vocalist for the alternative rock band +44. He is the co-founder of both bands. He has produced albums for well known bands like Idiot Pilot, New Found Glory and the Matches. He premiered his own television show on September 16, 2010, Hoppus on Music, on the FuseTV channel.

Biography

Mark Hoppus was born in Ridgecrest, California on March 15, 1972, the son of Connie and Tex Hoppus. One of his ancestors, Michael Happes, served in the American Revolutionary War. His father works in the Department of Defense designing missiles, and his mother describes him as "always a happy, intelligent and sensitive boy." Hoppus spent much of his early years in a small town in Ridgecrest until his parents divorced when he was in the third grade, which took a toll on him. After two years, he settles in Monterrey with his father. Hoppus describes that time as a time when he lived alone. Hoppus described himself as a fairly simple guy before high school when he became a skateboarder. In his freshman year of high school, Hoppus became interested in the music of The Smiths and The Cure. He lived in Faifax, Virginia, in a suburb of Washington D.C. during his junior years in high school, attending Annandale High School. At that time he got his first bass, and attended his first concert.

He received his first bass as a gift from his father and earned money to buy amplifiers by helping him paint his garage. He never took bass lessons, he taught himself and sang in the band Pier 69, doing covers of The Cure. In 1988, with this band he recorded a live demo called The Attic Children in which they played songs by The Cure. Hoppus returned to Ridgecrest in 1989, completing his high school at Borrughs High School. After graduating from this school in 1990, he started a band called Of All Things with two of his friends, with whom they did some songs for The Descendents. Hoppus left Ridgecrest in the summer of 1992 to attend college and work at a music venue in San Diego. Hoppus continued to play with Of All Things on the weekends. His representative became suspicious of his weekend activities, as Hoppus told her that he worked at Ridgecrest with disabled kids, and forbade him from being out on the weekends. Hoppus studied at the university with the idea of becoming an English teacher, he says he hated the university and his reasoning behind being a teacher was that an educational reform should be done. He moved in with his mother after Blink-182 started, and lived with her in the band's early years. Hoppus describes his mother as being supportive of his decisions to drop out of college and tour with Blink-182, however he describes his father as "more realistic".

Musical career

Blink-182 (1992-2005; 2009-present)

After moving to San Diego in the summer of 1992, Hoppus met with her sister and told her of her desire to be in a band. Anne attended Rancho Bernardo High School, and was friends with a new student, Tom DeLonge over the summer. DeLonge said that when she met Mark they were "running around naked, doing weird things, skateboarding until the wee hours of the morning, antagonizing security guards, and always having fun." In August 1992, Anne introduced her to Tom DeLonge, and they instantly started hanging out in DeLonge's garage. To impress Delonge, Hoppus climbed a light pole outside the house and broke both ankles, leaving him on crutches for several weeks. DeLonge called in an old friend, Scott Raynor of Poway to become the drummer for the new band, initially called Duck Tape until Delonge called it Blink.

Blink made several demos in 1993 and caught the attention of a local record company, Cargo Music, where they signed and recorded their debut album Chesire Cat in February 1994. The band found success in the South from California touring in their own van during 1995 and 1996. An Irish pop band with the same name threatened legal action, so they decided to add the “-182” to the end of their name. The band moved to Encinitas, California in 1996, where they recorded their second album Dude Ranch, produced by Mark Trombino. Blink -182 recorded under Cargo Music, but signed to MCA Records in 1998. Their album was released in 1997 and sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. The single "Dammit" was the one that gave success to the album. Hoppus and DeLonge fired Raynor in the middle of a 1998 US tour over alcoholism. Hoppus and Delonge asked drummer Travis Barker of Blink-182's opening band The Aquabats to replace Raynor on tour, they were so impressed with Barker that they decided to have him join the band. The band released a new album in June 1999 titled Enema of the State, featuring hit singles such as "What's My Age Again?", "All the Small Things", and "Adam' 39;s Song». After this, in November 2000, they made a live album, The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back, which is notably arranged. In June 2001 they released a new album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, which continued the band's commercial success. After performing with Box Car Racer for most of 2002, Delonge and Barker returned to Blink-182 to record their fifth album, completed in November 2003, which continued the commercial success the band had gained from their previous albums, but this The album was criticized the most: Blink-182 (album) represents a more mature band than has been seen in the past, introducing new elements into their pop punk sound, inspired by the change in their lifestyle (all members became parents before the album) and side projects Box Car Racer, Angels & Airwaves, +44 and The Transplants.

Tensions between the band members increased when DeLonge expressed his desire to cancel a tour in mid-year, and another at the end of 2004. The band finally announced an indefinite breakup in February 2005. Delonge formed Angels & Airwaves while Hoppus and Barker continued together at +44. In August 2008, the band's producer Jerry Finn died of a brain hemorrhage and Barker was a survivor of a plane crash with his friend DJ AM, suffering severe burns. These two events were what led the band to meet again; In 2009 DeLonge said that "if that accident hadn't happened, we wouldn't be a band." The band announced their return in February 2009 at the 51st Grammy Awards ceremony, and with a tour in mid-2009. Blink-182 is recognized as a key to contemporary pop punk, influencing throughout his career. Following the announcement of Blink-182's comeback, the band toured North America and the UK, also taking part in events and concerts such as Reading and Leeds. It was also announced, while touring in different states and cities, that the band was recording new songs for a new studio album. Hoppus confirmed that the first single would be named Up All Night. The sixth album is called Neighborhoods and is published on September 27, 2011. At the beginning of 2012, in preparation for his tour, Hoppus was giving away autographed items and tickets for his London show, his work was not successful or recognized, although he found a girl with a +44 backpack in a Starbucks. Then in Dublin, Hoppus' team, all tickets and autographed items were recognized.

+44 (2005-2009)

In April 2005, following the indefinite split from Blink-182, +44 was announced as a new Hoppus and Barker project. The band's name refers to the UK telephone area code, where Hoppus and Barker discussed the project. After recording several demos in 2005, Barker and Hoppus began working in the studio in 2006, which was a turning point for +44.

The Nervous Return guitarist Shane Gallagher joined the band, as did Mercy Killers' Craig Fairbaugh. The band's debut album was When Your Heart Stops Beating released in November 2006. The lyrics of the songs on this album are related to the feelings after the breakup of Blink-182, such as the song "No, It Isn't".;t", which was published in December 2005, coincidentally, on Tom Delonge's birthday.

In October 2007, Hoppus reported that +44 officially signed a contract with Interscope to record another album, but it was canceled in 2008 due to Barker's plane crash. After the accident, rumors began to circulate of a possible Blink-182 reunion, which was confirmed by the band in February 2009 at the 51st Grammy Awards ceremony.

In an interview with Alternative Press on February 19, 2009, when Hoppus was asked about the future of +44, he replied "I don't consider it finished. We will never say never with anything. When you say 'I'm not going to do that anymore', you are in a situation where you want to do that. Shane Gallagher and Craig Fairbaugh are great guitarists and fun to be in a band with, so we're not going to say this band is finished. But obviously, for the foreseeable future, all our energy will be on Blink-182."

Other work

Other work: 1998-present Hoppus was a judge for the 9th Independent Music Awards to support the career of independent artists. Mark also participated in Fenix*TX's music video for their single “All My Fault”.

Hoppus had many vocal appearances and work as many artists. His first appearance outside of Blink-182 was with The Ataris in 1998 for their Look Forward to Failure EP. He also collaborated vocally with Simple Plan on their single “I'd Do Anything”, on Box Car Racer “Elevator”, and “In Transit” with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, recorded for Almost Alice (2010), as well as on Tonight. Alive's “Thank You & Goodnight” in 2012 for “What Are You So Scared Of”

Hoppus began producing albums in 2005. The first record he produced was Commit This To Memory, in 2005 for Motion City Soundtrack. Since then, Hoppus has produced a wide variety of albums and songs: he produced New Found Glory's Not without a Fight (2005), America's Suitehearts: remixed, retouched, rehabbed and retoxed, Fall Out Boy's 2009 EP, Vatican City (2011) from Kronic Ketchup Krews. He remixed Hallucinations for Angels & Airwaves on his album Love (2010). He was most recently credited as a producer for the Motion City Soundtrack's My Dinosaur Life in 2010. Hoppus was featured on City (Comma) State's debut album Shady Lane, released in 2011. He helped produce and write most of the album's songs; bassist Justin Siegel said “I've never laughed so much in my life. It was and still is a dream come true, and I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to work with him."

In 2012, Hoppus guest-starred in writer-director Michael Ratner's comedy Lil DPC starring soprano Steve Schirripa and rapper Fat Joe.

On April 17, 2012, he collaborated with Owl City for the song Dementia, for vocals (along with Adam Young), bass, and songwriting.

Equipment

Equipment Hoppus has been seen using his Fender Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass in different colors. Although considered Jazz, this model consists of the body of a Jazz Bass with the neck and pickups of a Precision Bass. Recently, it had a modification, the bodies are now made with Ash instead of Alder. The location of the microphones was also changed, they were located under the E and A strings and also under D and G, now a warmer was placed on the D and G strings, giving it a thicker sound. Hoppus uses Seymour Duncan microphones. His bass colors were Olympic White, Sunburst, and See-Through Blond, all with a tortoise shell pickguard. During Blink-182's first live performances his bass color changed to white. He currently uses a Fender Precision Bass which has been seen on "Dammit", "What's My Age Again?", and "All The Small Things", among others. He uses plectrum picks, so he doesn't play with his fingers like other bassists.

For live sound, Hoppus uses three Ampeg SVT Classic bass heads connected to two Ampeg 8x10 SVT speakers. I also use two Ampeg STV-4 Pro heads which had only one preamp.

Mark recently announced that his Fender Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass Signature will be available this spring. It will be available in Surf Green Transparent, Black, Daphne Blue and New White Blonde.

Works outside of music

Hoppus and Tom Delonge owned two companies, Atticus and Macbeth Footwear, Hoppus after the breakup of Blink-182 sold his shares in both companies. Mark Hoppus has had acting appearances in movies and on television. He appeared as a garage band member in the hit teen comedy American Pie (1999) with his bandmates Tom Delonge and Travis Barker. He appeared again with DeLonge singing a cover of Jan and Dean's "Dead Man's Curve" in the CBS movie "Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story" (1999). The band appeared in a Two Guys and a Girl episode "Au Revoir, Pizza Place" in 1999, they also appeared in an episode of The Simpsons "Barting Over" in 2003. The band made an appearance on Mad TV in 2002, in a segment titled “Leave it to Blink-182”. Hoppus was a guest actor in an episode of the show Haunted in 2002.

He has also written columns for Risen Magazine in March/April and May/June 2005 titled “Beyond Us”. Mark Hoppus has been confirmed as part of a documentary on modern punk titled One Nine Nine Four. The film was to be released in 2009 but was cancelled.

Mark Hoppus worked to help those affected by the Tohoku tsunami in Japan. He announced that his group Blink-182 was going to be benefiting the American Red Cross on Ebay. He auctioned off old Blink-182 memorabilia to help, including original lyrics from “The Rock Show” and “Adam's Song,” a Bad Religion-signed cymbal, a hand-painted rabbit, a Blink-182 tour pass, stickers; among other things.

HiMyNameIsMark (2005)

“HiMyNameIsMark” was a podcast he did during the breakup of blink-182, and can be found at HiMyNameIsMark.com Every week he would perform a show featuring songs from underground bands, interviews with band members or friends. He got the “Best Podcast” award in 2005. He also created several side projects including “Hopp on Popp” where he talked about artists, like Matt & Kim, fun., and Japandroids.

Hoppus on Music (2010-present)

In June 2010, the Fuse network announced that Hoppus would be hosting a weekly show. It was first called A Different Spin With Mark Hoppus. Hoppus said, “I'm happy to be part of the Fuse family, and to have a show there where I can talk about a subject I'm passionate about, music. More importantly, I am excited to force millions of people to watch me every week on national television." According to Fuse Vice President of Programming and Development Sal LoCurto, “A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus” was developed to complement the variety of music programming on Fuse – including live concerts, festivals and interviews with the biggest names in music. On August 5, 2010, Hoppus revealed that his show's co-star would be comedian Amy Schumer.

The show focuses on new music, discussing and showing special reports on the corresponding shows. It is also characterized by having live bands. The show had its premiere on September 6, 2010 on FuseTv. The second season of this started in March 2011, and the show was retitled "Hoppus on Music."

Personal life

Hoppus married his girlfriend, Skye Everly, on December 2, 2000. They met on the set of the Blink-182 video “All The Small Things.” According to a 2004 interview, Everly said that she initially told her not to go out with Mark: “Tom [DeLonge] always used to bother me. Any girl who spoke to him he would say, 'Hey, do you want to go out with Mark?' I ask Skye, my wife who looked at me and said 'no'. That was how it all started. Two years later, they had a son, Jack Hoppus, on August 5, 2002. The three of them are now living in London, England. Likewise, Hoppus announced on his blog that he planned to live in the UK for just one year and then return to the United States. In 2008, Hoppus voiced his opposition to Proposition 8 (was a pass to remove the right of same-sex couples to marry) in California and led Californians to vote against it. He explained that although he never comments on his political beliefs, he believed that this was more about civil rights than politics. Hoppus wrote an editorial for The Huffington Post in October 2009 discussing how the quality of health care for all citizens of the United States would benefit and aid health care reform. In a 2012 interview with NME, Hoppus argued that he prefers the UK healthcare system over the US. He said: “The waiting times I have experienced at local UK clinics have been much shorter than waiting times in the US. We've been telling our friends that the United States needs to take a look at this and take some action." In 2000, Rolling Stone magazine described Hoppus as a very religious person and that he "prayed every night", Hoppus never discussed his religious beliefs. Mark now lives in London with his wife Skye and his son Jack. He supports Chelsea Football Club due to the location of his home in London.

On June 23, 2021, he had confirmed that he was diagnosed with cancer. He uploaded a post to Instagram but it was later deleted and then it was reconfirmed via Twitter announcing that he is undergoing treatment.

Discography

With Blink-182

• Flyswatter (demo) (1991)
• Demo #2 (demo) (1992)
• Buddha (demo) (1992)
• Cheshire Cat (1994)
• They Came to Conquer... Uranus (EP) (1995)
• Dude Ranch (1997)
• Enema of the State (1999)
• The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) (2000)
• Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
• Blink-182 (2003)
• Greatest Hits (2005)
• Neighborhoods (2011)
• Dogs Eating Dogs (EP) (2012)
• California (2016)
• Nine. (2019)

With +44

• When Your Heart Stops Beating (2006)

Production

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