Biography
Full name: Thomas Matthew DeLonge Wife: Jennifer DeLonge (a.k.a. Jen Jenkins) Children: 1 girl Ava
Elizabeth DeLonge (born on July 15th/2002 Pets: German Shepherd named Grey Current residence: Encinitas, California Birthday:
December 13th/1975 Bands that he is in(or was in): Blink 182, Box Car Racer Hometown: Poway, California Fact about
him: When he was 15 years old, he got suspended from school for getting drunk at a basketball game.
Full name: Markus
Allen Hoppus Wife: Skye Hoppus (a.k.a. Skye Everly) Children: 1 boy Jack Hoppus Pets: 3 dogs Atticus, Cheesburger,
and Ahi Current residence: Encinitas, California Birthday: March 15th/1972 Fact about him: His role model is Homer
Simpson
Full name: Travis Landon Barker Fiancee: Shanna (former miss usa) Children: 1 boy Landon Barker Current
residence: San Diego, California Birthday: November 14th/1975 Fact about him: He just broke his foot a couple of weeks
ago which forced Blink 182 to cancel a few of their shows on thier current Australian tour. POOR TRAVIS!!!
In
the life of every band, there comes a time to take stock; to reflect on goals set and goals achieved; to offer a silent prayer
of thanksgiving for the many blessings so richly bestowed upon us.
For blink-182, this is not the time.
They're
too busy touring the world, scarfing Sombrero’s burritos, farting and rocking the planet till the ozone layer disintegrates.
In the recent past, blink-182 won a Teen Choice Award, a Blockbuster Music Award, and appeared on the MTV Awards '00 where
they performed "All The Small Things" and won Best Group Video. In Europe they received an MTV Europe Award for Best New Act.
They performed on Saturday Night Live and the Tonight Show (twice), appeared in American Pie and opened the Billboard Music
Awards. The band also graced the covers of Rolling Stone, Alternative Press (twice), Teen People, Teen and CosmoGirl, just
to name a few.
It's safe to say the blink-182 is now a worldwide phenomenon, with their records reaping platinum and
their concert tours packing ‘em in all across Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Americas. And earlier this year, blink-182
ventured back to the studio with producer Jerry Finn to record their fourth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (you
should say the title out loud to fully appreciate the subtle, sophisticated humor).
By every indication, Take Off Your
Pants and Jacket is turning out to be an evolutionary hybrid for blink-182, as hooky as 1999's multi-platinum Enema of the
State, but with all the punk spirit of their MCA debut album Dude Ranch. "This is the hardest, fastest record that we've done,"
says blink's Tom DeLonge of the upcoming album. "It's way more punk-rock than our previous records, and we're excited about
it." Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (release date 6/12/01) follows Enema of the State and last year's smash live album The
Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back).
The band's popularity has only increased since their formation
in '93. They began building momentum with a string of popular 7"s, and in 1994 they released their first full-length album,
Cheshire Cat, on Grilled Cheese (a division of Cargo Music). In 1996, they signed a joint-venture record deal with Cargo Music
and MCA Records, with their first MCA release Dude Ranch (1997) setting the stage for their current success. By the end of
1998, they had emerged as one of the most popular pop-punk bands of the year – the album went platinum in the U.S. and
the year-end Billboard Airplay Monitor Report (BDS) stats indicated that "Dammit (Growing Up)" from Dude Ranch earned top
spins at many key radio stations.
Blink-182 took a break from the road after Christmas '98 to begin pre-production
for Enema Of The State, recorded in the band's hometown of San Diego at Signature Sound. Handling production duties was Jerry
Finn, whose previous credits include Green Day and Rancid. Enema Of The State shattered the standard set by Dude Ranch. World-wide
sales are now over seven million copies, not to mention the fact that the CD perched high atop the upper-reaches of Billboard's
Top 200 for over a year. The album's three singles, "What's My Age Again," "All The Small Things" and "Adam's Song" dominated
MTV, alternative, rock and Top-40 radio.
Their summer tour, where The Mark, Tom & Travis Show (The Enema Strikes
Back) was recorded, sold a third of a million tickets. The aforementioned album was a 20-track collection of live versions
of classic blink-182 hits produced by Jerry Finn, and also contained never-before-released songs, a new studio track, and
all the hilarious potty-mouthed one liners a fan could want. In its limited release, The Mark, Tom & Travis Show (The
Enema Strikes Back) sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. In other Blink-182 news, a massive U.S. summer 2001 tour is on
the drawing boards, and a book about the band's early days, written by Hoppus' younger sister, Anne, now carries a title,
Tales From Beneath Your Mom. It's scheduled to hit bookstores in mid-September.
Then there's the ever-expanding blink-182
mercantile empire, which stretches from pole to pole, from sea to shining sea. First there's their own blink182.com website
for fans and curious onlookers. Travis's "Famous Stars and Straps" is a successful retailer and website for clothes, belts
and accessories. Mark and Tom's "Loserkids.com" is an equally vibrant website for clothes, skates, music, movies. But despite
these ancillary success stories, Mark, Tom and Travis never lose sight of what's most important for blink-182 and their worldwide
legions of fans: music and tasteless comedy at every opportunity.
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