This new video entitled “Blink 182 summer 2009″ hit YouTube last week. In the background you’ll hear the music to the song “Violence” from Blink 182′s most recent release. I hope we get as many recording updates as the old days, so far it’s not looking like it. You won’t hear any new songs in this video, you’ll only see a few snippets of the Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus recording with Violence blaring in the background. Most of the video is footage of the bands photo shoot.
Here’s a question: should you have to pay for cool content from a band or musician? Answer: You shouldn’t. In fact you shouldn’t even have to pay a dime to services like Modlife, because the fact is there is only like 12 bands on the thing. Why do that when you can go to MySpace and get all kinds of cool content? I’ll tell you why- because of Tom Delonge’s ego and wanting to create something that is going to change the music forever. Well Tom, paying $2.99/month for a Modlife premium account just to read your blog posts doesn’t make anyone happy, just letting you know.
To all the Blink 182 Fans, lets start a riot.
If you need alternatives check out Mark Hoppus’ Blog. Plus you’ll get plenty of updates, PLENTY. The guy does twitter like 20 times a day.
Mark, Tom, and Travis just annonced that they are back together at the grammy’s. I’ll have video for you soon!
From there MySpace Blog:
Hi. We’re blink-182. This past week there’ve been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, We’re back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy.
Mark Hoppus wrote a blog post today talking about how the last two months have been some of the hardest times in his life. With the death of Jerry Fynn, a producer who is very close to both him and the members of blink 182. He also talks about the plane crash that Travis Barker was in and the death of little Chris, who is his dear friend. Towards the end of his post he said that he has recently hung out with Tom and Travis. It had been the first time hanging out with Tom since the split. It was a pretty brutal split up if you aren’t educated on it. Mark and Tom have gone without talking for at least a year and a half. This is big news to Blink 182 fans around the world.
Here’s Mark Hoppus recording part of a verse than a chorus to an unreleased plus 44 song. The riff’s sound pretty catchy so far from what we can see in the video. Despite Barkers injuries, the new album is likely to come out in late 2009. Check out Hoppus’ YouTube Channel.
It’s no surprise that Blink 182 videos are still trickling on the Internet. Just when you think you’ve seen them all you’ll find another one. If you want updates on Mark Hoppus and plus 44 you can check out his personal blog. If you want to keep close tabs on Tom Delonge and AVA than you can check out the website for all the exclusives.
Mark hoppus of Blink 182 and +44 recently sat down with pickRset and did an interview. He talks about being a producer, the challenges he has faced from it, and his future as a musician.
As always, Mark Hoppus never fails to impress when it comes to good causes. This Sunday he will be the Celebrity “Ball Caller” at Teen Line’s Bingo. Will you be there? See the flyer below for more information.
Below is an interview with Mark Hoppus (bassist and vocals for both Blink 182 and +44). The interview is conducted by Pete Wentz, the bass player of Fall Out Boy. Pete says that Fall Out Boy got “The Magic Hand” and it was expensive.
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