Mark Hoppus

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Markus Allan Hoppus (born March 15, 1972 in Ridgecrest, California) was one of the founding members of the pop punk band blink-182, and the electronica band Plus-44. He plays bass guitar and sings vocals.

At the age of fifteen, Hoppus got his first bass from his father after helping him paint his house. Mark played bass and sang in the band Pier 69,primarily covering songs by The Cure. He also played in a band called The Attic Children in 1988. He later moved to San Diego, where he met Tom Delonge (another blink-182 member) through his younger sister, Anne Hoppus. Delonge was a friend of Anne's boyfriend, Kerry Key, and constantly complained about wanting to join a band. She finally introduced Hoppus and Delonge in August 1992.

Hoppus and Delonge, with their friend, drummer Scott Raynor, decided to form a band in 1992. They were under the name "Duck Tape" until their third show, when Delonge said he liked another name..."blink", but an Irish techno band was already using that name and threatened them with a court case, so they changed their name to blink-182. In 1997, after the release of their fourth album Dude Ranch, blink-182 went on tour with The Aquabats (whose drummer at the time was Travis Barker). Scott's dismissal from blink-182 was rumored to come when he did not show up for two weeks of shows because of a drinking problem. Travis performed instead, and when Raynor returned, he felt awkward and decided to leave the band completely. Barker learned the entire setlist in about two hours before a show, and eventually left The Aquabats to become the band's full-time drummer.

In 1999, they released their first album with Barker, Enema of the State. They later released two more studio albums, Take off Your Pants and Jacket and an untitled album (usually referred to as blink-182).

Hoppus provided backing vocals on MxPx's eighth studio album Panic for the song "Wrecking Hotel Rooms." He is currently working on a side project with Travis Barker and Carol Heller - an electronica band called Plus-44; their first album is expected some time in Summer 2006. In 2005, Mark created a podcast called "Hi, My Name Is Mark" - every two weeks, Mark plays songs by underground bands, interviews his favorite artists and reminisces about happenings in his life. Mark talked about the podcast in the April issue of Alternative Press stating he would love to one day post some of Plus-44's music on the podcast.

Hoppus married his girlfriend, Skye Everly, on December 2 2000. Their son, Jack Hoppus, was born on August 5 2002.

Mark also co-owns the popular punk clothing company, Atticus, and is a record producer. He produced the second album of Minnesota band Motion City Soundtrack, Commit This to Memory. He also provided backing vocals for the song "Hangman" on this album.

He also has a signature series bass, the Mark Hoppus Fender Jazz Bass. Early in his carrer he used Ernie Ball Music Man basses. He has been seen using other kinds of Fender jazz basses in shows but primarily he uses his signature series.

Discography

blink-182

• blink-182 — Flyswatter (1992), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — Buddha (1994), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — Cheshire Cat (1994), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — Dude Ranch (1997), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — Enema of the State (1999), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back (2000), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — Take off Your Pants and Jacket (2001), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — blink-182 (2003), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.
• blink-182 — Greatest Hits (2005), vocals and bass guitar on the entire album.

Other

• The Ataris — Look Forward to Failure (1998), vocals on "My So-called Life".
• Simple Plan — No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002), vocals on "I'd Do Anything".
• Box Car Racer — Box Car Racer (2002), vocals on "Elevator".
• New Found Glory — Sticks and Stones (2002), bass guitar on "Something I Call Personality".
• MxPx — The Passion of The Christ Songs (2004), vocals on "The Empire".
• MxPx — Panic (2005), backing vocals on "Wrecking Hotel Rooms".
• Motion City Soundtrack — Commit This to Memory (2005), vocals on "Hangman", producer on the entire album.
• Renee Renee — White Heat (2006), vocals on "Paper Dolls".
• Something For Rockets — Produced two new songs on the upcoming album (2006).
• The Matches — (2006)
• Mae — Produced their cover of a Nine Inch Nails song for the upcomming Punk Goes 90's compilation.
• Less Than Jake — In With the Out Crowd (2006), co-wrote and sings in "The Rest of My Life".

External links

• Hi, My Name Is Mark Mark Hoppus podcast site
• Plus 44 official site
• Blink-182 official site
• Mark Hoppus MySpace
• Plus 44 official MySpace
• Atticus Clothing Company
• Atticus Clothing Company MySpace
• Plus 44 Online A Plus 44 fansite with up to date news, a database of every Plus 44 news article ever written, and a thriving message board. It's your number one source for everything Plus 44.
• Plus-44.org Plus 44 Fan site, daily updated news
• Another Blink-182 fan site Fan site about blink-182 and members and their side projects
• aliens-exist.net - Most respected Blink-182, Angels and Airwaves and Plus 44 Website.

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