Mark Hoppus
Mark Hoppus
Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the pop punk band Blink-182. Born in Ridgecrest, California, Hoppus spent his childhood moving back and forth between his mother and father's houses, as they divorced when he was in third grade. He became interested in skateboarding and punk rock in junior high, and received a bass guitar from his father at the age of fifteen. After...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth15 March 1972
CityRidgecrest, CA
CountryUnited States of America
No matter what, I think people are trying to better themselves, or to better their situation, or to find something new and exciting.
I like that about human nature, that people are always striving to do better, and find something new.
I kinda like the duality of California and the dark side, the underbelly of California, and I think that's what this album ['California']feels like - there's endless hope and optimism but there's also a darker side.
I feel like anyone can be a kid forever as long as you have that mindset and attitude towards the world.
California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else.
True happiness for me is playing a concert in Blink-182, and then hanging out with my friends and my wife and son, and going out for Mexican food.
I firmly believe artists should be paid for what they create.
I'm always asking friends what new music they're into, and I love showing people new talented artists.
Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war.
I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd drive over to my house, I'd sneak out and we'd go out to the desert and just burn things down.
I don't have a girlfriend, I have a dog.
Take it from me because I learned the hard way: circumcisions are best left to professionals.
Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet.
Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.