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
We never really set out to talk about California on the album ['California'], it was something that we noticed that was happening about three-quarters of the way through the recording process. We were looking at which songs we thought would make the record and we realised that there was this theme coming through. I think it's just a product of being in California for as long as I have.
The strongest human emotion is probably love. I think it's universal. I think that across language and country and time and everything else, probably love.
I think that happiness is a great thing to strive for, but very difficult to maintain - people are always striving for something different, and something better.
No matter what, I think people are trying to better themselves, or to better their situation, or to find something new and exciting.
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 think age is just a stupid number.
We really try not to spend too much time thinking about what we're supposed to be a punk band, or whatever. We do the exact same thing today that we been doing for years and years and years.
I like the beaches in Orange County the best. I think Orange County has great beaches. Everything from Dana Point to Newport to Laguna; all over the place.
I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.
We're really good friends and we hang out. It's like I get to hang out with my friends and get paid for it.
If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.
'The White Album' is a record I can go back to time and time again, and always find something different that I never noticed or appreciated before.
The naked thing was short-lived. It was only around for about six months because we thought it was shocking. Once people expected us to do it we kind of never did it again.
It's hard to cover for someone who's disrespectful and ungrateful...To say, 'I didn't quit the band' is just not true. It's disingenuous.