Tom DeLonge
Tom DeLonge
Thomas Matthew "Tom" DeLonge, Jr., is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is currently the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock band Angels & Airwaves and was the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the American rock band Blink-182 from 1992 to 2015. DeLonge grew up in the suburbs of Poway, California, where he embraced skateboarding at an early age. DeLonge received his first guitar shortly thereafter and began writing original punk rock songs...
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth13 December 1975
CityPoway, CA
I might be a dork, but I don't want to be a jerk.
I love to deliver orgasms to the masses!
So many artists today will talk about green this or organic that, but you know what? What we are eating, I think, is really doing a lot of bad to us. I'm not sure if I'm the guy to do it right now, because I have to clean up my house too, so to speak, but we've got to start addressing this. Too many people are getting sick today.
I know how big Blink are and I know the legacy with it and everything, but Angels & Airwaves, to my heart and to the people who like it, this is the release of my life.
It's all success if it's what you need.
I just wanna see a UFO, really
There are lots of things that I'm always pulling inspiration from.
If I had my own world I'd build you an empire from here to the far lands to spread love like violence!
Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people.
The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no - that's just me!
The Angels shows are really intense. We play for a couple hours at a time. They're very theatrical and full of audience interaction and emotion. I've seen a lot of people crying and stuff. It's a little bit like church, but it's very secular.
It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.
'Love' has that Kubrick tonality to it, but this is not a Stanley Kubrick movie - there will never be another. At the same time, 'Love' has a modern feel. For example: In one scene, these astronauts go through a wormhole sequence, and you feel like you're being slapped around inside your head by a sonic boom.
I think there are a lot of different things that dreams do for the individual and they're fascinating because it's not totally known what they do, but we have some science that is opening the door to a new world as we speak.