Mark Hoppus

Mark Hoppus

Mark Allan Hoppus (* 15. March 1972 in Ridgecrest , California ) is the bass player, singer and songwriter of the American pop punk band Blink-182 , in 1999 with the album Enema of the State and the single All the Small Things the made international breakthrough.

Blink-182

His sister Anne Hoppus introduced him to Tom DeLonge in 1992 . They both wanted to start a band, but had difficulty finding band members. When they first met, Hoppus and DeLonge wrote the song Carousel . With Scott Raynor (later replaced by Travis Barker ) they formed the band blink-182, in which Hoppus was bassist and singer. After 13 years, the band members decided to take a "break for an indefinite period". This pause officially ended on February 8, 2009, at the 51st Grammy Awards. Mark, Tom and Travis have now confirmed that they will make music together again and announced a new album for summer 2009, followed by a world tour. A new album called Neighborhoods was released in September 2011. After another falling out within blink-182, the band split from DeLonge in early 2015. As a replacement for planned concerts, Matt Skiba was hired by Alkaline Trio . Skiba remained a permanent member of the band and recorded a new album for blink-182 together with Barker and Hoppus. This was published on July 1, 2016 and is called California . It is the band's first album without founding member Tom DeLonge. Another album called Nine followed on September 20, 2019 with the same line-up .

Other bands

Hoppus has remained loyal to pop-punk after blink-182's "indefinite break" and has since worked with several bands and artists such as Simple Plan and Motion City Soundtrack . He was singer and bass player in the band +44 , which he founded together with blink-182 bandmate Travis Barker. The debut album was released on November 14, 2006. +44 broke up in 2009 after the reunification of blink-182. In early 2010, Hoppus embarked on a project with his friend Pete Wentz , bassist for Fall Out Boy . You wrote the song In Transit for the film Alice in Wonderland . Mark Hoppus made short guest appearances in the videos I Don't Care by Fall Out Boy, Weightless by All Time Low , I'd Do Anything by Simple Plan and on Fenix ​​Tx All My Fault . In January 2019 he founded the super group Simple Creatures with all-time-low guitarist and singer Alex Gaskarth and released the first single Drug . Later in 2019, EPs Strange Love (March 28) and Everything Opposite (October 11) were released. The latter was accidentally leaked on YouTube Music on August 20th .

Instruments

In the first phase (1992-2005) Hoppus mainly played a Musicman electric bass. Otherwise he prefers Fender basses (mostly in unusual colors such as pink or turquoise (hot pink, surf green)). The Mark Hoppus Signature Bass by Fender is particularly well-known : a combination of a Jazz Bass body with Precision Bass pickups and a Precision Bass neck. In the early years of his career, Mark Hoppus also played Ernie Ball Music Man basses (e.g. video M + Ms). Meanwhile, Hoppus Shortscale Fender Jaguar Bass plays of which there is also a signature model.

More activities

Hoppus also produced the podcast Hi My Name Is Mark , which appeared at irregular intervals and had over a million listeners. Hoppus introduced new bands, interviewed musicians and reported on his life. The podcast was broadcast on Fuse TV .

Mark Hoppus has sold his shares in Atticus and Macbeth, which he had previously founded with Tom DeLonge. In 2012 he founded the clothing brand HMNIM Apparel Co.

He had, among other things, with his bandmates Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker appearances in various films (e.g. American Pie - Like a Hot Apple Pie and The Simpsons ).

From 2010 to 2012, Hoppus had his own show on the American channel Fuse TV called Hoppus on Music .

Private life

Mark Hoppus has been married to Skyelene (Skye) Everly since December 2, 2000 and has a son, Jack Hoppus (born August 5, 2002). He met his wife while filming All the Small Things .

Hoppus is also vegan.

Discography

Vocals and bass

year	album	tape	Label	Credits
1988	The Attic Children Demo	The Attic Children		Vocals and bass
1998	Look forward to failure	The Ataris	Fat Wreck Chords	Singing with That Special Girl
2002	No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls	Simple plan	Atlantic Records	Singing at I'd Do Anything
2002	Box car racer	Box car racer	MCA	Singing at Elevator
2002	Sticks and stones	New Found Glory	Drive-Thru Records, MCA	Bass on Something I Call Personality
2004	The Passion of the Christ: Songs	Different artists	Lost keyword	Singing at MxPx's Song Empire
2005	Panic	MxPx	SideOneDummy	Singing at Wrecking Hotel Rooms
2005	Commit This to Memory	Motion City soundtrack	Epitaph Records	Singing with Hangman
2006	White heat	Renee Renee		Singing and bass with Paper Doll
2006	Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas	Different artists		Vocals and bass on + 44's cover of Christmas Vacation ( The Descendents )
2007	Changes	Vanilla Sky	Universal Music Group	Singing at Nightmare
2008	VH1 Save the Music foundation	Ace Enders		Singing with Bittersweet Symphony
2009	Fired Up! Soundtrack	Richard Gibbs	Screen Gems	Co-writer and vocals for Until the Stars Fall from the Sky
2010	Almost Alice	Different artists	Buena Vista	Vocals and bass with In Transit
2010	Pinch me	Forget the Pacific	self-published	Bass on Sweet 16
2011	Shady Lane	City (Comma) State		singing
2011	What Are You So Scared Of?	Tonight Alive		Singing at Thank You & Goodnight
2015	Future Hearts	All time low	Fueled by ramen	Singing at Tidal Wave

producer

year	album	tape	Label	Credits
2005	Commit This to Memory	Motion City soundtrack	Epitaph Records	producer
2006	Wake up	Something for Rockets		Producer of two songs
2006	Decomposer	The Matches	Epitaph Records	Producer of What Katie Said , Sunburn vs. the Rhinovirus and The Barber's Unhappiness
2006	We're Up to No Good, We're Up to No Good	Rory	One Eleven Records	producer
2006	Punk Goes' 90s	Different artists	Fearless Records	Producer of Mae's cover of March of the Pigs ( Nine Inch Nails )
2007	Wolves	Idiot pilot	Reprise Records	Co-producer
2007	One track min	Something for Rockets		producer
2007	Changes	Vanilla Sky		Producer of the songs Nightmare and On & On
2008	Spread the rumors	Socratic	Drive-Thru Records	producer
2008	Still unknown	Fever club		producer
2008	Our Lunar Activities	Our Lunar Activities		producer
2008	Read Sell Stories	KOOPA	Pied Piper Records	producer
2008	Not without a fight	New Found Glory	Epitaph Records	producer
2009	Not without a Heart Once Nourished by Sticks and Stones Within Blood Ill-Tempered Misanthropy Pure Gold Can Stay	New Found Glory / Shai Hulud	Bridge Nine Records	Producer at Truck Stop Blues
2009	America's Suitehearts: Remixed, Retouched, Rehabbed and Retoxed	fall out Boy	Fueled by ramen	producer
2010	My dinosaur life	Motion City soundtrack	Columbia Records	producer
2010	Love	Angels & Airwaves	self-published	Producer of a remix of Hallucinations
2010	Pinch me	Forget the Pacific	self-published	Producer of Sweet 16
2011	Shady Lane	City (Comma) State		producer

Songwriting

year	album	tape	Label	Credits
2006	In with the out crowd	Less than Jake	Warner Music Group	Co-author of The Rest of My Life
2009	Nothing staff	All time low	Hopeless Records	Co-wrote a song that was never released
2011	Shady Lane	City (Comma) State		Author and co-author

Web links

• Official website
• Official blink-182 website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About - Hi My Name Is Mark. HMNIM Apparel Co, accessed October 20, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Blink-182 honored as the “most animal-friendly” band of 2016 by Peta2. December 14, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2019 (American English).