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
Make yourself do something stupid so when you really do something stupid you won't feel so bad
Never let anyone tell you how to live your life.
When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs. A Frank Sinatra album sets a certain mood, just as a Clash record sets another.
As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from the intimacy of creation.
Now everything is available at the push of a button, and that thrill of the search is gone. With vinyl albums and special edition releases, I feel like that's coming back.
Home for me is wherever my wife and kid are.
There is nothing more awkward and more laughable than a naked dude with his wiener flopping.
Vegetables....a waste of good plate space
I don't want to spend a month and a half in a studio with music I don't like, and fortunately I don't have to.
Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I've ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.
Once you declare your loyalty to a team, every person who doesn't support that team, it's their job to ruin you, to tell you you're an idiot and to tell you that you made the wrong choice.
I just want everyone out there to know that I'm super-awesome and a great guy and really cool to talk to and that I appreciate all the support.
It really expresses a man in pain.
The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don't know what the Hell they're doing and neither will you when you get to be a parent