Blink-182 Members:
Tom DeLonge
Mark Hoppus
Travis Barker
Formerly: Scott Raynor
Blink-182 - The Early Days
The boys of Blink-182 are made up of San Diego natives Tom DeLonge (guitar/vocals), Mark Hoppus (bass/vocals) and Travis Barker (drums.) Blink-182's original line-up had Scott Raynor on drums. The band started out as a mariachi band playing at weddings and birthdays and called themselves El Cuatro and the Cajones. That was short lived. Blink-182 lost the ponchos, plugged in their amps and have been rockin' ever since.
Blink-182 Grows Up
Blink-182 released their first full album, Cheshire Cat in 1995 on Grilled Cheese Music. In '96 MCA Records snagged Blink-182 and they released their second album Dude Ranch in '97. By the end of 1998 Blink-182 had been tagged as one of the most popular pop-punk bands of the year. Dude Ranch was a big success, which had a lot to do with the popular single Dammit (Growing Up.) Teens caught the Blink bug when Enema Of The State hit record shelves in 1999 and their popularity exploded. It was a sad day for girls everywhere when, in May 2001, Blink-182 hottie Tom DeLonge got hitched to his long-time sweetheart Jennifer Jenkins. The following month the band released Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. The first single The Rock Show is a big hit and the video. Blink-182's self-titled album is due out in November of 2003.
Blink-182 - Did U Know?
Tom DeLonge was homecoming king in his senior year of high schooL
Travis Barker owns a clothing store called Famous Stars & Straps. Travis Barker collects Cadillacs, he even has a few Cadillac tattoos .
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TOM
FULL NAME: Thomas Matthew Delonge
NICKNAME: "Hot Pants"
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Jennifer Jenkins on May 26, 2001
BORN: December 13, 1975
BLINK 182 RELATION: Singer/Guitar Player
RESIDES: Encinitas, CA
PET: German shepherd named Grey
IN HIS SPARE TIME: hangs out with his wife
Tom was born Thomas Matthew Delonge, Jr., on December 13, 1975 in Poway, California. Tom was raised by his mom, a real estate agent by the name of Connie, & his dad, an energy company executive by the name of Tom, Sr. He had an older brother, Shon, & a younger sister, Kari.
Although coming from a nurturing background he was a problematic child. Tom discovered alcohol at an early age, and was expelled before his 15th birthday for drinking at a basketball game. Tom made a triumphant return to school, & all of his friends voted him Homecoming King. Actually, this was part of a scheme to piss off the school administrators, who had a mutual hate for Tom. He was also known for waking his parents up during the wee hours by blowing noteless tunes from a trumpet. Although not seemingly talented with music he did apply himself to the guitar. He became interested in the instrument on a church camping trip. One camper brought a guitar along, and Tom spent more time playing around with the guitar than he did with the camping activities. Tom got his first guitar from a local friend who's dad worked at a dump. Someone had thrown away a perfectly usable guitar. So, Tom's friend gave it to him
Tom discovered punk on a holiday in Oregon, when he went to visit a friend. This friend was heavily into punk, and introduced Tom to bands such as Stiff Little Fingers, Dinosaur Jr., and The Descendents. Despite having previously thought punk was nothing but fast noise, Tom fell in love with the sounds he heard. Shortly after high school, Tom got together with his pal, Mark, formed a band called Blink, & the rest of the story tells itself. Tom is known for his sick, twisted mind & fascination with aliens and conspiracies. He currently lives in Encinitas, CA, & spends his free time with his wife, Jen.
I will never apologize for.....my music.
I always regret when my Girl..Gets too open in interviews
I love it when my girl....calls just to tell me she loves me
I love when people...want to knows how the world works.
I'm totally bugged by...the government.
I've always wanted to...go to space.
I will be never be caught dead in...boy-band Clothing
I always embarrass myself by...taking about aliens
I always make the mistake of...joking at the wrong times.
First Concert
"It was a band called Chemical People, a pop-punk group from the L.A. area. The thing I remember most was wondering what it felt like to be playing in a band in front of that many people. All 400 of them."
Life Changing Concert
"NOFX at the World Best Center with the Offspring and Face to Face. I remember how funny NOFX were and how they didn't give a fuck about anything other than having fun. It was still very punk rock, but somehow cooler than anything else I'd seen or could even imagine. I left a different man."
Worst Concert Experience
"Once when we were on-stage playing, the monitors played back our music loud enough so we could actually hear ourselves. It made us emotionally distraught for weeks."
Favorite Movies
American Pie - "My second film. I think I've grown as an actor and it shows in my breakthrough performance."
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Not a true story, but it could be. Stuff goes on all the time like this and the government doesn't want you to know.
Fire in the Sky - Not a true story, but it could be. Stuff goes on all the time like this and the government doesn't want you to know.
Fletch - If you like Fletch, then we are going to get along.
Idle Hands - "My first film. It's sort of a where's waldo? part, but I'm in there and even have a line."
Mallrats - "Jason Lee rules. They always talk about Clerks and Chasing Amy but this one is my favorite."
A Night at the Roxbury - "Just saw this recently. You have to watch it a couple times to really appreciate it. Really funny."
Pulp Fiction - "Tons of good lines in this movie. Learn them."
The Thin Red Line - Such a rad movie. It's long but I watch it all the time. Visually impressive
Favorite Records
1. The Descendents - Milo Goes To College
2. Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock
3. Fugazi - Repeater+3 Songs
4. NOFX - Punk In Drublic
5. Pennywise - Unkwon Road
6. Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails
7. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
8. Far - Water & Solutions
9. Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
Facts About Tom
Tom is a trekkie. He believes in aliens and alien conspiracies etc. He also believes that he has "been abducted and probed in the anus... on purpose".
Prior to joining Blink, Tom worked at a fast food joint called "Gary's Chicken and Ribs" in Poway, CA.
In the scene of the video 'All the Small Things' where Mark is doing his Ricky Martin imitation and getting wax poured on his chest, if you look in the background you'll see a couple making out. Its Tom and his girlfriend, Jen.
Tom has 8 tattoos
Tom paints his fingernails (on his left hand only) black.
If you look in the background shot on the "All The Small Things" video, when the girls pour the candle wax on mark, you can see Tom making out with he girlfriend.
Tom discovered alcohol at an early age, and was expelled before his 15th birthday for drinking at a basketball game.
Tom was elected homecoming king to piss off the school administrators.
If you listen very carefully, towards the end of "Degenerate" you can hear either Tom or Mark fart and say 'excuse me'.
Tom works out every day on tour.
Tom has a huge belief in aliens, maybe the song Aliens Exist will back that fact.
Tom's mother's name is Connie.
Tom's mom, Connie, is now a real estate agent. His dad, Tom, is a energy company executive.
Tom has a sister, Kari, and brother, Shon.
Tom doesn't smoke.
His favorite CD of all time is "Less Talk, More Rock" by Propaghandi.
Tom & Jen got married on May 26th 2001.
Jen got hooked up with Tom at a party.
Tom's wife Jen is studying at college to be an interior designer.
Tom appears in the movie Idle Hands as a fast food employee, who wears a sombrero. He only has one line.
Tom appears on the new Unwritten Law album "Elva". After the last song you can hear a phone message Tom left for Scott Russo about hearing the demos for the record.
The very first album he ever bought was a DI album.
Tom attended Poway High school in California.
His wife, Jennifer got mad about the line from Dumpweed, "I need a girl that I can train..."
Tom chose the name [Blink] simply because he likes short verbs.
Tom has his lip pierced
Tom once got expelled for a year for drinking alcohol.
Quotes From Tom
"I hope this song touches you like your father does."
"Hey..how old are you? 15? OH MY GOD!!! Put those things away."
"It's cold, it's raining.....and this is the most boringest place on earth."
"I wanna have an orgasm on stage here, all I need is some light kisses to the tip of my penis. Just little small ones."
"We write songs about love, life friendship, food.....your mom."
"For me, sex with a girl is a race to orgasm, and I am undefeated."
"Just one boobie will make me horny as shit. And if you have three boobies, then I'll get really really horny!"
"I can't live without Mexican food.
"Marks penis only turns in a 90 degree angle."
"Is this healthy? The rain, the cold, the Germany? The snot, the nose, the fever?""
"I don't get boy bands these days. Thye don't write their own songs and everything is choreographed from their dance moves to how they have sex with each other after the show."
"Do I look feminine when I stand like this?"
"Fuck me, I'm losing respect for myself as an artist.....and as a lover."
"Humor has become so cliché and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable."
"I wet myself at night when I'm asleep, just like everybody.....I spy on my dad when he's taking a shower just like everybody else in this world.....we're not just a joke band"
"We don't want to act like adults. Anybody who can stay in a state of adolescence will be much better off later on. Look at people who are working nine-to-five jobs out of college, and look at professional skateboarders or guys in punk bands. See who's having more fun."
"Please don't throw up your dirty toilet paper, we're not hungry"
"This type of music has a limited time span so we have to evolve and do the best we can now."
"I masturbated like 5 times in the last 24 hours, it hurts, I think it's gonna fall off"
"Our take on punk is really just fun: it's fun to offend people and do what we want to. But it isn't that offensive. We make music for ourselves and everybody else who gets it. It's a lifestyle scene. If you don't get it you don't have to listen."
"I haven't grown up at all since I was a freshmen in high school, and neither has my penis."
"This is a scene and the bands that have been in it a long time deserve the breaks. Doesn't mean they've changed. We haven't. We're still writing songs about girls."
"We take our music very seriously."
"Humor has become so cliché and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable."
"I study that stuff, man, UFOs ... I'll tell you that I think in the next year the US government is going to come out and admit that aliens have visited Earth. The reason I think that is that I listen to this radio show at home which deals with all this stuff."
After asked about getting spit on in concert he told someone - "Usually I'm too drunk to really care about it. Sometimes I'll look at my shirt and see a bunch of loogies and get all grossed out, but it's all in the name of fun."
"Some people think we're idiots and perverts, which we are."
"I came up with a little formula," Delonge says. "If you write songs about girls you get girls at show. We write a lot of songs about girls."
"Our take on punk is really just fun: it's fun to offend people and do what we want to. But it isn't that offensive. We make music for ourselves and everybody else who gets it. It's a lifestyle scene. If you don't get it you don't have to listen."
"And as for signing to a bigger label .... well I'd like to make a lot of money and fuck credibility. If I did it doesn't make me any different. Just richer."
"This is a scene and the bands that have been in it a long time deserve the breaks. Doesn't mean they've changed. We haven't. We're still writing songs about girls."
"Actually, we are featured [ in American Pie] as incredibly sexy guys. The film company went out and did this huge 'sexy guy' search across the world and they found me. And I said, 'Well, I have this band, if you want to use them.' And they said, 'If that's the only way we can get you...' And I said, 'Yeah...'"
"I think we need to [rehearse] more often. At least that's what people have been telling us for ten years."
"It's so obvious that I have the most masculine attributes. If femininity were a sport, [Mark and Travis] would have a gold medal."
"I don't know if you've ever had an enema, but it definitely brought my family closer together and I hope it brings my band closer together."
"I've always liked girls. I think vaginas are much more attractive than penises. I think penises are God's cruel joke, I don't even like them--and I have one."
"If a person has brains, they probably don't listen to our music. If a person has any pride or any kind of family values, chances are they probably don't listen to us."
"For me, sex with a girl is a race to orgasm and I am undefeated."
"Some people think we're idiots or perverts. Don't argue people, we are both."
"I came up with a little formula. If you write songs about girls, you get more girls at a show. We write A LOT of songs about girls."
"I'm not gay, alot of people think I'm gay. I have a girlfriend, she thinks I'm gay."
"I'm picturing you all naked. Now I'm picturing you all in wheel chairs. Ok, sorry that was fucked up."
(information From http://tomdelonge.com)
