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Punk bandBirth Name :
BlinkBirth Date :
1992Birth Place :
San Diego, CaliforniaClaim to fame :
Demo tape "Buddha" (1994)
+44's Second Set Taking Shape
May 19, 2007 02:05:23
What started off good, Punk rock act +44 is determined to get better in the next set. While busy touring with Fall Out Boy in Honda Civic Tour, the band is in its early stages of second album.
"We'll definitely be back in the studio, probably by the end of the year," said singer/bassist Mark Hoppus. "We have some ideas. We have a couple of very rough demos that we've been working on. I know that everybody has a lot of little parts of songs, and once we get into the studio we'll be putting it all together."
Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker of Blink-182 Form New Band
August 30, 2006 11:08:07
Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, both are former Blink-182 co-founders, have officially announced their newly formed band +44 on Tuesday August 29th.
+44, named after the international dialing code of Great Britain, will then have their debut album "When Your Heart Stops Beating" released via Interscope Records on November 14th later this year.
Former Blink-182 Guitarist Has Formed A New Band
April 12, 2006 03:04:47
"When I realized Blink wasn't going to be happening anymore, I realized I had new things that I needed to live up to," Tom DeLonge, former guitarist of Blink-182 told Billboard.com while remarked further "I had no idea I was going to make the best album of my life." And thus, DeLonge came up with a great idea, which was forming a band.
Soon as it was realized, the band called Angels & Airwaves, will on Wednesday hit the road before shortly thereafter release its debut album, self-produced "No Need to Whisper," on May 23rd later this year via Geffen Records. As of its members, the newly established band consists of David Kennedy, a bandmate from DeLonge's side project Box Car Racer, former Rocket from the Crypt drummer Atom Willard and former The Distillers bassist Ryan Sinn.
Drummer of Blink-182 Welcomed Second Child
December 29, 2005 09:12:25Travis Barker, the drummer of Blink-182, experienced double happiness and joy on Dec 24th. Besides celebrating Christmas, the day when Jesus Christ the Savior was born, he and actress-model wife, Shanna Moakler, welcomed their second child.
A daughter, the newly born was given the name of Alabama Louella Barker. The baby was born at 12:22 p.m. and weighed in 7 pounds, 1 ounce. The couple has had a two-year-old son together named Landon, while Shanna also has a six-year-old daughter, Atiana, with her ex-fiance, boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya.
All That Santana Does on the Album Chart
November 10, 2005 02:11:54The pop album chart for this week is dominated by various artists mainly for their contribution on the "Now That's What I Call Music! 20." The set is reported to sell for 378,000 copies in the week ended November 6. Right behind the chart topping is Santana's "All That I Am" which becoming the second best album of the week with sales of 142,000 copies.
At No. 3 is Nickelback's "All The Right Reasons" which sold for 101,000 copies, ahead of Black Eyed Peas' "Monkey Business" at No. 4 with 86,000 and Destiny's Child's "#1's" at 5th with 85,000. Meanwhile, Blink-182's swan song "Greatest Hits" comes at No. 6 with 72,000 copies, followed behind by Martina McBride's "Timeless" at 7th which is sold for 63,000 copies.
An Indefinite Hiatus of Blink-182
February 23, 2005 09:02:54"For over a decade, Blink-182 have toured, recorded and promoted non-stop, all while trying to balance relationships with family and friends," now its time for them to enjoy the things they've gotten and focus more on their personal life, Geffen Records representative said to comment on the rumor of the band disband.
The break will then, according to the official story, give guitarist/singer Tom DeLonge, 29, bassist Mark Hoppus, 32, and drummer Travis Barker, 29, chances "to spend some time enjoying the fruits of their labors with loved ones." To add, Blink-182's spokesperson said that "there is no set plan for the band to begin working together again." So for Blink fans, be patient guys ?!
