Filed under: Alternative Rock, Pop Punk, Rock | Tags: angels & airwaves, blink-182, dave grohl, david kennedy, grammys, mark hoppus, modlife, radiohead, reunion, the beatles, tom delonge, travis barker
Photo by Brian Appio
So it appears as though all 3 members of blink-182 are going to be on-stage together for the first time since 2005 as Grammy presenters on Sunday. It sure as hell isn’t as good as them playing, but hopefully this is a first step to an eventual reunion. I gotta say, the people in charge of organizing the Grammy Awards show are making it increasingly difficult for me to not want to watch it. I was originally planning on not watching it, then I see a commercial Radiohead performing and Dave Grohl performing Beatles songs and now THIS? Touche’ Grammys. Touche’.
HOLY HELL! in the middle of writing this entry I came across this screenshot of a Modlife conversation between someone and Angels & Airwaves‘ David Kennedy. Looks like blink’s getting back together after all and even putting out a record! Hopefully this is legit.
Modlife Conversation confirming blink-182's return
Filed under: Alternative Rock, Pop Punk, Rock | Tags: +44, angels & airwaves, blink-182, mark hoppus, new found glory, travis barker
Ok, so MTV News isn’t COMPLETEY useless I suppose. They recently caught up with Mark Hoppus to ask him a few questions about the blink-182 reunion rumors and the future of +44.
“To answer your question about the interview at the Woodies — and, by the way, I want to thank everyone at MTV for choosing the most flattering photos possible to go in the article — the reason I wasn’t able to answer with a great deal of specificity is that I didn’t really know how to say what was going to happen. Since late August of last year, I’ve been in the studio every week writing songs with the intention of putting out a record of my own. As of this week, I’ve got about 10 songs in various stages of completion and another 10 ideas that I still want to work on. … By the way, this interview will be the first time many people at the label are going to hear about the possibility of me doing an album on my own. Hi, Interscope!”
No mention of +44…and THANK GOD. When Angels & Airwaves released We Don’t Need to Whisper I thought there was nothing that could disappoint me more. But, a few months later when +44 released When Your Heart Stops Beating, I was proven wrong. Don’t get me wrong, A&A and +44 have one or two songs here and there that I don’t mind. But, for the most part everything the former members of blink-182 have released on their own has been sub-par at best. So my expectations for Mark’s solo material are quite low.
I am however quite interested in how the upcoming New Found Glory record is going to sound seeing as how Mark produced it. If you haven’t heard the first single (“Listen to Your Friends”), I highly recommend giving it a listen.
Filed under: Alternative Rock, Pop Punk, Rock, Teen Pop | Tags: blink-182, kevin jonas, mark hoppus, the jonas brothers
I can't decide which one I want to bitchslap more
I know, I know…too much blink-182 news for one day. But this actually involves the Jonas Brothers more. As odd as that might sound, get this: Kevin Jonas claims blink-182 is one of his biggest influences. Although he does stress, “I didn’t pay much attention to blink’s behavior, I was just listening to the music.”
Nice save, Kevin. Wouldn’t want all the good Christian parents out there telling their daughters they can’t listen to your band anymore because you’re influenced by the devil’s music. That would almost be as bad as not wearing your “purity ring” anymore. I mean, if you did that, people might think you were (God forbid) having sex before marriage!
But, the best part about this is not the fact that the Jonas Brothers claimed blink as an influence. Nor is it the fact that Kevin Jonas tried to backpedal in the interview to save his good, wholesome “Christian” image. It is the fact that Mark Hoppus caught wind of this interview, posted a link to it on his blog and asked simply, “does this mean we get royalties?”
Here’s to you, Mark. Here’s to you.
