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The Beatles‘ songs don’t sound much like Blink-182’s. Despite this, Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 is a big fan of one of The Beatles’ ballads from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The track in question is underrated.
Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 said 1 Beatles song gets him choked up
During a 2009 interview with Cleveland.com, Hoppus was asked to name his favorite Beatles song. He picked “She’s Leaving Home,” a ballad from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. While “She’s Leaving Home” is part of one of the biggest albums of all time, it doesn’t garner as much attention as other tracks on Sgt. Pepper such as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “A Day in the Life.” It’s also nowhere near as famous as other Beatles ballads like “Yesterday,” “Let It Be,” or “The Long and Winding Road.”
“She’s Leaving Home” has a huge impact on Hoppus.
Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 said 1 Beatles song gets him choked up
During a 2009 interview with Cleveland.com, Hoppus was asked to name his favorite Beatles song. He picked “She’s Leaving Home,” a ballad from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. While “She’s Leaving Home” is part of one of the biggest albums of all time, it doesn’t garner as much attention as other tracks on Sgt. Pepper such as “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “A Day in the Life.” It’s also nowhere near as famous as other Beatles ballads like “Yesterday,” “Let It Be,” or “The Long and Winding Road.”
“She’s Leaving Home” has a huge impact on Hoppus.
- 1/15/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As band's first album in nearly eight years hits stores on Tuesday, Mark Hoppus tells MTV News that Blink is back from the brink.
By James Montgomery
Blink-182
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Film Magic
It's been almost eight years since Blink-182 released their last album but, in a lot of ways, it feels much, much longer.
There's been no shortage of drama in that period, starting with the band's '05 breakup and continuing right on through the deaths of close friends Jerry Finn and Adam "DJ Am" Goldstein, and the plane crash that left drummer Travis Barker seriously injured.
There was the gradual cooling of tensions and the triumphant reunion, the raucous tour kickoff and finally, the two-year process of recording a new album.
And after all that, Blink are finally back with Neighborhoods, a record that crams all those highs and lows into just 36 minutes. It hit stores Tuesday (September...
By James Montgomery
Blink-182
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/Film Magic
It's been almost eight years since Blink-182 released their last album but, in a lot of ways, it feels much, much longer.
There's been no shortage of drama in that period, starting with the band's '05 breakup and continuing right on through the deaths of close friends Jerry Finn and Adam "DJ Am" Goldstein, and the plane crash that left drummer Travis Barker seriously injured.
There was the gradual cooling of tensions and the triumphant reunion, the raucous tour kickoff and finally, the two-year process of recording a new album.
And after all that, Blink are finally back with Neighborhoods, a record that crams all those highs and lows into just 36 minutes. It hit stores Tuesday (September...
- 9/27/2011
- MTV Music News
It was perhaps inevitable that Blink-182 would reunite, which it did after a pair of tragedies in 2008: the death of longtime producer/mentor Jerry Finn, and more importantly, the plane crash that nearly killed drummer Travis Barker. The band started writing new material in early 2009, but more tragedy followed that August, when Barker’s good friend and DJ partner DJ Am died unexpectedly. That and the band’s continued rewriting considerably delayed what became Neighborhoods so much that Geffen eventually gave the trio a hard deadline to turn in the album. Unsurprisingly, tragedy heavily informs Neighborhoods, which plays ...
- 9/27/2011
- avclub.com
We review Blink's long-awaited, decidedly dark comeback album, in Bigger Than the Sound.
By James Montgomery
Blink-182
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
Sometime around 2003, Blink-182 decided it was time to tack their dirty joke doctorates to the wall (presumably in their respective offices, which is where everyone's degree eventually ends up) and press on as a more serious-minded outfit. The reasons behind that decision were many — the new perspective that comes with fatherhood, a decade spent on the road, recording with Robert Smith — though, truth be told, their somber new suits never seemed to fit, mostly because, at that point, they were best known for putting porn stars in their videos and giving their albums titles like Take off Your Pants and Jacket and Enema of the State.
Of course, in the eight years since their last album, a whole lot has changed. Blink-182 splintered in 2005, subsequently sparred in the press,...
By James Montgomery
Blink-182
Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images
Sometime around 2003, Blink-182 decided it was time to tack their dirty joke doctorates to the wall (presumably in their respective offices, which is where everyone's degree eventually ends up) and press on as a more serious-minded outfit. The reasons behind that decision were many — the new perspective that comes with fatherhood, a decade spent on the road, recording with Robert Smith — though, truth be told, their somber new suits never seemed to fit, mostly because, at that point, they were best known for putting porn stars in their videos and giving their albums titles like Take off Your Pants and Jacket and Enema of the State.
Of course, in the eight years since their last album, a whole lot has changed. Blink-182 splintered in 2005, subsequently sparred in the press,...
- 9/15/2011
- MTV Music News
Bassist says Finn was the 'anchor' and 'impartial third party' for every Blink album since 1997.
By James Montgomery
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus
Photo: MTV News
When MTV News caught up with Blink-182's Mark Hoppus last week, he spoke at length about the band's ongoing campaign to finish their long-in-the-works album and explained that part of the reason for its delay had to do with each Blink member's eternally packed schedule.
But there's also another reason it's taken Blink so long to wrap up the album — one that probably hasn't gotten the attention it deserves: the death of producer Jerry Finn in 2008. Not only did Finn helm their last three studio albums, but he served as an invaluable member of the Blink team: part adviser, part impartial observer, he helped smooth out tensions and hone their multiplatinum sound. And now, for the first time since they made 1997's Dude Ranch,...
By James Montgomery
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus
Photo: MTV News
When MTV News caught up with Blink-182's Mark Hoppus last week, he spoke at length about the band's ongoing campaign to finish their long-in-the-works album and explained that part of the reason for its delay had to do with each Blink member's eternally packed schedule.
But there's also another reason it's taken Blink so long to wrap up the album — one that probably hasn't gotten the attention it deserves: the death of producer Jerry Finn in 2008. Not only did Finn helm their last three studio albums, but he served as an invaluable member of the Blink team: part adviser, part impartial observer, he helped smooth out tensions and hone their multiplatinum sound. And now, for the first time since they made 1997's Dude Ranch,...
- 4/8/2011
- MTV Music News
Bassist says upcoming project reflects the band's past and even gets a bit dark.
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Jim Cantiello
Mark Hoppus
Photo: Jason Kempin/ Getty Images
It's already been described as "ambitious" and "weird," and now Mark Hoppus is tossing another adjective onto the ever-growing pile of descriptives used for Blink-182's upcoming album: "expansive."
That's what he told MTV News backstage at Z100's Jingle Ball in New York, but he didn't stop there. Hoppus also hinted that the band's forthcoming disc will also be an all-encompassing affair, one that not only harkens back to Blink's past, but also touches on the dark days they've had in the present, including the deaths of longtime producer Jerry Finn and friends Chris Baker and DJ Am.
"We've gone through a lot of really heavy stuff over the past few years. ... There's plenty of heavy stuff to write about,...
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Jim Cantiello
Mark Hoppus
Photo: Jason Kempin/ Getty Images
It's already been described as "ambitious" and "weird," and now Mark Hoppus is tossing another adjective onto the ever-growing pile of descriptives used for Blink-182's upcoming album: "expansive."
That's what he told MTV News backstage at Z100's Jingle Ball in New York, but he didn't stop there. Hoppus also hinted that the band's forthcoming disc will also be an all-encompassing affair, one that not only harkens back to Blink's past, but also touches on the dark days they've had in the present, including the deaths of longtime producer Jerry Finn and friends Chris Baker and DJ Am.
"We've gone through a lot of really heavy stuff over the past few years. ... There's plenty of heavy stuff to write about,...
- 12/14/2010
- MTV Music News
Transitions can be difficult, especially if you're a pop-punk band on the brink of massive worldwide success. Such was the case with Blink-182, who came off the huge success of their breakthrough album Dude Ranch ready to conquer the world. But there was upheaval in the group, as drummer Scott Raynor developed a drinking problem and was dismissed from the group. Remaining band members Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge were forced to find a new member in the middle of a tour, and they found a gem in Aquabats skinsman Travis Barker. Following the end of the tour, Barker joined the group permanently and got to work with the other two on the band's new album Enema of the State, which was released on this day in 1999.
Lead by first single "What's My Age Again?" (which featured a video of the three members of Blink-182 running around and playing their...
Lead by first single "What's My Age Again?" (which featured a video of the three members of Blink-182 running around and playing their...
- 6/1/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
McS gets silly in part 2 of interview, which finds Hoppus playing MTV News reporter.
By James Montgomery
Motion City Soundtrack's Justin Pierre
Photo: MTV News
Last week, when MTV News was in Las Vegas for the kickoff of the Blink-182 reunion tour, Mark Hoppus volunteered to do our job for us: interviewing his friends in Motion City Soundtrack about their new record (which, conveniently, he produced).
Naturally, we said yes, and we were shocked when Hoppus donned the reporter's fedora (figuratively speaking) and got the guys in McS to reveal the top-secret title of said record: My Dinosaur Life.
And since part one of Hoppus' interview went so well, we decided to roll out part two today: In it, McS talk at length about how great it was working with the Blink bassist on not one, but two of their albums, his great (yet unorthodox) production techniques, and, really,...
By James Montgomery
Motion City Soundtrack's Justin Pierre
Photo: MTV News
Last week, when MTV News was in Las Vegas for the kickoff of the Blink-182 reunion tour, Mark Hoppus volunteered to do our job for us: interviewing his friends in Motion City Soundtrack about their new record (which, conveniently, he produced).
Naturally, we said yes, and we were shocked when Hoppus donned the reporter's fedora (figuratively speaking) and got the guys in McS to reveal the top-secret title of said record: My Dinosaur Life.
And since part one of Hoppus' interview went so well, we decided to roll out part two today: In it, McS talk at length about how great it was working with the Blink bassist on not one, but two of their albums, his great (yet unorthodox) production techniques, and, really,...
- 7/31/2009
- MTV Music News
The Mozzer makes a preemptive strike against middle-age
Only a few months shy of his 50th birthday, Morrissey proved just how little he fears acknowledging his aging icon status by recently appearing in promotional shots completely naked, his manhood covered only by a well-placed 7” single. Whether a self-effacing gesture that insulates him against any suggestions that he takes himself too seriously or simply an attempt to prove that his staunch vegetarianism has paid some dividends for his body, that photo certainly fits the tone of Years of Refusal, an album loaded with the anger, lust and audacity of youth, fleeting or not. Reunited with Jerry Finn (the producer of 2004’s well-manicured You Are the Quarry), the Manchester Mope now pushes in the opposite direction, ratcheting up the distortion, muscling up on his vocals, and emphasizing live-in-the-studio energy over overdubbed perfection. In the process, he has rarely sounded so urgent.
Only a few months shy of his 50th birthday, Morrissey proved just how little he fears acknowledging his aging icon status by recently appearing in promotional shots completely naked, his manhood covered only by a well-placed 7” single. Whether a self-effacing gesture that insulates him against any suggestions that he takes himself too seriously or simply an attempt to prove that his staunch vegetarianism has paid some dividends for his body, that photo certainly fits the tone of Years of Refusal, an album loaded with the anger, lust and audacity of youth, fleeting or not. Reunited with Jerry Finn (the producer of 2004’s well-manicured You Are the Quarry), the Manchester Mope now pushes in the opposite direction, ratcheting up the distortion, muscling up on his vocals, and emphasizing live-in-the-studio energy over overdubbed perfection. In the process, he has rarely sounded so urgent.
- 2/19/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Mark Hoppus has hinted at a possible reunion for American pop-punk trio Blink-182. The bassist said the group had recently been "reconnecting" following drummer Travis Barker's near-fatal plane crash and the death of their regular producer Jerry Finn. "We're just reconnecting as friends after four years of not talking," he wrote on his blog. "It's a good thing. "Obviously the first question for a lot of people will be, 'Does this mean a Blink-182 reunion?' The answer (more)...
- 11/20/2008
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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