![]() Mark was doing his TV show in New York every other week and Travis had a tour and a solo record so we were all trying to figure out schedules in the best way. At the time, I was doing stuff with Angels and Airwaves off and on. We both have our own guys and everyone’s schedule’s different. ![]() Tom Delonge: We both own our own studios, one in Los Angeles and one two hours south where I live, in San Diego. Neighbourhoods is your first record together in eight years but can you tell me a bit about how it came together as I understand the process was rather different and somewhat disjointed compared to previous Blink releases? To coincide with the release of their first new record together in eight years, Neighborhoods, long-time axe-man, Tom Delonge spoke to DiS about the trials and tribulations of rebuilding a friendship, not to mention one of the most popular bands of the past 10-15 years, and what the future holds for Blink-182. However, the group reconnected under unexpected and indeed, rather painful circumstances following a horrible place crash involving drummer, Travis Barker, leaving him critically injured and claiming the lives of four others.Īfter re-establishing the bonds of yore and most importantly, reconnecting as friends, Blink announced their return in 2009 and have been busying themselves in the studio ever since, in between reacquainting themselves with their no less rabid worldwide fanbase. Several years down it seemed there was little hope of a reunion with relations between both camps all but severed. Whatever you thought of either, the general consensus was that it wasn’t the same, and for the purists, they just didn’t cut it. Sure enough the three of them took it upon themselves to keep going in some sense and split off, indulging in several different projects, most notably Tom Delonge’s high-concept prog venture Angels and Airwaves and Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker’s straight up Blink-goes-dance project, Plus 44. ![]() To those ever critical of their dick-joke-strewn paeans to wide-eyed romance and youthful angst, this was a god-send, but to their fans, who had practically grown up with Mark, Tom and Travis, seeing the good times go sour was pretty painful to watch. ![]() Blink-182 shattered the hearts of millions of teenagers (and wannabe teenagers) across the globe when they very publicly fell apart in 2005. ![]()
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