Editing Mark Hoppus (section)

==Music career==
===Blink-182===
====Early career====
[[File:Mark Hoppus, May 1994.jpg|thumb|upright|Hoppus at age 22 in 1994]]
After moving to [[San Diego]] in the summer of 1992, Hoppus was reunited with his sister Anne Hoppus, to whom he expressed his desire to be in a band.<ref name="halfnakedtruth"/> Anne attended [[Rancho Bernardo High School]], and had become friends with new student [[Tom DeLonge]] over the summer.<ref name="TalesFromBeneathYourMom"/> In August 1992, Anne introduced the two, and Hoppus and DeLonge immediately began performing music in DeLonge's garage.<ref name="halfnakedtruth"/> To impress DeLonge, Hoppus climbed to the top of a streetlight outside of DeLonge's home – however, he broke both ankles on the way down, resulting in being on crutches for the next few weeks.<ref name=p8-9>Hoppus, 2001. pp. 8–9</ref> DeLonge recalled the meeting in 2000: "When I first met Mark, we were running around naked, doing weird stuff. We were up skateboarding until late hours of the morning, antagonizing security guards, and we were just always having fun."<ref name="enemaofthestage">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index.jhtml |title=Blink-182: Enema of the Stage |publisher=[[MTV News]] |access-date=June 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195646/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index.jhtml |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> DeLonge recruited old friend [[Scott Raynor]] from his days at [[Poway High School|Poway]] to become the drummer for the new band, named blink.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hochman |first1=Steve |title=Psst . . . Blink-182 Is Growing Up |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42373-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 30, 1999 |access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>

Hoppus and his girlfriend at this time lived in a basement apartment, barely scraping together funds to pay rent. With money in savings, Hoppus went out and bought his first professional equipment: a new amp and bass cabinet. He came home and his girlfriend proceeded to argue with him, angry that he spent money on something they did not need. "I just kept telling her that this was what mattered to me, this was my life," Hoppus recalled. She demanded he make a choice between the band and her, which resulted in Hoppus leaving the band shortly after formation.<ref name=p13-15>Hoppus, 2001. pp. 13–15</ref> Shortly thereafter, DeLonge told Hoppus he had borrowed a [[Multitrack recording|four track recorder]] from a friend and was preparing to record a [[Demo (music)|demo tape]], which prompted Hoppus to break up with his girlfriend and return to the band. ''Flyswatter''—a combination of original songs and punk covers—was recorded in Raynor's bedroom and landed the band their first shows.<ref name=p16>Hoppus, 2001. p. 16</ref> Three more demos were recorded over the course of 1993 and the band began performing its irreverent live show at local all-ages venue SOMA, which alerted local independent label [[Cargo Music]].<ref name=p245>Hoppus, 2001. p.&nbsp;24–25</ref> Cargo signed the band on a trial basis, and Hoppus was the only member to sign the contract, as DeLonge was at work at the time and Raynor was still a [[Minor (law)|minor]].<ref name=p30>Hoppus, 2001. p. 30</ref> During this time, Hoppus lived at home in San Diego at his mother's, where the band would prepare cassette demos and the entire family would fold cassette inserts. Raynor, whose parents moved to [[Reno]], [[Nevada]], stayed with Hoppus in summer 1994.<ref name=p28>Hoppus, 2001. p. 28</ref>

Blink's first album, ''[[Cheshire Cat (blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'' (1995), was a strong seller for the independent band and would come to be regarded as iconic within the [[skate punk]] scene.<ref name="MTV influence"/> In 1995, the band signed on for their first national tour, which extended as far as the East Coast. The band purchased their own tour van and embarked on the GoodTimes tour with Unwritten Law, [[Sprung Monkey]] and [[7 Seconds (band)|7 Seconds]].<ref name=p44>Hoppus, 2001. p. 44</ref> The band slowly built a young, devoted following with indie recordings and an endless series of performances and various clubs and festivals.<ref name=rsency>Romanowski, Patricia. George-Warren, Holly. Pareles, Jon. (2001). ''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Revised and Updated for the 21st Century)''. New York: Touchstone, 1136 pp. First edition, 2001.</ref> MCA Records signed the band in 1996 and would co-distribute their next release, the sophomore effort ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]''. Hoppus penned the record's lead single, "[[Dammit]]", which became a nationwide rock radio hit single as the band toured on the Vans Warped Tour.<ref name=p70>Hoppus, 2001. p. 70</ref><ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine| date =January 24, 1998| title =Blink 182 Propelled By Cargo's Vision|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume =110 | issue = 4|pages=11, 100 | publisher =[[Prometheus Global Media]]| location =New York City| issn =0006-2510| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=blink+billboard+1998&pg=PA98 | access-date =December 16, 2012}}</ref>

====Multi-platinum success and +44====
Hoppus grew increasingly lonely on these tours, having no significant other while other band members did.<ref name="halfnakedtruth"/> The exhaustive schedule created tensions within the band, who would fire Raynor in the summer of 1998 in mysterious circumstances never fully explained.<ref name=p81>Hoppus, 2001. p. 81</ref> With new drummer [[Travis Barker]] behind the kit, the trio hit the studio with producer [[Jerry Finn]] and recorded ''[[Enema of the State]]'', which launched the band's career, catapulting them into the "stratosphere of pop music" and solidifying them as the biggest pop punk act of the era.<ref name="MTV influence">{{cite web|title=How Did Blink-182 Become So Influential? |author=James Montgomery |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=February 9, 2009 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/20090209/blink_182.jhtml |access-date=February 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025200846/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/how-did-blink-182-become-so-influential.jhtml |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=totalguitar>{{cite magazine|date=October 12, 2012 |title=Tom DeLonge talks guitar tones, growing up and Blink |magazine=[[Total Guitar]]  |location=[[Bath, Somerset]] |issn=1355-5049 |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422 |access-date=October 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212085024/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422 |archive-date=December 12, 2012 }}</ref> Three singles were released from the record—"[[What's My Age Again?]]", "[[All the Small Things]]", and "[[Adam's Song]]"—that crossed over into Top 40 radio format and experienced major commercial success.<ref name=p96>Hoppus, 2001. p. 96</ref> Hoppus got married in 2000 (see Personal life) just before the band prepared to record their highly anticipated follow-up, ''[[Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]'' (2001). Hoppus felt complacent creatively but DeLonge felt otherwise, creating [[post-hardcore]] side project [[Box Car Racer]] to experiment with ideas he deemed unsuitable for blink.<ref name=shooman92>Shooman, 2010. p. 92</ref>

Hoppus felt betrayed (Barker was also in Box Car Racer) and a rift developed between Hoppus and DeLonge that would carry on into the band's future.<ref name="TomQA2005">{{cite web|title=Tom DeLonge: No More Compromises |author=James Montgomery |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=October 28, 2005 |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/blink_182/qa_feature_103105/ |access-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815071849/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/blink_182/qa_feature_103105/ |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> When the band regrouped to record their next record in 2003, all of the members had become fathers (or, in the case of Barker, becoming one) and the trio took a darker, more "mature" direction with their [[Blink-182 (album)|untitled fifth studio album]],<ref name="mtv.com">{{cite web |last1=Moss |first1=Corey |title=No Album Title, No Preconceptions: The New Blink-182 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1479757/no-album-title-no-preconceptions-the-new-blink-182/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230610/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479757/no-album-title-no-preconceptions-the-new-blink-182/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=October 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Moss |first1=Corey |title=No Album Title, No Preconceptions: The New Blink-182 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1479757/no-album-title-no-preconceptions-the-new-blink-182/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502230610/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479757/no-album-title-no-preconceptions-the-new-blink-182/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2014 |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref> infusing [[experimental music|experimentalist]] elements into their usual pop punk sound partially inspired by Box Car Racer.<ref name="tonedown">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476576/20030811/blink_182.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030815110926/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476576/20030811/blink_182.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 15, 2003 |title=Blink-182 Tone Down Pranks, Get Down to Real 'Action' on Next LP |author=Jon Wiederhorn|date=August 11, 2003|publisher=MTV News |access-date=September 22, 2010}}</ref> Unresolved feelings from that project would arise in late 2004 when the band began to argue regarding their future and recording process.<ref name="TomQA2005"/> The February 2005 breakup of blink-182 affected Hoppus greatly: "I had no idea what to do. After blink broke up I had such a loss of identity and purpose. I just had a giant sense of void."<ref name=KerrangSep2011>{{cite magazine| last =Allen | first =Matt | date =October 1, 2011| title = Friends Reunited?|magazine= [[Kerrang!]]| issue = 1383|pages=22–27| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]}}</ref> Hoppus then began to work on even darker, electronic demos with Barker in his kitchen.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0426-luis-20100426,0,1265805.story?page=1 | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Tom DeLonge glad he's back with blink | first=Luis | last=Arroyave | date=April 26, 2010}}</ref><ref name="formation">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499838/blink182s-hoppus-barker-form-side-project.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605040330/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499838/blink182s-hoppus-barker-form-side-project.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 5, 2011|title=Blink-182's Hoppus, Barker Form Electronic Side Project|author=James Montgomery|date=April 8, 2005|publisher=MTV News|access-date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> He also turned to producing, hitting the studio with [[Motion City Soundtrack]] to record ''[[Commit This to Memory]]'' (2005).<ref name="mtv">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617362/motion-city-soundtrack-tell-blink-182s-mark-hoppus-how-great.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222091621/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617362/motion-city-soundtrack-tell-blink-182s-mark-hoppus-how-great.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|title=Motion City Soundtrack Tell Blink-182's Mark Hoppus How Great He Is|author=James Montgomery|date=July 31, 2009|publisher=[[MTV News]]|access-date=November 4, 2012}}</ref> In October 2005, Hoppus and Barker purchased a studio together (named Opra Music), where they would bring together a full band to expand upon those electronic demos, creating [[+44 (band)|+44]]'s ''[[When Your Heart Stops Beating]]'' (2006).<ref name=APCoverStory1>{{cite magazine| last = Griffin| first = JR| date = December 2006| title = Blink & You'll Miss It|magazine= [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]| issue = 221|pages=136–140| issn = 1065-1667| url =http://www.altpress.com/magazine/issue/221_-_my_chemical_romance | access-date =January 12, 2013 }}</ref>

[[File:Markhoppus.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Hoppus performing in 2009]]
The record, by all accounts, sold poorly and received mixed reviews in the music press.<ref name="billboard4">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467426/blink-182-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Blink-182: The ''Billboard'' Cover Story|author=Jason Lipshutz|date=September 16, 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref> Hoppus and Barker continued touring on the [[Honda Civic Tour]] and commenced work on a second +44 album. The August 2008 death of friend and producer Jerry Finn deeply affected Hoppus, who referred to Finn as a lifelong friend and mentor.<ref name="mtv1">{{cite news |author=Harris |first=Chris |date=August 25, 2008 |title=Blink-182, AFI Producer Jerry Finn Dead at 39 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593423/blink182-afi-producer-jerry-finn-dead-at-39.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926113920/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593423/blink182-afi-producer-jerry-finn-dead-at-39.jhtml |archive-date=2011-09-26 |access-date=2011-07-15 |work=MTV News }}</ref> The following month, Barker and collaborator [[DJ AM|Adam Goldstein]] (aka DJ AM), were involved in a plane crash that killed four people, leaving Barker and Goldstein the only survivors.<ref name="lattimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-21-me-learcrash21-story.html|title=Four die in plane crash; rock star, DJ survive|author=Geoff Boucher and Jennifer Oldham|date=September 21, 2008|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> Hoppus immediately boarded a plane to the burn unit, and DeLonge reconnected with the duo under the tragic circumstances.<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-on-drugs-barkers-crash-human-life-trumps-everything-20090806|title=Blink-182 on Drugs, Barker's Crash: "Human Life Trumps Everything"|author=Erica Futterman|date=August 6, 2009|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> When the band regrouped in the studio for a day, past acrimony vanished with near immediacy.<ref name=KerrangJune2010>{{cite magazine| date = June 16, 2010| title =It's Like The Last Five Years Never Happened…|magazine= [[Kerrang!]]| issue = 1317| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]}}</ref> Regarding these experiences, Hoppus wrote, "The events of the past two months supersede everything that happened before. Life is too short."<ref name="mtv2">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599714/blink182-reunion-cards.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129104144/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1599714/blink182-reunion-cards.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2013|title=Is A Blink-182 Reunion in the Cards? Mark Hoppus Blogs About Hanging With Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge|author=James Montgomery|date=November 19, 2008|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> In February 2009, the band's official website was updated with a statement: "To put it simply, We're back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy."<ref name="Kaufman">{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Blink-182 Confirm Reunion on Grammy Stage|publisher=Viacom |work=MTV News |date=February 8, 2009 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604564/20090208/blink_182.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210072013/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604564/20090208/blink_182.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |access-date=June 10, 2011}}</ref>

====Reunion and recent events====
[[File:MarkHoppusenvivo2011.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Hoppus performing with Blink-182 in 2011]]
The band reconnected musically and emotionally on the reunion tour, but were still "on eggshells" throughout the recording of their comeback album.<ref name="billboard12"/> The recording's delay was due to the way the band chose to work – in bits and pieces, alone and together, in a pair of California studios – in addition to each member's busy schedules.<ref name="mtv15">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661525/blink-182-mark-hoppus-new-album.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410123206/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661525/blink-182-mark-hoppus-new-album.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2011|title=Mark Hoppus Says Blink-182 Are 'Working Very Hard' On New Album|author=James Montgomery|date=April 27, 2011|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> The band struggled to record juggling individual priorities; in the case of Hoppus, his new television show ''Hoppus on Music'' required him flying to New York once a week.<ref name=APCoverStory>{{cite magazine| last = Heisel| first = Scott| date = October 2011| title = Re-Start The Machine|magazine= [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]| issue = 279|pages=93–102 | issn = 1065-1667| url = http://www.altpress.com/magazine/issue/2791_blink_182 }}</ref> Hoppus moved to London with his family late in the recording process, also complicating matters.<ref name="APCoverStory"/> The band's comeback album, ''[[Neighborhoods (Blink-182 album)|Neighborhoods]]'' (2011), debuted high but undersold label expectations, and Blink-182 parted with [[Interscope Records]] in 2012, going independent for their next release, the EP ''[[Dogs Eating Dogs]]''.<ref name="billboard12">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481418/blink-182-laughing-again-after-shaky-reunion-album|title=Blink-182 'Laughing' Again After Shaky Reunion Album|author=Sarah Maloy|date=December 13, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref>

The band toured Australia in February 2013 without Barker, who did not attend due to his fear of flying ([[Brooks Wackerman]] of [[Bad Religion]] filled in for him).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zarrillo|first1=Zack|title=blink-182 Going To Australia Without Travis Barker; Replacing With Bad Religion Drummer|url=http://propertyofzack.com/post/43279707766/blink-182-going-to-australia-without-travis-barker|publisher=PropertyOfZack|date=February 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/33138/Blink-182-confirm-Australian-tour-for-February-2013 |title=Australia tour 2013 |publisher=FasterLouder.com.au |access-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129143844/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/33138/Blink-182-confirm-Australian-tour-for-February-2013 |archive-date=January 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The band toured the United States in September 2013, where they planned to begin writing songs for their seventh studio album. "We're hoping to head into the studio next year [and to have the] album out in late spring/early summer," Hoppus told ''[[Kerrang!]]''.<ref name=KerrangAug13>{{cite magazine|author = Jennyfer J. Walker | date =August 21, 2013| title =Everybody Likes You When You're 21|magazine= [[Kerrang!]]| page = 7| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]}}</ref> In the interim, Hoppus began recording songs with frequent engineer and producer Chris Holmes that the duo plan to release by the end of the year. "We probably have seven or eight songs in various stages of completion," Hoppus remarked in August 2013.<ref name="KerrangAug13"/> "I still haven't chosen a name [for the project] yet; we still have to figure that out. It's like guitar mixed with electronics…. at this point." Hoppus will share lead vocals with Holmes on the tracks.<ref name="KerrangAug13"/> On April 25, 2014, Hoppus announced, via Twitter, the name of the band as Nothing and Nobody. Their first album is expected to be released in the "not-too-distant future".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hoppus|first1=Mark|title=and in the not-too-distance future, will release our album. the band is called "Nothing and Nobody." @nothingxnobody is the official twitter|url=https://twitter.com/markhoppus/status/459799008048078848|publisher=Twitter|date=April 25, 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Mark Hoppus 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Hoppus performing in 2019]]
In 2015, blink-182 played three shows in California. With the departure of [[Tom DeLonge]] from the band, [[Matt Skiba]] of [[Alkaline Trio]], filled in. It was the first time Hoppus performed under the name "blink-182" without DeLonge by his side. The shows were on March 18, March 20, and March 22.<ref name="eddieodio">{{cite news|url=http://propertyofzack.com/post/113255344593/blink-182-announce-intimate-warmup-show-at-soma|title=blink-182 announce intimate warmup show at SOMA|author=Zack Zarillo|date=March 10, 2015|publisher=propertyofzack|access-date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> Hoppus later hired Skiba full-time, and blink-182 recorded two albums with him, 2016's ''[[California (Blink-182 album)|California]]'' and 2019's ''[[Nine (Blink-182 album)|Nine]]'' before DeLonge returned to the band in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP9zsx04fWY&ab_channel=blink-182 | title=WE ARE COMING! To a city near you! | website=YouTube | date=October 11, 2022 }}</ref>

Hoppus has also performed DJ sets at Emo Nite in Los Angeles on several occasions from 2015 to 2017.<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|title= Mark Hoppus, Chris Carrabba on how Emo Night Vindicated the Scene | magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/mark-hoppus-chris-carrabba-on-how-emo-night-vindicated-the-scene-20151123}}</ref>

In non-musical endeavors, Hoppus launched his own clothing line, Hi My Name is Mark (stylized as "HiMyNameIsMark"), in July 2013.<ref name="KerrangAug13"/>

===Simple Creatures===
On January 24, 2019, Hoppus announced he was forming a new group with [[Alex Gaskarth]] of [[All Time Low]] called [[Simple Creatures]]. A debut song called "Drug" was released in January,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/01/25/blink-182s-mark-hoppus-and-all-time-lows-alex-gaskarth-debut-new-band/|title=blink-182's Mark Hoppus and All Time Low's Alex Gaskarth debut new band|last=brownypaul|date=January 24, 2019|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=January 24, 2019}}</ref> followed by their first EP, ''Strange Love'', on March 29, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schatz |first1=Lake |title=Mark Hoppus' Simple Creatures announce Strange Love EP, share title track: Stream |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/02/simple-creatures-strange-love-ep-title-track/ |website=Consequence Of Sound |access-date=November 12, 2019|date=February 21, 2019 }}</ref> Their second EP, ''Everything Opposite'', was released on October 11, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loftin |first1=Steven |title=TRACK BY TRACK: SIMPLE CREATURES' 'EVERYTHING OPPOSITE' EP WITH ALEX GASKARTH |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/track-by-track-simple-creatures-everything-opposite-ep-with-alex-gaskarth |website=Rock Sound |access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> Since 2020 the project has been on hiatus.