Editing Mark Hoppus (section)

====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>