Editing Mark Hoppus

{{Short description|American musician (born 1972)}}
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| name               = Mark Hoppus
| image              = MarkHoppusliveInMontreal2011.jpg
| caption            = Hoppus in 2011
| birth_name         = Mark Allan Hoppus{{efn|name=name|Some sources give Hoppus's birth name as "Markus Allen Hoppus",<ref name="rsency" /><ref name="allmusic" /> though he asserts that it is incorrect.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoppus |first=Mark |date=April 10, 2008 |title=Wikipedia Is Wrong |url=http://www.bompa.com/blog/markhoppus/wikipedia-is-wrong/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305055040/http://www.bompa.com/blog/markhoppus/wikipedia-is-wrong/ |archive-date=March 5, 2011 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |website=Bompa: Blog |quote=not that it matters, but my name is mark allan hoppus. i have no idea where markus came from, but someone is going to have to answer to a very angry mark hoppus's mother}}</ref>}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1972|03|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Ridgecrest, California]], U.S.
| death_date         = 
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| occupation         = {{flatlist| 
* Musician
* record producer
* songwriter
}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Skye Everly|December 2, 2000}}
| children           = 1
| website            = {{URL|himynameismark.com}}
| signature          = Mark Hoppus signature.png
| signature_alt      = Mark Hoppus' signature
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Pop-punk]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[skate punk]]
* [[electronic rock]]
* [[pop rock]]
* [[synth-pop]]
}}
| instrument = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* bass guitar<!--- If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument--->
}}
| years_active = 1988–present
| discography = [[Mark Hoppus production discography|Production discography]]
| current_member_of = [[Blink-182]]
| past_member_of    = {{flatlist|
* [[+44 (band)|+44]]
* [[Simple Creatures]]
}}
}}
}}

'''Mark Allan Hoppus'''{{efn|name=name}} (born March 15, 1972) is an American musician and record producer. He is the co-lead vocalist, co-founder, and bassist for the rock band [[Blink-182]] and the only member to appear on every album.

Hoppus became interested in skateboarding and [[punk rock]] in junior high, and received a bass guitar from his father at the age of 15. After he moved to [[San Diego]] in 1992 to attend [[California State University San Marcos]], his sister introduced him to [[Tom DeLonge]], and they formed the band Blink-182 with drummer [[Scott Raynor]]. The band produced several rock recordings and toured exhaustively before signing to major label [[MCA Records|MCA]] to co-distribute their sophomore effort, 1997's ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'', which featured the Hoppus-penned hit "[[Dammit]]".

After replacing Raynor with [[Travis Barker]], [[Blink-182]] recorded ''[[Enema of the State]]'' (1999), which launched them to multi-platinum success. Two more records followed—the heavier ''[[Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]'' (2001) and the more experimental [[Blink-182 (album)|untitled fifth album]] (2003)—before the band split in 2005 following internal tension. Hoppus continued playing with Barker in [[+44 (band)|+44]] in the late 2000s. Blink-182 subsequently reunited in 2009 and continue to record and tour worldwide.

Aside from his musical career, Hoppus has had multiple successes behind the recording console, producing records for groups such as [[Idiot Pilot]], [[New Found Glory]], [[The Matches]], [[Motion City Soundtrack]], and [[PAWS (band)|PAWS]]. He has previously co-owned two companies, [[Atticus Clothing|Atticus]] and [[Macbeth Footwear]], and created a new clothing line in 2012 named Hi My Name is Mark. Hoppus hosted a weekly [[podcast]] in 2005 through 2006, which returned in 2015, and he hosted his own television talk show, ''[[Hoppus on Music]]'', from 2010 to 2012 on [[Fuse (TV channel)|Fuse]]. He also was part of the [[pop rock]] duo [[Simple Creatures]] from 2019 until 2020.

==Early life==
Mark Allan Hoppus{{efn|name=name}} was born on March 15, 1972, in [[Ridgecrest, California]].<ref name="rsency" /><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |title=Mark Hoppus  |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mark-hoppus-mn0000280023 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Independent |first=Jessica Weston for the Daily |date=2023-10-21 |title=The Waz rocks the house with a little help from Tex Hoppus singing Blink-182 at Historic USO |url=https://www.ridgecrestca.com/arts_and_entertainment/the-waz-rocks-the-house-with-a-little-help-from-tex-hoppus-singing-blink-182/article_c8b1ef58-703c-11ee-b31b-5f255a6bc4b5.html |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=The Ridgecrest Daily Independent |language=en}}</ref> He was raised near Washington, D.C., before his family settled in Ridgecrest, a place he later described as "geniuses, scientists, physicists, and then just complete strung-out meth-heads".<ref name="halfnakedtruth" /><ref name="DINOSAUR"/> His maternal great-grandparents, Aaron and Lempi Orrenmaa, were Finnish immigrants from [[Laihia]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000002909381.html | title = Amerikkalaisyhtye Blink-182:n riveissä on pohjalaisverta – "Toivon todella, että esiinnymme Suomessa ensi kesänä" | last1 = Jokelainen | first1 = Jarkko | date = July 6, 2016 | website = [[Helsingin Sanomat]] | publisher = [[Sanoma]] | language = fi | access-date = November 11, 2016}}</ref> His father Tex, like many in Ridgecrest, worked for the [[U.S. Department of Defense]], designing missiles and bombs for the town's [[U.S. Navy|Navy]] testing center.<ref name="halfnakedtruth"/><ref name="DINOSAUR"/>

Hoppus describes himself as "pretty mellow" until his parents divorced when he was eight, which had a "drastic, unsettling effect" on him.<ref name="DINOSAUR"/> He said, "When my parents argued, it was always behind closed doors. I remember sitting outside my parents' room when I was seven years old, hearing the dulled voice of anger behind the door. It upset me a lot." Following these events, he spent two years shuffling between his parents' homes with sister Anne, until he and his father moved to [[Monterey, California|Monterey]].<ref name="DINOSAUR"/> His father was often away earning a [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate degree]] in college. He later would describe his childhood as lonely, remarking, "[I] was living by myself in the fifth grade."<ref name="halfnakedtruth">{{cite magazine |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |date=August 3, 2000 |title=Blink-182: The Half-Naked Truth |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/blink-182-the-half-naked-truth-87106/}}</ref> His father introduced him to the music of [[The Beatles]], [[Elton John]] and [[Billy Joel]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1lt6qgDjWL6QM7sg7Fmc5mM/mark-hoppus-on-the-records-that-changed-his-life | title=BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Rock Show with Daniel P Carter - Mark Hoppus on the Records That Changed His Life|access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref>

Hoppus describes himself as "pretty straight" until junior high, when he began skateboarding and listening to [[punk rock]].<ref name="risen">{{cite web|last= Eaton|first=Michael|url=http://www.risenmagazine.com/category/music/mark-hoppus/|title=Blink And You'll See It|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715185746/http://www.risenmagazine.com/category/music/mark-hoppus/|archive-date=July 15, 2011 |publisher=Risen|access-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> In his early high school years, he lived in [[Fairfax, Virginia]], attending nearby [[Annandale High School]] during his second year; he received his first bass guitar during this time and attended his first concert, [[They Might Be Giants]], at the [[9:30 Club]] shortly before his 16th birthday.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Othello|first=Chris|subject-link=WJFK-FM|interviewer=Mark Hoppus|title=The C and O Show with Chris and Othello|work=[[WJFK-FM]]|publisher=[[WJFK-FM]]|location=[[Manassas, Virginia]]|date=March 2, 2011}}</ref> He recalled, "I didn't know where I should stand or what I should do, so my friends and I bought some menthol cigarettes and smoked for the first time and tried to look as cool as we could. We probably looked like idiots."<ref name="songschanged"/> He received his first bass (a Mako) as a gift from his father, purchased at a local music shop in [[Annandale, Virginia|Annandale]].<ref name=rsint>{{cite magazine| last =Scaggs| first =Austin| date =February 5, 2004| title =Interview: Mark Hoppus of Blink-182|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| issue =941 | location =New York City | issn =0035-791X}}</ref> He earned money for a set of amplifiers by helping him paint his house.<ref name="DINOSAUR"/><ref name="smh">{{cite news| url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/27/1093518062841.html| title = Mark Hoppus unplugged| access-date = February 28, 2007| author = Dowling, Joshua| date = August 27, 2004| newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> Hoppus never took bass lessons, instead teaching himself by playing to bands such as the [[Descendents (band)|Descendents]], [[The Cure]], and [[Bad Religion]].<ref name="smh"/> He has remarked that "Silly Girl" by the Descendents was the "song that made [him] fall in love with punk rock music [...] that song changed [his] life forever".<ref name="sillygirl">{{cite magazine|volume=1428|title=111 Songs That Saved Your Life|date=August 18, 2012 |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] }}</ref> He borrowed a cassette tape of The Cure's album ''[[Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me]]'' from his friend Wendy Franklin the summer following junior high school, and was taken with the song "[[Just Like Heaven (The Cure song)|Just Like Heaven]]".<ref name="songschanged">{{cite magazine|author=Tom Bryant|title=The Songs That Changed Your Life|year=2006 |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] }}</ref><ref name="altpress09.1"/> 
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Hoppus began to dress like Cure frontman [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], donning eyeliner and "occasionally bright red lipstick" to his high school classes; he later quipped, "This all went over exceedingly well with the faculty and staff in the small desert town where I grew up."<ref name="altpress09.1">{{cite magazine|title=Mark Hoppus on the Cure|author=Scott Heisel|page=108|date=July 2009 |magazine=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] }}</ref><ref name="mh18"/><ref name="TalesFromBeneathYourMom">{{cite book |last=Hoppus |first=Anne |author2=(([[Blink-182]])) |title= Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom |publisher= MTV Books / Pocket Books|date=October 2001 |isbn= 0-7434-2207-4}}</ref> Beginning in his first year, he gained solace through music of both The Cure and [[The Smiths]].<ref name="halfnakedtruth"/><ref name=mh18>{{cite magazine| last = Everett| first = Jenny| date =Fall 2001| title =blink-182 Cordially Invites You To Take Them Seriously|magazine=[[MH-18 (magazine)|MH-18]]| page =81| publisher =[[Rodale, Inc.]]}}</ref> He played by himself and sang in the band Pier 69, primarily covering songs by The Cure, and recorded a live demo with a group named The Attic Children in 1988, featuring covers of The Cure songs. Hoppus returned to Ridgecrest in 1989, completing high school at [[Sherman E. Burroughs High School|Burroughs High School]]. In his teen years, a friend stole his mother's car in the middle of the night to pick him up; the two would sneak out to the desert and burn trees and any objects they could find.<ref name="mh18"/>

After graduating from Burroughs High School in 1990, he began playing in a band called of All Things he formed with two friends, covering songs by [[Descendents (band)|Descendents]], [[Social Distortion]], and [[Bad Religion]], as well as writing original punk numbers.<ref name="mh18"/> The group primarily performed at friend's parties and bonfires, and once played Oasis, the local music venue.<ref name="p8-9"/> Hoppus left Ridgecrest in summer 1992 to attend college and get a job at a local music store in [[San Diego]]. He continued playing gigs with of All Things, returning on weekends. Eventually, his manager became suspicious of his weekend activities, as Hoppus had told him he worked with mentally disabled children in Ridgecrest, and refused to give him any time off on weekends.<ref name="TalesFromBeneathYourMom"/> His "short-lived attempt" at college, studying at [[California State University, San Marcos]], revolved around plans to become an English teacher.<ref name="psst">{{cite news|last=Hochman|first=Steve|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42373-story.html|title=Psst...blink-182 Is Growing Up|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=May 30, 1999|access-date=September 20, 2012}}</ref><ref name="nyrock"/> He recalls he "hated" college and his reasoning behind becoming a teacher involved sights set for [[Education reform|educational reform]]. He dropped out in the early 1990s after "things began to take off with Blink-182" and lived with his mother for many of the early years of the band.<ref name="nyrock">{{cite journal |date=August 2001|title=Interview with Mark Hoppus of blink-182 blink-182 |journal= NY Rock}}</ref> Hoppus describes his mother as always supportive in his decisions to drop out of college and tour with Blink-182; however, he describes his father as "more realistic, [...] he said, 'Have something to fall back on.'"<ref name="risen"/> "I'm really fortunate that my mom always completely supported me, even to the point that I dropped out of college and lived at her house for five years before our band started to catch on," said Hoppus.<ref name="risen"/>

==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.

==Musical style==
===Songwriting===
Hoppus primarily writes most of his songs on an acoustic guitar.<ref name="GC">{{cite web|url=https://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/markhoppus/|title=Mark Hoppus Talks About Touring, Basses and Success|publisher=[[Guitar Center]]|date=2002|access-date=April 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427000200/https://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/markhoppus/|archive-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref> He is self-taught, "and consequently I don't have the best technique", he remarked in 2004. "I think you would learn how to paint by painting, rather than reading books about painters or painting and I think it's the same with music. You learn by doing and getting influences from other artists."<ref name="smh"/>

===Equipment===
====Bass guitars====
For Blink-182's earliest concerts and demo recordings, Hoppus used a standard [[Fender Precision Bass]]. On the albums ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'' and ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' and their respective tours, he switched to using a [[Music Man StingRay]] as his primary bass. While recording ''[[Enema of the State]]'', Hoppus used his StingRay as well as a Fender Precision and [[Fender Jazz Bass|Jazz Bass]].<ref name="GC"/> In a 2021 livestream on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], he revealed he stopped using the StingRay as he thought they sounded too "clanky".<ref>{{Citation |title=The Reason Why Mark Hoppus Stopped Using Ernie Ball Stingray Basses | date=August 13, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ba2DlRW78 |access-date=2023-11-08 |language=en}}</ref>

After primarily recording with the two Fender basses, Hoppus worked with Fender to design a signature model, which consisted of a Jazz Bass body with a Precision Bass neck and pickup. This model debuted in 2000.<ref name="GC"/> In 2006, Fender manufactured an updated variant of Hoppus' signature Jazz Bass with the pickup, a [[Seymour Duncan]] Quarter Pound (SPB-3), reversed from its standard position, giving it a fuller sound.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://antisilent.darkbb.com/t49-mark-hoppus-fender-interview|title = Mark Hoppus -Fender interview}}</ref>

In 2015, Hoppus switched to [[Fender Jaguar Bass]]es with the same configuration as his 2006 model. However, he still occasionally uses his original signature Jazz Basses;<ref>{{Cite AV media
| author= Александр ШЕВЦИВ
| date= 3 April 2017
|title=blink-182 live at March Madness Music Festival 2017 |via= Ghostarchive|url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/G6KRx9dsZdY|access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref> he notably used them extensively alongside his Jaguar Basses on the band's [[World Tour 2023/2024|2023 reunion tour]], and the ''[[One More Time...]]'' album and [[One More Time Tour|tour]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CodREhNSrre/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= | title=Mark Hoppus on Instagram: "Skully with five arrow Smiley Face and Finnish flag. Old school bass from the aughts, getting cleaned up, refurbished, and ready for tour. Can we get a W in the chat PLS." }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-02-10-mark-hoppus-is-refurbishing-an-old-school-bass-for-blink-182-tour/ | title=Mark Hoppus is Refurbishing an 'Old School Bass' for Blink-182's Upcoming Tour: See the Pics }}</ref>

In 2022, Hoppus teamed up with Fender to release a signature Jaguar Bass sold exclusively through his website Hi My Name Is Mark. To date, it has been released in his signature hot pink color<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.himynameismark.com/collections/guitar/products/hmnim-hoppus-signature-bass | title=HMNIM Hoppus Signature Bass }}</ref> as well as Daphne Blue,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.himynameismark.com/collections/guitar/products/hmnim-hoppus-signature-bass-daphne-blue | title=HMNIM Hoppus Signature Bass - Daphne Blue }}</ref> with each color being released in limited runs based on customer demand. In 2024, Fender officially released a limited edition signature Jaguar Bass in sunburst and Sea Foam Green colors.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/fender-announces-limited-edition-mark-hoppus-jaguar-bass | title=FENDER Announces Limited-Edition MARK HOPPUS Jaguar Bass | date=October 3, 2024 }}</ref>

Hoppus has been a longtime user of [[Ernie Ball]] strings and his instruments are strung with Super Slinky Bass strings (.45-.100).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ball|first=Ernie|date=June 10, 2019|title=Celebrating 20 Years of blink-182's 'Enema of State'|url=https://blog.ernieball.com/music/celebrating-20-years-of-blink-182s-enema-of-state/|access-date=January 1, 2023|website=Ernie Ball Blog|language=en-US}}</ref>

====Amps====
For live sound, Hoppus originally plugged his basses into three Ampeg SVT Classic bass heads running into two Ampeg 8x10 SVT bass cabs. Prior to the use of the all-tube SVT Classic heads, Hoppus used two Ampeg SVT-4 Pro heads which only feature a tube preamp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ampeg.com/artists/artist.php?artistID=78 |title=Artist Profile – Mark Hoppus |publisher=[[Ampeg]] |access-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727025652/http://www.ampeg.com/artists/artist.php?artistID=78 |archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> After the ''[[Neighborhoods (Blink-182 album)|Neighborhoods]]'' album release, Hoppus used New Vintage amplifiers and cabinets, specifically the Undertow 300 amplifier and NW 8x10 bass cabinets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists: Mark Hoppus – Blink-182, +44|url=http://newvintageamps.com/artists/|website=New Vintage Amplifiers}}</ref> In 2016, he began using [[Kemper Profiler]] amps in concert.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.kemper-amps.com/artist-gallery | title=Kemper Amps}}</ref>

==Non-musical endeavors==
Hoppus and Tom DeLonge co-owned two companies, [[Atticus Clothing|Atticus]] and [[Macbeth Footwear]], Hoppus has since sold his share in both companies; as well as loserkids.com.<ref name="Mark Hoppus Interview with b182.com">{{cite web| url = http://postblink.com/?p=20| title = Mark Hoppus Interview with b182.com| access-date = October 24, 2007| publisher = b182.com| date = August 14, 2006| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071115121920/http://postblink.com/?p=20| archive-date = November 15, 2007| df = mdy-all}}</ref>

Mark Hoppus has made several acting appearances in films and television, often as part of blink-182. He first appeared as a member of a garage band in the hugely successful [[teen film|teen comedy]] ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'' (1999) with bandmates Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, (Though the film's credits list Barker as Scott Raynor.) He appeared again with DeLonge, singing a cover of [[Jan and Dean]]'s "[[Dead Man's Curve (song)|Dead Man's Curve]]" in the [[CBS]] television movie ''Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story'' (1999).<ref name="Jan & Dean">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426202/19990720/blink_182.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010618231503/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426202/19990720/blink_182.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2001|title=Blink-182 Duo to Play Jan & Dean in TV Mini-Series |publisher=MTV (MTV.com)|date=July 20, 1999|access-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref> Hoppus and DeLonge hosted the MTV show ''You Idiot!'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2000_3203553/even-couch-potatoes-can-have-spring-break-fun.html|title=Even couch potatoes can have spring-break fun|author=Mike McDaniel|date=March 20, 2000|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref> The band appeared in the ''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]'' episode "Au Revoir, Pizza Place" in 1999, as well as an animated cameo in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Barting Over]]" in 2003. The band made a guest appearance on ''[[MADtv]]'' in 2002, in a segment titled "[[Leave It to Beaver|Leave It to Blink-182]]", spoofing 1950s-era [[sitcoms]].<ref>{{Cite AV media| author= hockeyohmy|title=Mad T.V Blink-182 Skit | date = March 2006 |via=Ghostarchive|url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/sDdLMqFxLHM|access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref> Hoppus was a guest actor on an episode of the show ''Haunted'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457891/20021002/blink_182.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030225152627/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457891/20021002/blink_182.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2003 |title=News – Articles – 1457891 – 20021002 |publisher=Mtv.com |date=October 2, 2002 |access-date=July 11, 2011}}</ref> In 2011, he appeared in the documentary film ''[[The Other F Word]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.menshealth.com/mark-hoppus-blink-182/2011/11/17/|title=Be a Dad without Being a Dork|author=Andrew Daniels|date=November 17, 2011|publisher=Men's Health|access-date=October 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117034359/http://news.menshealth.com/mark-hoppus-blink-182/2011/11/17/|archive-date=November 17, 2012}}</ref> Hoppus was featured as a panelist on the comedy show ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://propertyofzack.com/post/32318042954/mark-hoppus-panelist-on-nevermind-the-buzzcocks|title=Mark Hoppus Panelist on Nevermind The Buzzcocks|work=Tumblr |date=September 26, 2012|publisher=PropertyOfZack|access-date=October 29, 2012}}</ref>

He also wrote columns for ''Risen Magazine's'' March/April and May/June 2005 issues entitled "Beyond Us".<ref>''Risen Magazine'' volume 4, issue 2, pg. 76; volume 4, issue 3, pg. 70</ref> Mark Hoppus has been confirmed to be a part of a documentary about modern punk music entitled ''[[One Nine Nine Four]]''. The film was due to be released in 2009 but has been delayed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=30179 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20081216080642/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=30179 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2008 |title=Green Day, Blink-182 for punk rock film |access-date=April 6, 2007 |author=Scott Colothan |date=April 5, 2007 |work=Gigwise.com }}</ref>

In 2010, he joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.

Mark Hoppus worked to help relief efforts in Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tōhoku]]. He announced that his group [[Blink-182]], will be auctioning off items to benefit the American Red Cross on [[EBay]]. "So sad for what's happening in Japan. Gonna dig in the bins & find some old blink-182 items to auction for the Red Cross" said Mark. The items auctioned off included the original lyrics sheet to the group's hits "The Rock Show" and "Adam's Song", Bad Religion autographed cymbal, hand-painted 1.5 FT tall Bunny, blink-182 tour backstage pass, stickers, postcard/magnets, trading cards, the band's dressing room sign from the 2000 VMAs, and Hoppus orange sweater from the "Dammit" music video. Among the 33 items auctioned off for charity he totaled 4,318 dollars.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zemler|first=Emily|title=Blink-182 auctions memorabilia to aid Japan relief|url=https://www.myspace.com/music/blog/2011/3/23/blink-182-auctions-memorabilia-to-aid-japan-relief|work=myspace.com/music|access-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref>

===HiMyNameIsMark (2005, 2012–present)===
[[File:Hoppus44.jpg|thumbnail|right|Hoppus performing in 2007]]
"HiMyNameIsMark" is a [[podcast]] that was set up in the wake of the Blink-182 hiatus by Hoppus, and can be found at HiMyNameIsMark.com. Every few weeks he released a show of songs by underground bands, interviews with band members and/or friends, and reminisces about happenings in his life. He is often joined on the show by his friends Chris Holmes (+44's engineer) and James Ingram (+44's assistant engineer). Hoppus has also created various side projects including "Hopp on Popp" where he reviews one of his favorite up and coming artists, some of which have been [[Matt & Kim]], [[fun (band)|fun.]], and [[Japandroids]]. In late 2014, the podcast returned from a hiatus.

In 2012, "HiMyNameIsMark" rebranded itself as a clothing company, selling apparel and accessories branded with an octopus logo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoppus |first1=Mark |title=About |url=https://www.himynameismark.com/pages/about |website=himynameismark |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>

===''Hoppus on Music'' (2010–2012)===
{{Main|Hoppus on Music }}

On June 22, 2010, [[Fuse TV|Fuse]] announced that Hoppus would be hosting his own weekly, one-hour television series entitled ''A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus''. In relation to the press release, Hoppus stated "I am stoked to join the Fuse family and have a show where I can talk about a topic that I'm passionate about, music. More importantly, I'm excited to force millions of people to watch me on a weekly basis on national television." According to Fuse senior vice president of programming and development Sal LoCurto, "''A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus'' was developed to complement the wide variety of music programming on Fuse – including live concerts, festival coverage and in-depth interview series with the biggest names in music. On August 5, Hoppus revealed the co-host of the show would be comedian [[Amy Schumer]]."<ref name="press">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fuse-announces-new-weekly-show-a-different-spin-with-mark-hoppus-96907219.html|title=Fuse Announces New Weekly Show 'A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus'|publisher=PR Newswire|date=June 22, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2010}}</ref>

The show focuses on music news, fun panel discussions and special reports from the show's correspondents. The show also features musical performances by both mainstream and emerging bands.<ref name="press"/><ref name="fusenews">{{cite web|url=http://fuse.tv/ontv/shows/a-different-spin/|title=Coming to Fuse This Fall: Hoppus on Music|publisher=Fuse.tv|date=June 22, 2010|access-date=June 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625042833/http://fuse.tv/ontv/shows/a-different-spin/|archive-date=June 25, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The show officially premiered on September 16, 2010, on Fuse. The show's second season premiered in March 2011 and the show was re-titled ''Hoppus on Music''.

===''After School Radio'' (since 2020)===

On August 18, 2020, the first episode of Hoppus's newest podcast entitled ''After School Radio'' would premiere on [[Apple Music]].<ref>{{cite web |title=After School Radio |url=https://music.apple.com/us/curator/after-school-radio/1496846020 |website=Apple Music |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> The podcast is hosted weekly by Hoppus, where he focuses on the artists, music, and culture that have defined the alternative genre.

Most notably, the August 3, 2021, episode titled "The Mark and Tom Show" reunited Hoppus with then former bandmate [[Tom Delonge]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Josh |title=Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge reminisce about blink-182 days on podcast |url=https://www.altpress.com/mark-hoppus-tom-delonge-after-school-radio/ |website=altpress |date=August 4, 2021 |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>

===''Fahrenheit-182'' (2025)===
In April 2025, Hoppus's autobiography ''[[Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir|Fahrenheit-182]]'' was published. The book, co-written by journalist Dan Ozzi, details the rise of Blink-182 as well as Hoppus's battle with cancer. It received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web | last=Woods | first=Cat | title=Blink-182 saved Mark Hoppus' life when he had cancer. His new book helped him heal | website=Los Angeles Times | date=April 7, 2025 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-04-07/blink-182-mark-hoppus-surviving-cancer-book-fahrenheit-182-band-reuniting | access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Simpson | first=Kaitlin | last2=Stanton | first2=Leanne Aciz | title=Mark Hoppus on How Cancer Diagnosis Helped Improve Bond With Blink-182 | website=Us Weekly | date=April 7, 2025 | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/mark-hoppus-on-how-cancer-diagnosis-helped-improve-bond-with-blink-182/ | access-date=April 29, 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hoppus met former [[MTV]] talent executive Skye Everly in August 1999, at a rehearsal for the music video of "[[All the Small Things]]", and they later married on December 2, 2000. According to a 2004 interview, she initially refused to date him. Hoppus elaborated, "Tom [DeLonge] always used to embarrass me. Any girl he'd talk to, he'd say, 'Hey, you wanna go on a date with Mark?' He asked Skye, my wife, who looked at me and said, 'No.' That's how it all started."<ref name="blender">{{cite magazine|last= Weiner|first=Jonah|title=The Greatest Songs Ever! All the Small Things |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|date=November 23, 2004}}</ref> Their son, Jack, was born in 2002.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Sadlier |first1=Allison |title=Mark Hoppus' election text: Blink-182 member sends son powerful message |url=http://ew.com/article/2016/11/10/mark-hoppus-election-text/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=December 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111172142/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/11/10/mark-hoppus-election-text |archive-date=November 11, 2016 |date=November 10, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hoppus stands {{height|ft=6|in=2}} tall.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoppus |first1=Mark |title=Yes, I'm 6' 2 |url=https://twitter.com/markhoppus/status/1345861132360159232 |website=Twitter |access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> In 2004, he revealed that he votes for the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]].<ref name="risen"/> He said, "To me, it means to respect other people and let them do their own thing. The government is there to help people but not control them."<ref name="risen"/> A 2000 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' profile noted that he "pray[s] every night",<ref name="halfnakedtruth"/> and he said of his religious views in 2005, "It's amazing to me that anyone can say that one thing is right. [...] To draw lines over something that none of us on earth could possibly comprehend seems like a waste of time."<ref name="risen"/> Hoppus was a vegan for many years, though he returned to eating meat at his doctor's recommendation following his cancer diagnosis in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/music/mark-hoppus-went-through-really-dark-time-after-cancer-diagnosis/ | title=Mark Hoppus Endured 'Really Dark Time' After Cancer Diagnosis: 'I Was Due for Something Tragic' }}</ref>

In 2011, Hoppus and his family relocated to the [[Mayfair]] area of [[London]], [[England]],<ref name="DINOSAUR"/> as they wanted Jack to "grow up with a wide view of the world."<ref name="t803"/> They remained in London until 2014, when they moved back to the US and have since settled in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/mark_hoppus_says_blink_182_will_begin_recording_their_new_album_this_year | title=Mark Hoppus says blink-182 will begin recording their new album this year | magazine=Alternative Press | date=August 6, 2014 | author=Crane, Matt}}</ref> During his time in London, he enjoyed jogging in [[Parks and open spaces in London|the city's parks]] and became a supporter of [[Premier League]] [[Association football|football]] club [[Chelsea F.C.]].<ref name="DINOSAUR"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/music/post/_/id/330/blink-182s-mark-hoppus-adopts-chelsea|title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus adopts Chelsea|first1=Zach|last1=McCann|website=go.com|access-date=March 21, 2014|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=April 20, 2012}}</ref> Hoppus is also a devout supporter of the [[National Football League|NFL]]'s [[Los Angeles Rams]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://mobile.twitter.com/downtownrams/status/1176314880971935745|title=Mark Hoppus with the Rams Logo on his guitar!|work=X (formerly Twitter) }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2021/06/mark-hoppus-blink-182-cancer/|title=Mark Hoppus Confirms Cancer Diagnosis|date=June 23, 2021 }}</ref>

Hoppus is a supporter of [[Children's Hospital Los Angeles]] (CHLA);<ref name="t803">{{cite web | last=Hoppus | first=Mark | title=How a Banksy Painting Turned Mark Hoppus into a 'Punk Medici' | website=Sothebys.com | date=2025-02-27 | url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/how-a-banksy-painting-turned-mark-hoppus-into-a-punk-medici | access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref> his wife, Skye, is a CHLA Foundation Trustee and the Chair of CHLA's Child Life Council, and has actively volunteered at the hospital since 2015.<ref name="d613">{{cite web | title=Foundation Board of Trustees | website=Children&#039;s Hospital Los Angeles | url=https://www.chla.org/about-childrens-hospital-los-angeles/foundation-board-trustees | access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref><ref name="w938">{{cite web | title=Speakers – Westside Guild | website=Westside Guild – Of Children's Hospital Los Angeles | url=https://westsideguild.com/speakers/ | access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref>

Hoppus is a longtime admirer of [[graffiti]] and [[street art]].<ref name="t803"/> He was the owner of ''Crude Oil (Vettriano)'', a 2005 painting by [[Banksy]] that was put up for auction in March 2025; it is expected to fetch over $6.5 million, with proceeds split between Hoppus (who plans to use it to buy art from up-and-coming artists), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, [[Cedars Sinai]] Hematology Oncology Research, and the California Fire Foundation in the wake of the [[January 2025 Southern California wildfires|state's wildfire]]s.<ref name="g749">{{cite web | last=Lawless | first=Jill | title=A treasured Banksy owned by a member of Blink-182 is up for auction. It could fetch $6 million | website=AP News | date=2025-02-18 | url=https://apnews.com/article/banksy-auction-mark-hoppus-blink-182-sotheby-744e225d8d4f6eb344687843309d3fe8 | access-date=2025-03-01}}</ref>

===Health issues===
On June 23, 2021, Hoppus revealed that he was undergoing treatment for cancer after accidentally sharing a picture of himself undergoing [[Chemotherapy|chemotherapy treatment]] to his public [[Instagram#Instagram Stories|Instagram Story]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus announces he has cancer, is undergoing chemo|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/blink-182-s-mark-hoppus-announces-he-has-cancer-undergoing-t223665|access-date=June 25, 2021|first1=Samantha|last1=Kubota|website=TODAY.com|date=June 24, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Overhultz|first=Lauryn|date=December 4, 2021|title=Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus' cancer diagnosis announcement was actually an accident|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/blink-182-bassist-mark-hoppus-cancer-diagnosis-announcement-accident|access-date=December 6, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref> On July 11, he said that he was experiencing [[Cancer staging|stage 4]] [[diffuse large B-cell lymphoma]].<ref>{{Cite AV media
| publisher=blink-182 Chile
|title=Mark Hoppus reveals his type of cancer and shares update on status | via= Ghostarchive
| date=July 2021|url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/A3ZLX1swZPM|access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref> On September 29 of the same year, Hoppus announced that he was declared cancer-free, but would continue to be screened every 6 months in case the cancer returns.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Says He's Been Declared 'Cancer Free': 'Today Is an Amazing Day'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9638274/blink-182-mark-hoppus-cancer-free/|access-date=September 29, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=September 29, 2021|language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==
[[File:Mark Hoppus performing in 2011.jpg|thumbnail|right|Hoppus performing with Blink-182 in 2011]]
{{main|Mark Hoppus production discography}}

===With Blink-182===
{{main|Blink-182 discography}}

===With +44===
'''Studio album:'''
* ''[[When Your Heart Stops Beating]]'' (2006)

===With Simple Creatures===
'''EPs:'''
* ''Strange Love'' (2019)
* ''Everything Opposite'' (2019)

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
 | last = Hoppus
 | first = Anne
 | title = Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom
 | date = October 1, 2001
| publisher = [[MTV|MTV Books]] / [[Pocket Books]]
 | isbn = 9780743422079
 }}
* {{Cite book
 | last = Shooman
 | first = Joe
 | title = Blink-182: The Bands, The Breakdown & The Return
 | date = June 24, 2010
| publisher = Independent Music Press
 | isbn = 978-1-906191-10-8
 }}
{{Refend}}

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201201062201/https://fuse.tv/hoppus Hoppus on Music]
*[http://fuse.tv Fuse]

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