54 Facts About Mark Hoppus

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Mark Allan Hoppus was born on March 15,1972 and is an American musician, songwriter and producer best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the rock band Blink-182, being the only member to appear on every one of their albums.

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Mark Hoppus is part of the pop rock duo Simple Creatures.

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The band produced several rock recordings and toured exhaustively before signing to major label MCA to co-distribute their sophomore effort, 1997's Dude Ranch, which featured the Mark Hoppus-penned hit "Dammit".

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Mark Hoppus continued playing with Barker in +44 in the late 2000s.

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Mark Hoppus has previously co-owned two companies, Atticus and Macbeth Footwear, and created a new clothing line in 2012 named Hi My Name is Mark.

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Mark Hoppus hosted a weekly podcast in 2005 through 2006, which returned in 2015, and he hosted his own television talk show, Mark Hoppus on Music, from 2010 to 2012 on Fuse.

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Mark Allan Hoppus was born on March 15,1972, in Ridgecrest, California.

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Mark Hoppus was raised near Washington, DC before his family settled in Ridgecrest, a place he later described as "geniuses, scientists, physicists, and then just complete strung-out meth-heads".

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Mark Hoppus describes himself as "pretty mellow" until his parents divorced when he was eight, which had a "drastic, unsettling effect" on him.

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Mark Hoppus's father was often away earning a postgraduate degree in college.

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Mark Hoppus describes himself as "pretty straight" until junior high, when he began skateboarding and listening to punk rock.

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Mark Hoppus earned money for a set of amplifiers by helping him paint his house.

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Mark Hoppus never took bass lessons, instead teaching himself by playing to bands such as the Descendents, The Cure, and Bad Religion.

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Mark Hoppus 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".

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Mark Hoppus 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.

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Mark Hoppus returned to Ridgecrest in 1989, completing high school at Burroughs High School.

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Mark Hoppus left Ridgecrest in summer 1992 to attend college and get a job at a local music store in San Diego.

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Mark Hoppus continued playing gigs with of All Things, returning on weekends.

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Mark Hoppus recalls he "hated" college and his reasoning behind becoming a teacher involved sights set for educational reform.

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Mark Hoppus 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.

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Mark Hoppus came home and his girlfriend proceeded to argue with him, angry that he spent money on something they did not need.

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Mark Hoppus demanded he make a choice between the band and her, which resulted in Hoppus leaving the band shortly after formation.

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Shortly thereafter, DeLonge told Mark Hoppus he had borrowed a four track recorder from a friend and was preparing to record a demo tape, which prompted Mark Hoppus to break up with his girlfriend and return to the band.

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Cargo signed the band on a trial basis, and Mark Hoppus was the only member to sign the contract, as DeLonge was at work at the time and Raynor was still a minor.

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Mark 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.

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Mark Hoppus grew increasingly lonely on these tours, having no significant other while other band members did.

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Mark Hoppus got married in 2000 just before the band prepared to record their highly anticipated follow-up, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

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Mark 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.

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Mark Hoppus felt betrayed and a rift developed between Mark Hoppus and DeLonge that would carry on into the band's future.

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Mark Hoppus turned to producing, hitting the studio with Motion City Soundtrack to record Commit This to Memory.

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The August 2008 death of friend and producer Jerry Finn deeply affected Mark Hoppus, who referred to Finn as a lifelong friend and mentor.

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Mark Hoppus immediately boarded a plane to the burn unit, and DeLonge reconnected with the duo under the tragic circumstances.

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Mark Hoppus moved to London with his family late in the recording process, complicating matters.

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Mark Hoppus later hired Skiba full-time, and blink-182 recorded two albums with him, 2016's California and 2019's Nine before DeLonge returned to the band in 2022.

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Mark Hoppus has performed DJ sets at Emo Nite in Los Angeles on several occasions from 2015 to 2017.

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In non-musical endeavors, Hoppus launched his own clothing line, Hi My Name is Mark, in July 2013.

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On January 24,2019, Mark Hoppus announced he was forming a new group with Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low called Simple Creatures.

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Mark Hoppus primarily writes most of his songs on an acoustic guitar.

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Mark Hoppus is self-taught, "and consequently I don't have the best technique", he remarked in 2004.

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For Blink-182's earliest concerts and demo recordings, Mark Hoppus used a standard Fender Precision Bass.

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In 2015, Mark Hoppus switched to Fender Jaguar Basses with the same configuration as his 2006 signature model.

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In 2022, Hoppus teamed up with Fender to release a signature Jaguar Bass sold exclusively through his website Hi My Name Is Mark.

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For live sound, Mark Hoppus originally plugged his basses into three Ampeg SVT Classic bass heads running into two Ampeg 8x10 SVT bass cabs.

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Mark Hoppus has made several acting appearances in films and television, often as part of blink-182.

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Mark Hoppus was a guest actor on an episode of the show Haunted in 2002.

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Mark Hoppus was featured as a panelist on the comedy show Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2012.

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Mark Hoppus has been confirmed to be a part of a documentary about modern punk music entitled One Nine Nine Four.

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Mark Hoppus worked to help relief efforts in Japan after the devastating earthquake and tsunami Tohoku.

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Mark Hoppus announced that his group Blink-182, will be auctioning off items to benefit the American Red Cross on EBay.

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Mark Hoppus is often joined on the show by his friends Chris Holmes and James Ingram.

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In 2012, "HiMyNameIsMark Hoppus" rebranded itself as a clothing company, selling apparel and accessories branded with an octopus logo.

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Mark 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.

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Mark Hoppus was a vegan for many years, though he returned to eating meat at his doctor's recommendation following his cancer diagnosis in 2021.

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On June 23,2021, Mark Hoppus revealed that he was undergoing treatment for cancer after accidentally sharing a picture of himself undergoing chemotherapy treatment to his public Instagram Story.