hi, my name is mark. blink-182. hoppus on music. stupid hair. ama.

[u/MarkHoppus]

hello, fine people of the interwebs. my name is mark hoppus, and i play bass and sing in the rock trio blink-182. i also have a tv show called "hoppus on music." i enjoy long walks on the beach, long watchings of tv, and long starings at my cell phone while people are trying to talk to me. please feel free to ask me anything. yes, anything. if something is blatantly offensive or disrespectful of others, i will invoke my right of parlay and say "pass." thank you for your time.

ps-i can save you a lot of time by saying that i don't know when we will be touring in your city or country. we want to play everywhere always for everybody.

pps-thanks to tropius, who originally had the username markhoppus, and relinquished it to me so i could have my name for reddit.

i will post this now to give time for questions to be submitted, and be back in 30 minutes at 9pm GMT to start the answering.

edit: 90 minutes later, let's call it. thanks VERY much to all of you for your time. you all rule. let's do this again sometime, shall we? may the force be with you.

[u/hatsandhardcore]

Is it harder to relate to the adolescent lyrics of the earlier songs now? I mean, you've been a dad for ten years now.

[u/[deleted]]

Is the song 'Fighting the Gravity' a reference to your hair?

[u/[deleted]]

If you could have lunch with any person, living or dead, what would you order?

[u/[deleted]]

Verified:

https://twitter.com/#!/markhoppus/status/166619445928792064

https://www.facebook.com/markhoppus/posts/167668910011094

I gave you some flair and put a star by the post, welcome!

[u/[deleted]]

Do you guys still keep in touch with Scott?

[u/BestKindOfMess]

Who's your favorite Adventure Time character?

[u/MarkHoppus → u/BestKindOfMess]

lumpy space princess

[u/SamBo_LamBo]

Coming from one of the guys who made pop-punk what it is today, what's you're opinion on the genre nowadays?

[u/punkrockdanny]

How did the blink side project "Box Car Racer" make you feel?

[u/2minutes2midnight]

What's the most awkward thing that's happened since Blink 182 got back together?

[u/nobluntstrick]

How many unreleased songs does blink 182 have? And do you ever plan on releasing said songs?

[u/IK0N3N]

Have you found your asian friend?

[u/dontswimtoshore]

if you were forming a supergroup with current musicians, who would be in it and why? what would they be called?

(rule: no blink or +44 members allowed)

[u/rosefane]

Who was your favorite Spice Girl?

[u/[deleted]]

What was the first song you guys, as blink-182, wrote and thought "we sound pretty good; we could make something out of this"? So the first song where it all clicked, so to speak.

[u/HazeySynth]

How has fame affected your life?

Is the money as good as it seems?

How does it feel being part of a band that has managed to come back as successful as ever with new material?

What's life like while touring?

Choose any to reply to :)

Also going to see you june 13th in belfast, any chance of a shout out? Name is Gerard :D

[u/MarkHoppus → u/HazeySynth]

i'm not famous. famous is brad pitt (dreamy!) or sir ernest shackleton (explorey!) or carrot top (prop comedy-y!). i'm a dude in a band. i love it when people recognize us or ask for a photo or come up to say they love a song or our band. it's a huge compliment. the only reason we get to do what we do is because people support our band. i hope to ever lose sight of that fact. also, thank you to everybody.

[u/mek1]

what is your weirdest memory about a fan?

[u/Claussm]

Does +44 have any plans to make a new record?

[u/blinditachi]

Have you guys thought about having a 2 hour show instead of the 90 minute show so you can play more non singles?

[u/JayEff123]

Imagine you are on your death bed and you have the chance to listen to one more song before you die. What song would you choose and why???

[u/LuxMedia]

What's your craziest story from being famous in the 90's-00's?

Also, I think you're a pretty cool guy.

Edit: Updated date

[u/ilze44]

Is Tom a good kisser? Is he better than Travis?

If you don't know... can you find out? for science...

[u/[deleted]]

What do you think of Tom's new style of singing? Do you think it affects the way you write your parts in blink?

[u/iamdirt]

To this day do you still wanna fuck a dog in the ass?