Post by NBAplaya8484 on Feb 15, 2009 12:47:44 GMT -5
You won't find any mention of it on blink-182's largely inactive Web site, at least not yet, but the biggest-selling San Diego rock band of all time is reuniting to appear on Sunday's Grammy Awards telecast.
The key word here is "appear," since bassist-singer Mark Hoppus (at far left), drummer Travis Barker (center) and singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge (right), are currently scheduled to present an award during Sunday's telecast, not perform. Whether or not this will be a one-off appearance or a prelude to a full-scale reunion remains to be seen, but the speculation is sure to be mounting even as you read this.
The band, you may recall, went on an "indefinite hiatus" in 2005, after what DeLonge described in an in-depth interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune as a "major blowout."
DeLonge subsequently luanched his own band, Angels & Airwaves, while Hoppus formed +44.Barker, who pursued a variety of musical projects as a drummer and a producer, suffered second and third degree burns on his torso and lower body in a South Carolina plane crash last September that killed the pilot, the co-pilot and two of the four passengers aboard.
In the aftermath of the crash, DeLonge and Hoppus got together with Barker, who is expected to make a full recovery by the end of this year. Whether Barker's recovery will provide an impetus for a full-on blink-182 reunion tour is unknown for now. But Hoppus droped hints during an interview with MTV.com last month, saying: "If -- and this is a big if -- Blink-182 were ever to re-form, it would have to be the most amazing, ridiculous, mind-blowing show and tour ever. I feel like, as bitter as our breakup was, we stepped back at the top of our game, and we'd have to come back even stronger and better than before."
We'll keep you updated as more details emerge. Meanwhile, check out this Sunday's Arts section in the Union-Tribune for our annual Grammy preview, plus an interview with North County album producer Chris Goldsmith, who has been the executive producer of four Grammy-winning albums for gospel music legends the Blind Boys of Alabama.
Source:http://www.signonsandiego.com/entertainment/street/2009/02/blink182_is_back_band_to_appea.html
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Ex-Blink 182 star Mark Hoppus has suggested that the pop-punk group could reform in the near future, after splitting up in 2005.
The singer also discussed the recovery of the band's drummer Travis Barker, who recently suffered injuries in a plane crash in which he was one of just two survivors.
Writing on Pickrset.com, Hoppus wrote: "In the midst of everything else that has happened lately, Tom [DeLonge, frontman] Travis, and I have all spoken together. First through a number of phone calls, and then a couple of weeks ago we all hung out for a few hours.
"They've all been great, very positive conversations. We're just reconnecting as friends after four years of not talking," he continued.
"Obviously the first question for a lot of people will be, 'Does this mean a Blink 182 reunion?' The answer is none of us know. We haven't talked about it at all," he added. "Right now it's just good for the three of us to see one another, reconnect, and let the past be the past."
Hoppus also said that Barker was on the mend after the being badly burned in the crash.
"Travis is a brother to me, and since the crash he has gone through more than I can even imagine," he wrote. "From the day after the plane went down, when I saw him in the burns unit out in Georgia, to the hospital here in Los Angeles, to seeing him at home, his recovery is nothing short of amazing.
"Every day gets a little better, and not only is he my brother, but also the best drummer and musician I've ever seen.
"The man was born to play drums, and it is great to see him starting to get back into the studio and behind his kit."
Source:http://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/41179
This is huge for me because these were the guys that got me into music and into Punk. From this point I've always been a fan of Travis Barker and also Tom, and Mark. but I really hope this is true and Blink-182 reunite.
