I’m excited.Īre you still planning on writing most of it when you’re all in the same physical location? Yeah, after the holidays I plan on flying out and getting into the studio with Tom and Travis and starting to hash out the next record. I think the plan is to start recording sometime early next year, right? We’re figuring out what the recording schedule is going to be and going from there. We’re getting offers from labels right now. We met with a bunch of labels while we were out on tour. How far along are you on that whole process right now? I know a lot of fans are going to be curious about the next record. It was great because of the immediacy of it all, but it was kind of a drag because of the logistics of it all. The downside of us not having a label was once it came out we just got lazy and never printed actual CDs or anything. We had just gotten off the label, and Tom called up and was like, “Why don’t we record an EP in time for Christmas?” We were like, “All right, cool.” I got on a plane to L.A., we recorded it in about two weeks, and then it was out. Looking back on that now how do you think that whole thing went? The last main thing Blink did was Dogs Eating Dogs at the end of last year, which was the first time you self-released as a band. I don’t think I’ve done any major production stuff since then. Was that before or after the New Found record? I think it was after. Have you done anything since My Dinosaur Life? If a band came along and asked me to, I would do it just for the fun of it, but I’m kind of doing less and less of it now it seems like. I don’t want to be an expense for a band. I don’t want to price a band out of producing. ![]() I love it but there’s just no money in it for bands. No, I’m doing less and less producing as time goes on. Have you been able to do any producing still while you’re over there in the U.K.? It’s kind of this dark mysterious creature that I like. I kind of took it on as my logo for a bunch of stuff that I did, and then when we started the brand it just seemed a natural carry over to continue this image with the octopus. I thought it was really cool and I wanted to put it on more stuff. I was talking to my friend and we were joking about this adventure society, and he came up with this design of the octopus. When I started scuba diving I wanted a logo or something to put on my box for my scuba gear. I’ve always been curious but how did your obsession with the octopus start? I think we offer great products and I think we offer great service. The response has been great and I’m really proud of the way it’s coming together. I know you’ve been doing a lot of stuff with your Hi My Name Is Mark brand and getting that off the ground. It’s been chill, but it’s starting to pick up again and I think the next year is going to be very busy. We bought a house in the English countryside, so we spent the summer setting that place up. What have I been doing? We’ve gone on a lot of trips here. What have you been doing to fill all that time? Outside of that, Blink has been keeping a pretty low profile this year. It was great to go out on tour and play some shows. I know you did that 9/11 show in New York and you did a show up in Santa Barbara, too. It’s these people who moved over here five years ago and they started this place.” And you go there and it’s like pasta sauce instead of salsa. The sad thing is everybody we meet is like, “Oh, I know the one spot in London with really great, authentic Mexican food. Outside of friends and family and stuff, what else do you miss about the States? Why can’t the U.S., this amazing, huge government, seem to even pass a budget? ![]() People over here seem more confused by it than anything. We don’t know.Īre you guys making fun of our government shutdown over there? We originally came over just for a year, and now we’re entering our third year of being here and talking about staying either for two more, or maybe longer than that, or maybe coming back to the States this summer. ![]() Originally you were only planning on being over there a year, but I think it’s been a little longer than a year now. I loved growing up in Southern California, but this is a nice change of pace for a while. It’s a good change from growing up in Southern California. I like how close it is to everything in Europe. Mark Hoppus touches on a little bit of everything – including life in the U.K., the next Blink-182 record, the future of (+44), his obsession with the octopus, the differences between him and Tom, and exploring dark lyrics – and why he thinks he will never write another good song again.
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