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During his cancer struggle, Mark Hoppus‘Relationships with his fellow bands blink-182 Tom Delonge and Travis Barker Just grow stronger.
“I think we’re much more honest together. Communication is much better. We’ve set up boundaries of what we want to do,” Hoppus, 53, was told only Weekly US Before releasing his biography, Fahrenheit-182, Which hits shelves on Tuesday, April 8. “We sat down and we are like, let’s be the Beast Boys f *** ing and not make the stuff that people want us to do or expect us to do.”
Hoppus added that the trio is now much more open about setting the boundaries of the lines their group and is not ready to cross.
“If it’s fun, yes, if it’s not fun, no, no other conversation. If the three of us want to do something, that’s all that matters. If the three of us don’t want to do something, then that’s all that matters,” he said. “We do everything in our own time on our own terms, and that kind of commitment to each other has helped through the last three years.”
As well as improving their operational dynamics, Hoppus, Delonge and Barker friendships have also thrived. Hoppus explained that he and Barker, 49, not only send a text often but the drummer invites him out its various events. Hoppus also shared that he and Delonge, 49, spoke “all the time” and even “send memes back and forth.”
“That’s how we started and that’s how I want to continue,” said Hoppus Us of his bond with Barker and Delonge. “It’s just like we’re friends who play in a band. We’re not all -fands who became friends.”
In June 2021, Hoppus revealed that he was being treated for cancer. Three months later, the bassist announced that he was cancer -free but had to have six months screenings to ensure that the disease did not return. Before going through with chemotherapy, Hoppus admitted that he and his fellow -band were not as close as they are at the moment.
“The day before I started chemotherapy, Tom texted me standing in front of a bunch of ladies in underwear. He was for a music video he was filming for angels and air waves, and said, ‘Hey, just for you to know, I still create art over here with angels and air waves.’ And I answered, ‘Ha ha, that’s great. “This was the first time I spoke to him in years in years, but we didn’t even talk about that. It’s like, ‘How do you feel? What’s going on? First of all, you’re going to go through this. I’m going to help you go through this no matter what. ‘
After going by treatment, Hoppus shared that he was “doing much less now” and keeping his inner circle “small.”
“I’m about far fewer people than I’ve ever been in my life. My friends are small,” he reflected. “My cycle of people I work with is small and I’m embracing all of them, so that helps a lot. And when things get tough, I’m talking to my wife, I’m talking to my fellow -band, and that’s my help system.”
When Hoppus wrote his biography, who dive into the musician’s personal life and Blink-182The days of glory, he made sure Delonge and Barker had a copy as soon as he could.
“I had my first copy of the book a few days ago, and the first thing I did was my managers and say, make sure we get copies for Tom and Travis as soon as possible so they can read or ignore or put it on a shelf and forget about it completely,” he said to it all, “he said Us. “I want them to get it. They’ve been nothing but supportive.”
One of the reasons Hoppus was inspired to Write the book was a conversation with his therapist after being diagnosed with cancer.
After survival of cuts, deadly aircraft accidents, and cancer battles, Blink-182-Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom Delonge-back with a new album. The band announced one more time… on Monday, September 18, with a four -minute trailer featuring clips of their forthcoming Apple Music interview with Zane Lowe dotted with past (…) pictures
“My therapist said, you should write how you feel and just write like no one is ever going to read it. Put it all on paper. Start writing. It doesn’t matter whether you write a paragraph or poem or blah, anyway, just start writing,” he remembered. “So I did and it was really cathartic and helped me through a very difficult time.”
When Hoppus entered relief, his manager mentioned that he should write a book about his time in Blink-182.
“At first I was resistant because I was like, ‘Who worried about me in my life?’ But people love blink and I love a blink, and I wanted to tell a story about Blink-182, ”he said. “Blink is my favorite band. Tom and Travis are my favorite musicians in the world. And so I wanted to share that joy and that love with the world and hope people like it and hope it’s a cool story. Blink has had to do some amazing things over the years and we’ve done really cool things. So I wanted to tell that story.”
Fahrenheit-182: A biography, from Dey Street Books, hitting shelves on April 8. Dates for Hoppus’ A book trip Available now.
Weekly US ‘s there will be a full interview with Hoppus for his book in the issue on new standards later this week.
