07-17-2025, 02:56 PM
Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus
Well, I read the Travis Barker version of Blink-182, I might as well read the Mark Hoppus version. Hoppus's version is much more fun. From soup to nuts, it's all there. Hoppus starts with his early days in Ridgecrest where his father worked on a military base all the way to the band reforming after years of acrimony.
The stories are interesting. Hoppus is quite funny and very self deprecating. He has dealt with a lot of problems and issues, especially the cancer diagnosis several years ago. There isn't a lot of depth, it felt cursory at times, but he does explain of the goings on. It was quite a nice rise to fame story and what they had to do to get there.
You're going to have to really like Blink-182 to want to go through this. But as autobiographies go, this was enjoyable.
Well, I read the Travis Barker version of Blink-182, I might as well read the Mark Hoppus version. Hoppus's version is much more fun. From soup to nuts, it's all there. Hoppus starts with his early days in Ridgecrest where his father worked on a military base all the way to the band reforming after years of acrimony.
The stories are interesting. Hoppus is quite funny and very self deprecating. He has dealt with a lot of problems and issues, especially the cancer diagnosis several years ago. There isn't a lot of depth, it felt cursory at times, but he does explain of the goings on. It was quite a nice rise to fame story and what they had to do to get there.
You're going to have to really like Blink-182 to want to go through this. But as autobiographies go, this was enjoyable.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm