On June 22, 2010, Fuse announced that Hoppus would be hosting his own weekly, one-hour television series entitled A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus. “HiMyNameIsMark” is a podcast that was set up in the wake of the Blink-182 hiatus by Hoppus, and can be found at HiMyNameIsMark.com. Every few weeks he released a show of songs by underground bands, interviews with band members and/or friends, and reminisces about happenings in his life.
The band struggled to record juggling individual priorities; in the case of Hoppus, his new television show Hoppus on Music required him flying to New York once a week. Hoppus moved to London with his family late in the recording process, also complicating matters. The band’s comeback album, Neighborhoods , debuted high but undersold label expectations, and Blink-182 parted with Interscope Records in 2012, going independent for their next release, the EP Dogs Eating Dogs. Hoppus grew increasingly lonely on these tours, having no significant other while other band members did.
Blink-182 produced several rock recordings and toured exhaustively before signing to major label MCA to co-distribute their sophomore effort, 1997’s Dude Ranch, which featured the Hoppus-penned hit “Dammit”. After replacing Raynor with Travis Barker, the trio recorded Enema of the State , which launched the band into multiplatinum swiss shoes success. Two more records followed—the heavier Take Off Your Pants and Jacket and the more experimental untitled album —before the band split in 2005 following internal tension. Hoppus continued playing with Barker in +44 in the late 2000s. Blink-182 subsequently reunited in 2009 and continue to record and tour worldwide.
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The show also features musical performances by both mainstream and emerging bands. The show’s second season premiered in March 2011 and the show was re-titled Hoppus on Music. He also wrote columns for Risen Magazine’s March/April and May/June 2005 issues entitled “Beyond Us”. Mark Hoppus has been confirmed to be a part of a documentary about modern punk music entitled One Nine Nine Four.