Ep. 141: Mark Hoppus
And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan
And The Writer Is
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Today’s singer, musician, songwriter, and record producing guest is a founding member of the genre defining pop punk band, blink-182 as well as the popular +44 and pop duo, Simple Creatures. He has survived three decades of alternative music - from punk clubs of Southern California to unlikely pop stardom in the TRL era to navigating the new millennium's post-genre revolution. The band is noted as bringing the genre of pop punk into the mainstream. In 1995, blink-182 released their debut album, Cheshire Cat which launched their first national tour. The group's album Enema Of The State peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, led by it's No. 6 track, "All The Small Things." The album has since been certified five-times platinum by the RIAA. The band received their first career GRAMMY nomination for Best Rock Album for their album, California in 2016 during the 59th Grammy awards. blink-182 has sold over 13 million albums in the United States, and over 50 million albums worldwide. Our guest is not only recognized as the bassist and co-vocalist of one of the most iconic bands but also as an incredibly loving father, husband and overall human. And The Writer Is… Mark Hoppus!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to And The Writer Is. I'm your host Ross Golan. I've written with hundreds |
| 0:15.7 | of artists and writers over the years and my favorite part of each session is the first |
| 0:20.1 | hour when we catch up about life, the industry, politics, composition, whatever. So this is |
| 0:26.0 | a journey of learning why people write songs, how people write songs, and most importantly, |
| 0:31.7 | who the people are, who write the songs. I'm producing this with the great Joe London, |
| 0:36.3 | big deal music publishing, and mega house music management. If you want to listen to the |
| 0:40.6 | songs we discuss in this podcast, follow us on our socials, find out about special live |
| 0:46.4 | events, or buy that merch aka that had I always wear. Go to our website www.andthewriteris.com |
| 0:56.0 | Welcome to And The Up Day Is. I am your host, Paige McDonald, and this is your weekly |
| 1:08.5 | music industry update. |
| 1:12.1 | Kristen Burke has been named the president of Warner Music Canada while Steve Kane exits |
| 1:16.5 | the company after 20 years. China will be banning any music that insults or defames others |
| 1:23.2 | in its 50,000 karaoke venues. Incredibly sad news from the legendary band Rolling Stones. |
| 1:31.1 | Charlie Watts, who was their drummer for over half a century, has passed away at the age |
| 1:35.2 | of 80. Tune Core, which paid over $400 million to Indy Artist last year, has named Andrea |
| 1:42.4 | Gleason as their new CEO. The Global Dance Music Festival and Brandt Tomorrowland |
| 1:49.8 | is launching a record label. Their releases will be distributed worldwide by Universal Music. |
| 1:57.1 | See, Barrett has joined Cobal as its director of the Creative Division. Barrett will be |
| 2:01.5 | responsible for discovering and signing songwriters as well as creating opportunities for the existing |
| 2:06.5 | global Cobal creative roster. Linktree has acquired Song Link Odesley, which is an automated |
| 2:13.6 | music link aggregation platform. Linktree will integrate the platform into its newly launched |
| 2:18.8 | music link feature, which enables artists to increase their digital streaming footprint and help |
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