Blink-182's Mark Hoppus has explained why he's spent the greater part of his life playing punk rock.
In a new interview with The Guardian, time to coincide with the release of his autobiography, Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir, Blink-182's vocalist/bassist admits that, having grown up in a broken home, discovering skateboarding and punk rock opened up a gateway into an accepting culture where he finally felt a sense of belonging.
“A total sense of community,” he tells writer Alexis Petridis. “I didn’t belong to any cliques in school, any sports teams or cool kids’ clubs, and then skateboarding came around. It was like: ‘Do your own shit, be part of us. We welcome all the outcasts, come be part of our little fucked-up crew.’ I loved that. Same with punk rock: ‘We are the haven for the outcasts and the downtrodden – bring us your losers, because we’re all in this together.’”
