In January, Tom DeLonge has made it very unclear whether or not he is in still Blink. DeLonge has posted on his instagram saying “I never quit the band.” The Rolling Stone has interviewed Mark Hoppus and Travis Baker on the situation with them saying Tom left the band and Tom denying it. According to The Rolling Stone, “Hoppus: That's all true [laughs]. I'll walk you through the past two years of Blink-182 history: For the past two years, we've been working with a bunch of different labels to try and get a record deal because the three of us collectively decided that we wanted to make a record with a partner. A few months ago, Travis has this festival that he is co-owner of and presenting and he asked Tom and I if we would play and we said, "No problem." At the end of December, we were finalizing our record deal and on Christmas Eve, all three of us signed the deal. We had been talking about where we wanted to record, what producers we want to use, what day we want to start. This is all through e-mail. I don't think either of us have spoken to Tom in person in months, but everything's been moving positively.”
Then where did all the tension build up? According to The Rolling Stone, “We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely. There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.” Now, you may think “But why did Tom say he would never quit the band?” The Rolling Stone has asked them about it. Baker thinks that “Tom is just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest.” They do want to record a new album in which all three are signed to the label, but Tom refuses to record. In other words, I hope for the best in their music career and I hope that Tom will reach out to fans to tell us the truth. By:Alexia H (Quotations from The Rolling Stones Magazine.)
Then where did all the tension build up? According to The Rolling Stone, “We booked January 5th to go into the studio. On December 30th, we get an e-mail from Tom's manager saying that he has no interest in recording and that he wants to do his other, non-musical stuff and that he's out indefinitely. There's a flurry of e-mails going back and forth for clarification about the recording and the show and his manager sends [an e-mail] back saying, 'Tom. Is. Out.' Direct quote. This is the exact same e-mail we got back in 2004 when Tom went on indefinite hiatus before.” Now, you may think “But why did Tom say he would never quit the band?” The Rolling Stone has asked them about it. Baker thinks that “Tom is just bummed because Mark and I were finally honest.” They do want to record a new album in which all three are signed to the label, but Tom refuses to record. In other words, I hope for the best in their music career and I hope that Tom will reach out to fans to tell us the truth. By:Alexia H (Quotations from The Rolling Stones Magazine.)