Fahrenheit-182: A Humorous and Inspirational Memoir by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 - Hardcover

Hoppus, Mark; Ozzi, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0063318911 ISBN 13: 9780063318915

Verlag: Dey Street Books, 2025

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***The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***

A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182.

This is the coming of age story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter divorce and searching for his place in the world. Each move across the country was a chance to reinvent himself, switching identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meeting his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.

With sharp humor and raw honesty, this unforgettable rock and roll memoir takes readers through Mark's formative years as a latchkey kid in the 1980s, hooked on punk rock, skateboards, and MTV. Along the way, Mark reflects on his lifelong battle with anxiety, his celebrated career with blink-182, and his public fight with cancer, in a voice that’s both relatable and unmistakably his own.

Threaded with sharp humor and heartfelt grit, Fahrenheit-182 EPB is more than just a memoir for blink-182 fans. It’s a funny, smart, and deeply human story for anyone who’s struggled, reinvented themselves, wanted to quit but kept going.

This unflinching look at life inside one of the world's biggest bands delivers:

• 90s Music Scene: Go behind the scenes of the Warped Tour-era pop-punk explosion, from sweaty club shows in San Diego to sold-out arenas around the globe.
• Unflinching Honesty: Explore a candid account of a lifelong battle with anxiety and the pressures of fame, told with Mark’s signature self-deprecating wit.
• Cancer Survival Story: Follow a powerful journey through a shocking diagnosis and grueling chemotherapy to the triumphant return to the stage.
• Band Dynamics: Get an inside look at the friendships, fractures, and creative magic that defined blink-182 for decades.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

As a founding member of blink-182, +44, and Simple Creatures, Mark Hoppus has survived three decades of the ever-changing alternative music scene. From small punk clubs to skyrocketing fame in the TRL era, Mark, alongside blink-182, catapulted pop-punk into the mainstream and has sold over 50 million albums and gained billions of streams worldwide. Hoppus also honed in his hosting skills with his Fuse TV show, Hoppus on Music, and in 2020, launched a weekly radio show with Apple Music. In 2023, blink-182’s latest album, One More Time..., debuted at #1 on the US Billboard album chart and further cemented their enduring cultural relevance. The band have just ended their biggest tour to date selling out arenas, stadiums, and headlining festivals all over the world. Mark lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Skye and his son, Jack.

Dan Ozzi is a highly regarded music journalist. A New York–raised, Los Angeles–based writer, he is the author of Dey Street’s Sellout: The Major Label Feeding Frenzy that Swept Punk, Emo and Hardcore, a national bestseller and an NPR Book of the Year. Along with Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, he co-authored 2016’s Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout, which was listed in Billboard’s “100 Greatest Music Books of All Time.” He has contributed to The Guardian, SPIN, Billboard, The Fader, and others. For more than five years, he was a staff writer at Vice’s music website, Noisey.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Dey Street Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0063318911
• ISBN 13: 9780063318915
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
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