Alongside Green Day, Blink’s takeover of MTV and pop radio helped introduce a suburban version of punk to a new wave of restless young fans. “Now, an hour before we start, I take a couple of Advil.”įounded by Hoppus, former singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge and original drummer Scott Raynor, Blink-182 arrived in the mid-’90s as pop-punk pranksters with irreverent tunes of adolescent frustration, delivering an avalanche of sex jokes and soaring pop choruses. “I used to drink before I walked on stage,” says Hoppus with a grin. The night before, Blink-182 - Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker and guitarist-singer Matt Skiba - were at an amphitheater in Chula Vista, close to the band’s San Diego birthplace, and near the end of a Southern California tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Enema.” The record contains several of Blink’s many radio hits and is the foundation to a seemingly open-ended longevity few might have predicted when they emerged from a garage as a trio of leaping, snarling, foul-mouthed goofballs. I don’t know what we owe our longevity to.” “We always try and write the best songs we can and put on the best shows that we can, but there’s lots of bands that do and don’t get the chance to continue to play the Forum. “Somehow Blink has had several do-over tokens,” says Hoppus, still bouncy but grown up at 47, his auburn hair standing up in a youthful, tousled Bazooka Joe spike. Blink is still here, a full 20 years after its multiplatinum, career-defining “Enema of the State” album. Only a small number survive decades at that altitude. In the normal arc of a pop music career, an artist might enjoy a season or three of major chart success and arena concerts. On the walls are vivid pictures of headliners from the past and present, from Led Zeppelin to Madonna, Neil Diamond to Guns N’ Roses, and Hoppus is contemplating how his pop-punk trio fits into that company. If you identify any errors or omissions on this list, please contact us.Hours before showtime, Blink-182 singer-bassist Mark Hoppus is in the VIP lounge of the Forum in Inglewood, surrounded by generations of popular music. Medical Devices, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticalsīusiness Products and Services, Healthcare, Internet, Networking and Equipment, Telecommunicationsīusiness Products and Services, Consumer Products and Services, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Retailing/Distribution, Software, Technology, Telecommunications Services, Products, Proven Technologies, and Market Nichesįinancial Services, Technologies, Consumer and Retail Innovation, Digital Media and Performance Based Marketing, SaaS and Cloud Infrastructure, Mobile Applications ScOp Ventures (formerly O’Connor Ventures) Startup/Seed, Early Stage, Expansion, Later Stage Internet and Digital Media, Energy and Efficiency Information Technology, Communications, Media TechnologiesĬonsumer Products, Consumer Tech, Enterprise Tech, Digital Health, AI, VR/ARĬonsumer Products and Services, Industrial/Energy, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Semiconductors, Software, Technology Palisades Growth Capital (formerly Centre Palisades Ventures) Infrastructure, eCommerce, social, mobileīusiness Products and Services, Consumer Products and Services, Financial Services, Internet Media and Entertainment, Retailing/Distribution, Software, Technologyįuse Capital (possibly defunct since their website has been down)īioPharma, Therapeutic Med Devices, BioTech Platforms, Drug DeliveryĮnterprise Software, Commerce Platforms, Marketplacesīusiness Products and Services, Financial Services, Industrial/Energy, IT Services, Software Healthcare Services and Products, Food and Beverage, Consumer Services and Products, Business Services, Light ManufacturingĪerospace/Defense, Automotive and Transportation, Consumer and Retail, Energy and Power, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial Infrastructure, Real Estate, Tech and Business Services Information & Communications Technology, Telecommunications, Electronics, Semiconductors, Software & Systems, Multimedia, Internet, Life Sciences, Biotech, Medical Devices IT Services, Media and Entertainment, Technologyīonfire Ventures (formerly Double M Partners and Rincon Venture Partners)īranded consumer products consumer and business services direct marketing, including direct mail and e-commerce education health and wellness restaurants and specialty retail Medical Devices, Biotech, Hardware, Software, Internet, Automation, Optics Information Technology, Internet, New Media
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