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  Mark Hoppus Responds to SPIN Editor's Blog

  February 25, 2009 – On his website, blink-182 singer/bassist Mark Hoppus responded to something I posted in a blog yesterday. I had blithely suggested that his band receive a slice of the economic stimulus package so they wouldn't have to reunite and release one subpar album. More blink-182 on SPIN.com: >> Rock Stars Benefit from Obama Stimulus Plan! …
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  Rock Stars Benefit from Obama Stimulus Plan!

  February 24, 2009 – Given all the new beneficiaries of President Obama's economic stimulus package -- first-time home-buyers, small business owners, unemployed bloggers -- the American rock music industry seems to have been cruelly overlooked. For just a fraction of that $787 billion, many singers and rappers at risk could be pulled from the brink of ruin. …
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  Mark Hoppus on Blink-182 Reunion

  January 12, 2009 – Following the horrific plane crash that left drummer Travis Barker in critical condition, the once estranged boys of Blink-182 have started hanging out for the first time since the band bitterly split in 2005, spurring whispers of a reunion. Now, in an interview with MTV, bassist Mark Hoppus address the rumors: "The future is wide open," he said. "We're still reconnecting as friends right now," Hoppus continued. …
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  Travis Barker and DJ AM Team for First Show Since Plane Crash

  December 2, 2008 – Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein have a lot to celebrate this year -- in particular their narrow escape from a tragic plane crash in September that killed four and left the two musicians -- the only remaining survivors -- with critical second- and third-degree burns. So it's more than a little apropos that they're ringing in the New Year together. …
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  Travis Barker Sues Over Plane Crash

  November 24, 2008 – Travis Barker is not only eager to return to the studio, but he's also ready to hit the courtroom: The drummer has filed lawsuits against companies he feels are responsible for the September plane crash that killed four and left him and DJ AM, a.k.a. Adam Goldstein, with critical second- and third-degree burns. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week, November 17-23

  November 22, 2008 – Love 'em or hate 'em, you can't deny Guns N' Roses' domination this week, as frontman Axl Rose and Co. prepared to release one of the most delayed albums in history, Chinese Democracy. But even in the Sunset Strip gunslingers' shadow there was plenty of action: New Jersey post-hardcore heroes Thursday reported from the studio, we finally saw Twilight, and M.I.A. …
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  Blink-182 to Reunite?

  November 19, 2008 – It appears tragedy has bred nostalgia in the Blink-182 camp. The September plane crash that left drummer Travis Barker in the hospital with critical second- and third-degree burns has brought the three SoCal rockers together to hang out for the first time since the band's split in 2005, sparking rumors of a full blown Blink-182 reunion. …
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  Goodbye, 'TRL' -- We'll Miss You!

  November 17, 2008 – My first year of professional life in New York was spent on the 32nd floor of Times Square's Bertelsmann Building, the one that houses the gigantic Virgin Megastore just across the street from MTV's studios at 1515 Broadway. …
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  Travis Barker Released from L.A. Treatment Center

  October 20, 2008 – Former Blink-182 and current (+ 44) drummer Travis Barker, who sustained second- and third-degree burns in a South Carolina plane crash last month that killed four others and critically injured DJ AM, has finally been released from a Los Angeles recovery center, reports NME.com. After initially recovering at Joseph M. …
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  Travis Barker Talks Plane Crash, Recovery

  October 8, 2008 – After suffering critical burns in a South Carolina plane crash September 19 that killed four others, spending the ensuing week in a Georgia hospital, and finally being released September 29, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has finally opened up about the incident, US Weekly, via MTV.com, reports. I hate planes," Barker said of the wreck, which also injured friend and musical collaborator DJ AM. …
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