Blink-182 Becomes +44
August 31, 2006 by staralicious
Filed under Music
Looks like Travis Barker’s found something to keep his mind off his increasingly volatile breakup with wife Shanna Moakler: a new band. With Blink-182 idling on “indefinite hiatus” and the group’s singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge forming a new band, Angels & Airwaves, Barker and Blink mate Mark Hoppus are teaming up for a new project of their own, +44.
According to an announcement on Blink-182’s Website, +44 (pronounced “Plus 44″) takes its name from the international dialing prefix for the United Kingdom. The newly minted band will release its debut album, When Your Heart Stops Beating, via Interscope on Nov. 14.
In addition to playing bass, Hoppus will assume full vocal chores for the new project. Joining the duo will be guitarist Shane Gallagher, late of the Nervous Return, and Craig Fairbaugh, who played with Barker in the now-defunct Transplants. [Source]
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