Expert: Doug - 12/15/2009

Question
QUESTION: I wanted to know if there was any way you could give alot of info on things that people don't really know about blink-182 because i really wanna impress my friends because blink-182 is my most fav band ever!!plez if you have any info that most people don't know can you plez tell me and i also wnated to know how do you know all of this because im so impressed and i wanna get the same tats as tom so if you could help me wit that that would be RAD!! also one important thing whats tom mark and travis' fav colors thanks!!!

ANSWER: Sure Sabrina,, sorry for being late!
Some little known facts...
Travis is 5' 8", Tom is 6' 4", and Mark is 5' 11"
Tom: Orange and black
Mark: pink and blue
Travis: black
Tom's tattoos:
He has a half sleeve on his arm consisting of alien scenes, he has his wife's name (Jennifer) behind his ear.
Tom sold his share of Macbeth and Atticus
Mark owns them both now
and Travis is still the sole owner of FSAS
Tom's parents divorced when he was 18, he's closer to his mom.
Travis' mom died when he was 10.
Angels and Airwaves new album, Love, is coming out in 2010.
Thanks and if you want more, just tell me
Doug


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QUESTION: hey its ma again i just wanted to say your information was VERY useful and i wanted to know if it dose not bother you if you could tell me more!! plezz i wanted to know like what is their fave icecream, superhero name and any other awesome info like that i really want to know as much as you do becasue you are so rad for knowing all of this and i just wanted to know if it was okay with you if you could try to help me become and exspert just like you because i am a very big fan of blink and NO ONE I MEAN NO ONE knows as much about blink as you do so i would really apperciate it if you could!! PS can you give me any info from when they were still like not completely famous like 15 and 16 years old if you got any info its just im 13 and they've been my fave band since i was 2 1/2 years old so i really don't know much old stuff so thanks again!!

ANSWER: Sure thing.
Tom didn't start playing guitar until he was 15 years old and was away at camp and someone gave him one. He was really into skateboarding and still is but he has back problems now. He was friends with Mark's sister Anne and she told Mark Tom wanted to start a band. So Mark went to the skate park where Tom was and tried to impress him. He climbed a light pole and fell off breaking both of his ankles. Mark was originally from Washington D.C but was born in Ridgecrest, CA. Mark moved back to Ridgecrest when he was like 14 or 15. He wore eyeliner to school one day and got made fun of. Mark's favorite bands are Fenix*TX, Stone Temple Pilots, NOFX, Face To Face, Promise Ring, The Get Up Kids, Descendents, Pennywise, Jimmy Eat World. Tom proposed to his wife "Driving on a bus across Massachusetts to Boston. It was around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, kind of winter, so all the trees are different colors kinda, and it was kinda getting darker, and we're sitting on the bus, and I asked her." Travis' favorite bands are The Police, Old Dirty Bastard, Descendents, Foo Fighters, The Refused, Method Man, Bad Religion, NoFx, Dag Nasty. His first concert was Van Halen and he was fascinated by Alex Van Halen's drum set.
Thanks
Doug

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QUESTION: hey i just wanna say your info is so much helping but i wanted to know if you know any more like what kind of brands of clothes they all wear now and what they wore before the brake up!! also what is their fav ice cream, name, and person if you know there is just so much i wanna know thanks your info is helping me soooo soooo sooo much!!!! i just wanna say you rock!! so if there is anything else you know like spesificly about any of them too could you maybe tell me and if you know any more about them like before they became band if you know any more thanks i really am grateful for you telling me every thing i wanna know about my fave band EVER!!

 P.S if you know any specific things about them can you tell me too!! thanks like i said i wanna know just as much as you do!!!!! thanks Doug!!!

Answer
Sabrina
Before the breakup
Tom wore Macbeth and Atticus clothing, his former company.
Mark wore the same thing.
Travis wore a lot of DC apparel and his own Famous line.
Tom loves Mel Gibson, Robert Smith.
Travis loves Buddy Rich, jazz drummers, and rappers.
Mark likes altrock and produces a lot of band.
Tom only painted his nails on his left hand because he is right handed
and didn't want to mess up.
Some of Travis' tattoos were ruined when he has his accident and has since
had them retouched to look new.
That's a lot of specific info right there.
Also Travis used a drum loop on his track for I Miss You, the only
loop he's ever made.
Also Travis used to be a vegetarian but isn't anymore.
Thanks
Doug