Mark Hoppus (born March 15 March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years)Biography Blink-182 is made up of three vital members: Thomas (Tom) Matthew Delonge on guitar, Markus (Mark) Allan Hoppus playing bass, and Travis Landon Barker on drums. The band is greatly regarded worldwide ..... Click the link for more information. . He plays bass guitar The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument similar to the electric guitar, but larger in size and with a lower range. It is also closely related to—and inspired by—the double bass, and shares things in common with a range of bass instruments. It is the standard bass instrument in many musical genres, including country, jazz, many flavors of rock and roll, soul, funk, and modern orchestral music. ..... Click the link for more information. , electric guitar An electric guitar is a type of guitar with a solid or semi-solid body that utilizes electromagnetic "pickups" to convert the vibration of the steel-cored strings into electrical current. The current may be electrically altered to achieve various tonal effects prior to being fed into an amplifier, which produces the resultant sound. In contrast to most stringed instruments, the solid-body electric guitar does not rely as extensively on the acoustic properties of its construction to amplify the sound produced by the vibrating strings; as such, the electric guitar does not need to be naturally loud, and its body can be virtually any shape. ..... Click the link for more information. , and does vocals This article is about people who sing; for other uses see singer (disambiguation) In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i.e. uses the voice as an instrument to make music. A lead singer is one who sings the primary vocals of a song, as opposed to a backup singer who sings backup vocals to a song or harmonies to the lead singer. ..... Click the link for more information. . Mark met Tom Delonge Tom Delonge (born December 13, 1975) is one of the founding members, and a guitarist for, Blink-182. While attending high school in Poway, California, he met Mark Hoppus, and, joining with Scott Raynor, the three formed Blink 182. DeLonge has a side project with fellow band member Travis Barker called Boxcar Racer. Albums made with Blink-182: Flyswatter Buddha (another Blink-182 member) through his little sister, Anne Hoppus. Tom was friends with Anne's boyfriend and constantly complained about wanting to join a band. She finally introduced Mark and Tom on a fateful August night in 1992 and from there the story began. Mark Hoppus Tom Delonge and there friend Scott Raynor decided to form a band in 1992. They were originally called "blink", but an Irish techno band had that name and filed a case at court. So they changed their band name to Blink 182. In 1997, after the release of their 4th album Dude Ranch, Scott left the band to go to college. He was soon replaced by Travis Braker, who was farmiliar to Mark and Tom. They chose Travis, because he knew most of their songs. In 1999, they released their first album with Travis, titled Enema Of The State. preview not available.