*Mark Hoppus* Name: Mark Allan Hoppus
Instrument: bass/vocals
Birth date: March 15th, 1972
Short biography:
Mark came from a well-off family. And his father worked as a high tech weapons engineer for the U.S. navy. Mark was born in California, but his father's work took the family to various places in the U.S., rarely staying anywhere for more than two years. Mark said the constant moving was the only consistent feature of his childhood. His parents divorced when he was 14, and Mark went to live with his father, Tex,  in Washington D.C. When Mark was 16, he returned to California, and settled in the town of Ridgecrest near San Diego. The move back to California wasn't hard since Mark already discovered the joys of the south Californian punk scene. His favorite band was The Descendents, and proved  to be a great influence on Blink 182 in later years. Mark's musical development began when he was 14. In return for his help painting a house, Tex's helpers bought Mark a bass guitar and an amp. Before long, Mark began teaching himself to play simple tunes, working out the bass lines of the Descendents songs first. Eventually he would go into more complicated material such as The Cure, or The Replacements. Later on he met Tom and they played and formed Blink 182. So for a very long time, that was the entire agenda. Until, the band did the show Making the Video in 1999, where Mark meet his future wife, Skye Everly. Later on, they got married in November of 2000.