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ADKG:
We're talking with Mark from Blink 182. So did you have a lot of fun making the new
album? Was it better than the other ones?
Mark: Yeah, we had a lot more time on this record, so we... We
were able to try out everything we wanted to try out, that's the
most important thing about recording is taking the time to try
different ideas, that's what makes the record cool. It's the
extra shit that we add in...
ADKG: How is
Travis working out in the band?
Mark: It's great. Travis rules.
ADKG: Do you
miss Scott [Raynor, the previous drummer] at all?
Mark: No.
ADKG: You don't?
Mark: Not at all.
ADKG: Like,
was that left on good terms, or what happened?
Mark: No.
ADKG: Bad?
Mark: It wasn't on good terms.
ADKG: Ok...
Are you planning on touring anymore after the Warped Tour ends?
Mark: We're gonna go to Europe, and then in the fall, come back
and do our own US tour.
ADKG: So
what's the next single going to be off the new album?
Mark: All The Small Things.
ADKG:
Really? Someone told me Mutt was going to be released, is that
true?
Mark: No, it's actually on a... The American Pie movie... It's in the movie.
ADKG: Yeah,
I saw that. So are you guys actually naked in the video [What's
My Age Again?] or...
Mark: Yes.
ADKG:
Totally naked?
Mark: Most of it, yeah.
ADKG:
Really? Where'd you guys film it at?
Mark: In L.A.
ADKG:
Really?
Mark: Yeah.
ADKG: Did
they close off the set or anything, or was it just running down
the street?
Mark: No, there was a lot of outside stuff, we were... We had
these flesh-colored speedos on, but we didn't tell any of the
extras what was going on, and we didn't tell.. We left the
streets open so that people... We would get people's real
reactions.
ADKG: Well,
it worked. I don't know if you know this, but your video's been
on Total Request on MTV and-
Mark: I heard that.
ADKG: It's
been recieved really well.
Mark: That's rad. It's so cool.
ADKG: It's
like Britany Spears before you guys and N'Sync after...
Mark: I know... [laughs]
ADKG: Did
you ever expect this kind of superstardom?
Mark: No... Well, we're not superstars at all.
ADKG: Oh,
sure you are.
Mark: No, we're just guys in a band, Madonna's a superstar.
[laughs]
ADKG: So
what's been your favorite album to make so far?
Mark: Enema.
ADKG:
Really?
Mark: Yeah, it was just good to have the time... We did it in San
Diego, so we were closer to home.
ADKG: People
say you're getting out of your little kid attitude and starting
to get to the more serious side, do you think you are?
Mark: No, not at all. I
think we're getting better as musicians and better as
songwriters, but I don't think that our attitude has changed at
all since we started.
ADKG: I've
heard a couple of people call you guys sellouts, what do you
think about that?
Mark: We never had anything to sell out, we never said that we
wouldn't go on MTV, we never said we wouldn't go on radio, I
don't have anything against MTV or the radio... Fuck 'em, I'm not
gonna like... die wondering how far I could've gone with my band
but I didn't because I was afraid of some 14-year old kid was
gonna call me sellout while he takes his mom's car and goes to
the movies, you know?
ADKG: Do you
plan on ever doing other bands after Blink ends, or do you plan
on doing this forever, or are you just not worrying about that?
Mark: I don't think about that. I mean, I'll do Blink as long as
Blink's around... It's fun.
ADKG: So
you'll keep going till you're sick of it?
Mark: Yeah.
ADKG: So, is
Touchdown Boy a true story?
Mark: Yes, it's about one of our friends in San Diego.
ADKG: Are
you playing Family Reunion [their song on the Short Music for
Short People comp]?
Mark: Yeah, we are.
ADKG: How
did that come about? Did Fat Mike just call you guys up, or what
was...
Mark: Yeah...
ADKG: How'd
you get involved in the project?
Mark: Well, we were actually doing that song... I dunno how that
song came around, we were just fuckin' around on stage one time,
and just did it, then Fat Mike said "Oh, we need a 30-second
song," so oh, we'll do the Shit Piss song. And so we did it.
ADKG: It
just worked out?
Mark: Yeah.
ADKG: Did
your label have any problem with that, was MCA ok with you guys
putting it on the comp?
Mark: Yeah, we have a... a clause in our contract, we can do any
comp we wanna do.
ADKG:
Alright. Well, that's it.
Mark: Alright, thanks a lot, you guys.
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