blink-182’s Mark Hoppus has announced a memoir, Fahrenheit-182, co-authored by Dan Ozzi, who also profiled blink-182 in a chapter of his must-read book SELLOUT and who previously co-authored a memoir by Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace. Mark announced the book with a mock infomercial, in which he says:
This book has everything! The young man, born in the California desert, joins a punk rock band and goes on to conquer the world! It’s got skateboarding! It’s got punk rock clubs! It’s got ’90s music! But that’s not all! Pre-order now and we’ll throw in with no extra cost to you: Anxiety! Depression! Band breakups! Loss of self! Suicidal thoughts and ideation! And of course everyone’s favorite: cancer! This shit gets dark.
The infomercial’s also got a cheeky “All the Small Things” pun, natch. Watch it below. The official book description reads:
A smart, funny, and refreshing memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182.
This is a story of what happens when an angst-ridden kid who grew up in the desert experiences his parents’ bitter divorce, moves around the country, switches identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meets his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.
Bassist, songwriter, and vocalist for renowned pop-punk trailblazers blink-182, Mark Hoppus, tells his story in Fahrenheit-182. A memoir that paints a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up in the 1980s as a latchkey kid hooked on punk rock, skateboards, and MTV; Mark Hoppus shares how he came of age and forms one of the biggest bands of his generation. Threaded through with the very human story of a constant battle with anxiety and Mark’s public battle and triumph over cancer, Fahrenheit-182 is a delight for fans and also a funny, smart, and relatable memoir for anyone who has wanted to quit but kept going.
Dan wrote more about the book on his ZERO CRED Substack:
Hello. I helped blink-182’s Mark Hoppus write a book. It’s called FAHRENHEIT-182 and it will be released on April 8, 2025 by Dey Street Books. The book is Mark’s memoir of growing up the child of divorced parents in the California desert, starting the most popular punk band in the world, and surviving cancer. But it also doubles as the definitive history of blink, seeing as how Mark is, as he once put it to me, the only person on earth who has been to all of their shows.
[…] Mark has a lot planned for the release so I’m sure I will have more about it for you in the coming months (like and subscribe, etc.), but for now I will just say that this was an absolute dream project. Probably the most fun I’ve ever had putting words together. I was actually very sad when we finished because I didn’t want it to end. Mark really dug deep and put it all out there and it shows. I am very proud and honored to have been on the team. The book is very funny in a way that you might expect, but it’s also very dark in a way that you might not expect. Or, as Mark very succinctly described it recently:
[screenshot of text that reads:] “It’s a fun and funny book and then I almost die.”
Fahrenheit-182 comes out April 8 via Harper Collins, and you can pre-order it here.
Mark is the second member of blink-182 to release a memoir, following Travis Barker’s in 2016. Tom DeLonge hasn’t written one yet but he has co-authored multiple novels, including this year’s Trinity.
blink-182 recently released One More Time… Part 2, a deluxe edition of their 2023 comeback album One More Time… with eight new songs. We caught them at Citi Field earlier this summer.
Read our interview with Dan Ozzi about SELLOUT.
