Blink-182 bassist and singer Mark Hoppus is writing a memoir that will cover all the big things in his life, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
“I started writing a book, actually, earlier this year,” the rocker told the magazine. “I’m not that far into it yet, but I’m writing a book about my life and experience in Blink and what I’ve gone through over the past year or so.”
Hoppus formed the pop-punk band Blink-182 in 1992 with guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge and drummer Scott Raynor. The band hit it big in 1999 with their album Enema of the State, which spawned the hit singles “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things.”
This week, the band announced that DeLonge had rejoined the band, after departing in 2015, and that they plan to go on tour and release a new album next year.
Hoppus said that his book would cover his battle with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which he was diagnosed with last year. His fight against cancer became public accidentally; the musician inadvertently revealed it in an Instagram post that he had meant to share only with friends.
“We’re finalizing the deal, and I’m really happy with the way that’s coming together,” he said. “I’m excited to tell my story. I didn’t say anything about being sick for the longest time because I was so scared and overwhelmed by the whole thing.”
Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas.
