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| birth_name         = Thomas Matthew DeLonge
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1975|12|13}}
| birth_place        = [[Poway, California]], U.S.
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* Musician
* singer
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* entrepreneur
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* {{marriage|Rose-Marie Berryman|2021}}
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* Vocals
* guitar
* keyboards
* bass
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* [[Pop-punk]]
* [[punk rock]]
* [[skate punk]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[space rock]]
* [[neo-prog]]
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* [[To the Stars (company)|To the Stars]]
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* [[Blink-182]]
* [[Angels & Airwaves]]
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| past_member_of = [[Box Car Racer]]
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'''Thomas Matthew DeLonge''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|l|ɒ|ŋ}}; born December 13, 1975) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, co-lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band [[Blink-182]] across three stints (1992–2005, 2009–2015, and since 2022). He is also the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band [[Angels & Airwaves]], which he formed in 2005 after his first departure from Blink-182. DeLonge is noted for his distinctive nasal singing voice.

DeLonge received his first guitar as a child and later began writing [[punk rock]] songs. While in high school, he formed Blink-182 with bassist [[Mark Hoppus]] and drummer [[Scott Raynor]]. They signed with [[Cargo Music]] and released their debut album, ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'' (1995), which made them popular in the local scene. Their second album, ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' (1997), was released by [[MCA Records]] and featured the hit single "[[Dammit]]". [[Travis Barker]] replaced Raynor in 1998 and the group achieved widespread success with their third album, ''[[Enema of the State]]'' (1999), which featured three hit singles; it sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and went quadruple-platinum in the U.S. The band's fourth release, ''[[Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]'' (2001), gave them their first No. 1 album.

DeLonge and Barker experimented with [[post-hardcore]] music on the album ''[[Box Car Racer (album)|Box Car Racer]]'' (2002), which they released under the name [[Box Car Racer]], but the side project was dissolved the next year. Blink-182's untitled fifth album, also known eponymously as ''[[Blink-182 (album)|Blink-182]]'' (2003), reflected a change in tone. Following internal tension spearheaded by DeLonge, the band broke up in 2005<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moss |first1=Corey |title=No Album Title, No Preconceptions: The New Blink-182 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1479757/no-album-title-no-preconceptions-the-new-blink-182/ |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030030006/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479757/20031014/blink_182.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> before reuniting in 2009. During their initial breakup, DeLonge formed Angels & Airwaves, which has released five albums and evolved into what he calls an "art project" encompassing various forms of media. In 2015, DeLonge once again departed from Blink-182 before returning a second time in 2022.

Outside of music, DeLonge has founded companies such as [[Macbeth Footwear]], which sells vegan and organic clothing; [[Modlife]], which sells technology designed to help artists monetize their creations; and [[To the Stars (company)|To the Stars]], which is dedicated to the exploration of [[fringe science]]. He scored and produced the sci-fi film ''[[Love (2011 film)|Love]]'' (2011), has multiple film projects in development, and wrote the children's book ''The Lonely Astronaut on Christmas Eve'' (2013).

==Early life==
[[File:Tom Delonge method at Poway High.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|DeLonge skateboarding in the 1990s]]
Thomas Matthew DeLonge was born in [[Poway, California]],<ref name="encyclopedia of popular music">{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=%22Thomas+matthew%22+Delonge&pg=PA2691|title=blink-182|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|place=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2011|edition=5th|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2016/04/28/poway-born-blink-182-launching-north-american-tour-at-viejas-arena/|title=Poway-Born Blink-182 Launching North American Tour at Viejas Arena|last=Stone|first=Ken|work=Times of San Diego|date=April 28, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809143246/https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2016/04/28/poway-born-blink-182-launching-north-american-tour-at-viejas-arena/|url-status=live}}</ref> on December 13, 1975,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqQjuzPrqIwC |title=Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends: How to Sound Like Your Favorite Players |last1=Prown |first1=Pete |last2=Sharken |first2=Lisa |date=2003 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation  |isbn=9780879307516 |page=104 |language=en}}</ref> the son of a mortgage broker mother and an oil company executive father.<ref name=people>{{cite journal|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135096,00.html|title=Unblinkable!|journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=August 13, 2001|access-date=August 31, 2014|volume=56|issue=7|author=Lisa Russell|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903121026/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135096,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He has a brother, Shon, and a sister, Kari.{{sfn|Hoppus|2001|p=5}} His first musical instrument was a trumpet, which he received as a Christmas gift at age 11.<ref name="half naked truth">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/13316/69535|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201133030/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/13316/69535|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|title=The Half Naked Truth About blink-182|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| publisher =[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]]| location =New York City | issn =0035-791X |date=August 3, 2000 |access-date=October 20, 2010|issue=846|author=Gavin Edwards}}</ref> He originally planned to become a firefighter, and participated in the San Diego Cadet Program.<ref name=biz>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizsandiego.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=490&Itemid=2 |title=Business Magazine Articles – Your Business Magazine |publisher=bizSanDiego |date=January 7, 2008 |access-date=May 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325083248/http://www.bizsandiego.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=490&Itemid=2|archive-date=March 25, 2012}}</ref> He first picked up the guitar from a friend at church camp, and became preoccupied by the instrument.<ref name="rs1"/> Two friends in the sixth grade gave him his first guitar as a Christmas present, which he called a "beat-up, shitty acoustic guitar that was worth about $30".<ref name="spin"/>

In seventh grade, DeLonge visited a friend in [[Oregon]] who introduced him to the music of [[Stiff Little Fingers]], the [[Descendents]], and [[Dinosaur Jr.]]<ref name="rs1"/> He consequently dyed his hair purple and began practicing the guitar in his bedroom.<ref name="people"/> His first concert was the band [[Chemical People]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tales from the Pit|url=http://www.spin.com/new/features/videofeatures/june2001tales.html|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010619062544/http://www.spin.com/new/features/videofeatures/june2001tales.html|archivedate=June 19, 2001}}</ref> He attempted to form a band named Big Oily Men, which was essentially a one-man band because its lineup consisted of whomever he could persuade to join him for short periods.{{sfn|Hoppus|2001|p=7}} He first began [[skateboarding]] in the third grade,<ref name="rs1"/> and it consumed much of his time outside of school: "I lived, ate, and breathed skateboarding. All I did all day long was skateboard. It was all I cared about."{{sfn|Shooman|2010|p=84}} He and friends would begin at one side of [[San Diego]] and attempt to skateboard to the other, pranking people in the process. DeLonge was an average student, later saying: "I knew exactly how hard I had to work in school. As long as I got that C, I wouldn't try one minute extra to get a B. I just cared about skateboarding and music."<ref name="half naked truth"/>

DeLonge's parents fought constantly during his formative years, culminating in a divorce when he was 18.{{sfn|Shooman|2010|p=84}} Shortly thereafter, his mother lost her job. He promptly moved out, feeling that he needed to start his own life; his brother was also away at that time in the [[United States Army|Army]], and his departure affected his family: "My mom and sister were left asking, 'What happened to our family?'"<ref name=article1>{{cite journal| date = June 2006| title = In his most personal interview ever, Tom DeLonge discusses Blink 182, his troubled childhood, and why he believes he has a "special purpose"...| journal = [[Kerrang!]]| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]| location = London| issn = 0262-6624| url = http://en.blink182forever.com/news/1303/tom-delonge-in-kerrang-article/| access-date = August 31, 2014| archive-date = September 3, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903065929/http://en.blink182forever.com/news/1303/tom-delonge-in-kerrang-article/| url-status = live}}</ref> After high school, he worked on construction sites, driving a diesel truck and handling concrete and piping: "I hated, hated, hated my job. You know those people who hate their job? That was me."<ref name=rs1>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-blink-182-went-to-the-top-of-the-charts-by-keeping-their-minds-in-the-gutter-20000120|title=How Blink-182 Went to the Top of the Charts By Keeping Their Minds in the Gutter|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]]|location=New York City|issn=0035-791X|date=January 20, 2000|access-date=August 31, 2014|issue=832|author=Gavin Edwards|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903133826/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-blink-182-went-to-the-top-of-the-charts-by-keeping-their-minds-in-the-gutter-20000120|url-status=live}}</ref> He quit when Blink-182 signed with [[MCA Records]] in 1996.<ref name="rs1"/>

==Music career==
===1992–2005: Blink-182===
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[[File:Tom Delonge with surfboard.jpg|thumb|right|DeLonge with a surfboard in the mid-1990s. The band rose from the southern California skate/surf scene.]]
DeLonge formed his first successful band, [[Blink-182]], in 1992. He was removed from [[Poway High School]] in the second half of his junior year for going to a basketball game while [[Alcohol intoxication|inebriated]]. He was forced to attend a different school for one semester, nearby [[Rancho Bernardo High School]], where he became friends with Kerry Key, and his girlfriend, Anne Hoppus.{{sfn|Hoppus|2001|p=9}} Rancho Bernardo organized Battle of the Bands competitions, and DeLonge signed up, performing an original song titled "Who's Gonna Shave Your Back Tonight?" to a packed auditorium.{{sfn|Shooman|2010|p=9}} Drummer [[Scott Raynor]] was at the competition with his own group, which soon dissolved, after which he was introduced by friend Paul Scott to DeLonge at a party. The two began to organize jam sessions at Raynor's home, shifting through various bassists.{{sfn|Shooman|2010|pp=9-10}}<ref name="lat95">{{cite news|last=Roos|first=John|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-21-ca-16336-story.html|title=OC LIVE : POP MUSIC : Punk Evolution: Blink-182 Adds Melody, Humor|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 21, 1995|access-date=May 25, 2014|archive-date=May 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526000530/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-21/entertainment/ca-16336_1_pop-music|url-status=live}}</ref> The following summer, his desire to be in a legitimate band increased significantly – Anne Hoppus characterized Delonge's passion as "incessant whining and complaining". Her brother, bassist, [[Mark Hoppus]], was new to San Diego and she introduced the two one night that August.{{sfn|Hoppus|2001|p=9}} The two would jam for hours in DeLonge's garage, exchanging lyrics and writing new songs.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The trio began to practice together in Raynor's bedroom, spending hours together writing music, attending punk shows and movies and playing practical jokes.<ref name=p10-11>Hoppus, 2001, pp. 10–11</ref> Hoppus and DeLonge would alternate singing vocal parts. The trio first operated under a variety of names, including Duck Tape and Figure 8, until DeLonge rechristened the band "Blink".<ref name=p13shoo>Shooman, 2010, pp. 13–14</ref> Their first demo, ''Flyswatter''—a combination of original songs and punk covers—was recorded in Raynor's bedroom in May 1993.<ref name=p16>Hoppus, 2001. p. 16</ref> DeLonge called clubs constantly in San Diego asking for a spot to play, as well as calling up local high schools convincing them that Blink was a "motivational band with a strong [[Just Say No|anti-drug]] message" in hopes to play at an assembly or lunch.<ref name=p21>Hoppus, 2001, pp. 21-23</ref> With help from local record store manager Pat Secor, the group recorded ''[[Buddha (album)|Buddha]]'' (1994), a demo cassette that increased the band's stature within San Diego.<ref name=p15shoo>Shooman, 2010, p. 15.</ref><ref name=p24-27>Hoppus, 2001, pp. 24–27</ref> [[Cargo Music|Cargo Records]] signed the band on a "trial basis"; Hoppus was the only member to sign the contract, as DeLonge was at work at the time and Raynor was still a [[Minor (law)|minor]].<ref name=p30>Hoppus, 2001, p. 30</ref> The band recorded their debut album in three days at [[Westbeach Recorders]] in Los Angeles, fueled by both new songs and re-recordings of songs from previous demos.<ref name=p31>Hoppus, 2001, p. 31</ref>

Although ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'', released in February 1995, made very little impact commercially, it is cited by musicians as an iconic release.<ref name="MTV influence">{{cite web|title=How Did Blink-182 Become So Influential?|author=James Montgomery|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=February 9, 2009|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/20090209/blink_182.jhtml|access-date=February 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025200846/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/how-did-blink-182-become-so-influential.jhtml|archive-date=October 25, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Tom DeLonge performing at early Blink-182 show.jpg|thumbnail|left|upright=0.75|DeLonge performing at an early Blink-182 show]]
The band toured constantly between 1995 and 1996, performing nationwide, as well as in Canada and in Australia. By March 1996, the trio began to accumulate a genuine buzz among major labels, resulting in a bidding war between [[Interscope Records|Interscope]], [[MCA Records|MCA]] and [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]].<ref name=shooman37>Shooman, 2010, p. 37</ref> MCA promised the group complete artistic freedom and eventually signed the band, but Raynor held a great affinity for Epitaph and began to feel half-invested in the band when they passed over the label.<ref name=p64>Hoppus, 2001, p. 64</ref><ref name=shooman55>Shooman, 2010, p. 55</ref> Their second effort, ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'', hit stores the following summer and the band headed out on their first [[Warped Tour]]. When lead single "[[Dammit]]" began rotation at Los Angeles-based [[KROQ-FM]], other stations took notice and the single was added to rock radio playlists across the country.<ref name=p74>Hoppus, 2001, p. 74</ref> ''Dude Ranch'' shipped [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] by 1998, but the exhaustive touring schedule brought tensions among the trio.<ref name=latimes>{{cite journal| last = Hochman| first = Steve| date = May 30, 1999| title = Psst... Blink-182 Is Growing Up| journal = [[Los Angeles Times]]| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42373-story.html| access-date = February 1, 2013| archive-date = December 30, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141230082410/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/30/entertainment/ca-42373| url-status = live}}</ref> Raynor had been drinking heavily to offset personal issues, and he was fired by DeLonge and Hoppus in mid-1998 despite agreeing to attend rehab and quit drinking.<ref name=shooman56>Shooman, 2010, p. 56</ref><ref name="aquabats">{{cite web|title=Blink 182, Aquabats Play Musical Drummers|author=MTV News staff|publisher=MTV News|date=July 14, 1998|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424999/19980714/aquabats.jhtml|access-date=June 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103132214/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424999/blink-182-aquabats-play-musical-drummers.jhtml|archive-date=November 3, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Travis Barker, drummer for tourmate [[the Aquabats]], filled in for Raynor, learning the 20-song setlist in 45 minutes before the first show.<ref name=p85>Hoppus, 2001, p. 85</ref> Barker joined the band full-time in summer 1998 and the band entered the studio with producer [[Jerry Finn]] later that year to begin work on their third album.<ref name="MTV influence"/>

With the release of ''[[Enema of the State]]'' in June 1999, Blink-182 was catapulted to stardom. Three singles were released from the record—"[[What's My Age Again?]]", "[[All the Small Things]]", and "[[Adam's Song]]"—that became hit singles and MTV staples.<ref name=p96>Hoppus, 2001, p. 96</ref> "All the Small Things" became a number-one hit on the [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, but also became a [[Crossover music|crossover hit]] and peaked at number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. Although the band were criticized as synthesized, manufactured pop only remotely resembling punk and pigeonholed as a joke act due to the puerile slant of its singles and associating music videos, ''Enema of the State'' was an enormous commercial success. The album has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and had a considerable effect on pop punk music, inspiring a "second wave" of the genre and numerous acolytes.<ref name="MTV influence"/><ref name="diehl">{{cite book |last=Diehl |first=Matt|title=My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion – How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |date=April 17, 2007 |pages=75–76 |isbn=978-0-312-33781-0}}</ref>

After multi-platinum success, arena tours and cameo appearances (''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]''), the band recorded ''[[Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]'' (2001), which debuted at number 1 in the United States, Canada, and Germany. Hit singles "[[The Rock Show]]", "[[Stay Together for the Kids]]" and "[[First Date (Blink-182 song)|First Date]]" continued the band's mainstream success worldwide, with MTV cementing their image as video stars.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/music/blink-182-returns-with-new-album-neighborhoods.html?_r=1|title=Not Quite Gone, A Punk Band Is Coming Back|author=Jon Carimanica|date=September 16, 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 17, 2011|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002232911/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/music/blink-182-returns-with-new-album-neighborhoods.html?_r=1|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Tom DeLonge 2004.jpg|thumb|right|upright|DeLonge performing in 2004 with [[Blink-182]]. The group dissolved the next year following internal tension, but reformed in 2009.]]

Blink-182 regrouped in 2003 to record their fifth studio album, infusing [[experimental music|experimentalist]] elements into their usual pop punk sound, inspired by lifestyle changes (the band members all became fathers before the album was released) and side projects. Blink's [[Blink-182 (album)|eponymous fifth studio album]] was released in the fall of 2003 through [[Geffen Records]], which absorbed sister label MCA earlier that year.<ref>{{cite news|author=Billboard|url=http://www.ismsound.net/index/news/id.77|title=MCA & Geffen Merger|publisher=ISM Sound Network|date=May 20, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226220437/http://www.ismsound.net/index/news/id.77|archive-date=December 26, 2005|access-date=November 22, 2008|url-status=usurped|author-link=Billboard (magazine)}}</ref> Critics generally complimented the new, more "mature" direction taken for the release and lead singles "[[Feeling This]]" and "[[I Miss You (Blink-182 song)|I Miss You]]" charted high, with the latter becoming the group's second number one hit on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart.<ref name="imissyouchart">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2004-04-03/alternative-songs|title=Alternative Songs Chart – "I Miss You"|date=April 3, 2004|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2010|archive-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820135732/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2004-04-03/alternative-songs|url-status=live}}</ref> Fans were split by the new direction, and tensions within the band—stemming from the grueling schedule and DeLonge's desire to spend more time with his family—started to become evident.<ref name="MTV influence"/>

DeLonge became uncomfortable with the hefty touring schedule, during which he was unable to see his growing family.<ref name="qandaRS">{{cite magazine |author=Alex Mar |title=Q&A: Blink-182 Man Launches Angels |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 9, 2006 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-blink-182-man-launches-angels-20060209 |access-date=February 12, 2013 |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203125620/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-blink-182-man-launches-angels-20060209 |url-status=live }}</ref> He eventually expressed his desire to take a half-year respite from touring in order to spend more time with family. Hoppus and Barker protested his decision, which they felt was an overly long break.<ref name="IGNint">{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/746/746190p1.html|title=+44 Interview|author=Spence D.|date=April 8, 2005|website=IGN|access-date=April 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215200651/http://music.ign.com/articles/746/746190p1.html|archive-date=December 15, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref> DeLonge did not blame his bandmates for being disappointed with his requests, but was dismayed that they seemingly did not understand.<ref name=jcpose>{{cite journal| author=Tom Bryant | date = May 2006| title = Jesus Christ Pose| journal = [[Kerrang!]]| pages = 20–24| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]| location =London | issn =0262-6624}}</ref> In addition, he protested the idea of Barker's reality television series, ''[[Meet the Barkers]]'', which was being produced for a 2005 premiere. DeLonge disliked television cameras everywhere, feeling his personal privacy was invaded.<ref name=article>{{cite journal| date = October 2005| title = AVA Article| journal = [[Kerrang!]]| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]| location =London, UK | issn =0262-6624}}</ref>

Following the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], DeLonge agreed to perform at [[Music for Relief]]'s Concert for South Asia, a benefit show to aid victims. Further arguments ensued during rehearsals, rooted in the band member's increasing paranoia and bitterness toward one another.<ref name="mtvhiatus1">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667481/blink-182-tom-delonge-split-really-stupid.jhtml|title=Blink-182's 'Indefinite Hiatus' Was 'Really Stupid,' Tom DeLonge Says|author=James Montgomery|date=July 19, 2011|publisher=MTV News|access-date=May 28, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921103607/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667481/blink-182-tom-delonge-split-really-stupid.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> He considered his bandmates priorities "mad, mad different", and the breakdown in communication led to heated exchanges, resulting in his exit from the group.<ref name="TomQA2005"/>

===2002: Box Car Racer===
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During time off from touring from Blink-182 in 2002, DeLonge felt an "itch to do something where he didn't feel locked in to what Blink was",<ref name="totalguitar"/><ref name=shooman92>Shooman, 2010, p. 92</ref> and channeled his chronic back pain (a herniated disc) and resulting frustration into ''[[Box Car Racer (album)|Box Car Racer]]'' (2002), a [[post-hardcore]] album that further explores his [[Fugazi]] and [[Refused]] inspiration.<ref name="influences">{{cite web|author=Jennifer Vineyard|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452089/20020131/blink_182.jhtml|title=Blink-182's Tom DeLonge salutes his roots on new album|publisher=MTV News|date=January 31, 2002|access-date=May 15, 2010|archive-date=February 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213194538/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452089/20020131/blink_182.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="endofworld">{{cite web|author=Corey Moss|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453328/20020408/box_car_racer.jhtml|title=Box Car Racer about end of the world, not end of Blink-182|publisher=MTV News|date=April 9, 2002|access-date=May 15, 2010|archive-date=August 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814154225/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453328/20020408/box_car_racer.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Refraining from paying for a studio drummer, he invited Barker to record drums on the project and Hoppus felt betrayed.<ref name=shooman94>Shooman, 2010. p. 94</ref> The event caused great division within the trio for some time and an unresolved tension at the forefront of the band's later hiatus.<ref name="TomQA2005">{{cite web|title=Tom DeLonge: No More Compromises|author=James Montgomery|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=October 28, 2005|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/blink_182/qa_feature_103105/|access-date=September 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815071849/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/blink_182/qa_feature_103105/|archive-date=August 15, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

===2005–2008: Angels & Airwaves===
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[[File:Tom DeLonge AVA Fall Tour 2008.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|DeLonge on tour with [[Angels & Airwaves]] in 2008]]
In the wake of Blink-182's break-up, DeLonge underwent a complete reassessment of his prime concerns—a move "bearing the hallmarks of a [[Mental breakdown|nervous breakdown]]"—and went on a three-week "spiritual journey" in complete isolation away from his family, contemplating his life, career, and future in music.<ref name="TomQA2005"/><ref name="jcpose"/> DeLonge felt psychologically hurt by the band's dissolution, likening it to a divorce and calling it a "traumatic experience" and a "disaster".<ref name="altpressint"/> He had been known for his role in the Blink-182 as "the low-brow prankster" and wanted to restart his career without worrying whether fans would find him funny.<ref name=":change">{{cite journal| author=Nichola Browne| date =January 2006| title =I'm Going to Change the World| journal = [[Kerrang!]]| pages = 20–23| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]| location =London | issn =0262-6624}}</ref>

DeLonge's endorsement of [[John Kerry]] in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]] led to him travelling the political circuit with the Democratic Party candidate; DeLonge was inspired by Kerry's need for widespread reform and likened his presidential campaign to a drug, remarking later that it "really changed [me]".<ref name=altpressint>{{cite journal| author=Scott Heisel | date = May 2006| title = Here We Go, Life's Waiting to Begin| journal = [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]| pages = 136–140| publisher = Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.| location =[[Cleveland, Ohio]] | issn =1065-1667}}</ref> He rediscovered the epiphany developed during his tour with Kerry and applied it to the philosophy of his new group, [[Angels & Airwaves]], while he redefined himself as he learned to play piano and self-produce and formed his own home studio.<ref name="tg">{{cite journal| date =October 12, 2012| title =Tom DeLonge talks guitar tones, growing up and Blink| journal =[[Total Guitar]]| publisher =[[Future plc|Future Publishing]]| location =[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], United Kingdom| issn =1355-5049| url =http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422| access-date =October 13, 2012| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130202022211/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422| archive-date =February 2, 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>

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In September 2005, after spending months avoiding publicity, DeLonge announced his new Angels & Airwaves project and promised "the greatest rock and roll revolution for this generation".<ref name="mtv5">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1509766/blinks-tom-delonge-reemerges-sorta.jhtml|title=Blink's Tom DeLonge Promises 'The Greatest Rock And Roll Revolution'|author=James Montgomery|date=September 16, 2005|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-date=September 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929203428/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1509766/blinks-tom-delonge-reemerges-sorta.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> His statements—containing predictions that the album would usher in an "entire new culture of the youth" and lead to the band's dominance—were regarded as highly grandiose in the press and mocked.<ref name=":change" /><ref name="iempire">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1569960/angels-amp-airwaves-revolution-has-begun-tom-delonge-insists.jhtml|title=Angels & Airwaves' Revolution Has Begun – Just Wait 29 Years, Tom DeLonge Insists|author=James Montgomery|date=September 19, 2007|publisher=MTV News|access-date=February 12, 2013|archive-date=October 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020093755/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1569960/angels-amp-airwaves-revolution-has-begun-tom-delonge-insists.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Thoroughly utilized by the band, DeLonge often discussed minor details and plans for accompanying films and other promotional matter, and his managers approached him having an "intervention" in which they disquietingly questioned his frame of mind.<ref name="jcpose"/> His ambitious beliefs were intensified by his addiction to [[Hydrocodone/paracetamol|Vicodin]], a drug which he used due to his back problem<ref name="chicago">{{cite news | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0426-luis-20100426,0,1265805.story?page=1 | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Tom DeLonge glad he's back with Blink | first=Luis | last=Arroyave | date=April 26, 2010 | access-date=February 12, 2013 | archive-date=April 6, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406154428/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0426-luis-20100426,0,1265805.story?page=1 | url-status=live }}</ref> and did not try out again when he was unable to obtain it for a week, hallucinating and deep in withdrawal.<ref name="upsdowns">{{cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |title=Inside the Ups and Downs of Blink-182 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 30, 2011 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-interviews-inside-the-ups-and-downs-of-blink-182-20110930?page=2 |access-date=February 12, 2013 |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202045626/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-interviews-inside-the-ups-and-downs-of-blink-182-20110930?page=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[We Don't Need to Whisper]]'', the band's debut studio album, was released in 2006, and their second, ''[[I-Empire]]'', followed in 2007.

===2008–2015: Blink-182 reunion and further Angels & Airwaves releases===
DeLonge would reunite with Blink-182 near the end of 2008. At this time, Barker had recently survived a private [[2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash|plane crash]], in which four others were killed.<ref name="lattimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-21-me-learcrash21-story.html|title=Four die in plane crash; rock star, DJ survive|author=Geoff Boucher and Jennifer Oldham|date=September 21, 2008|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-date=August 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815075016/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/21/local/me-learcrash21|url-status=live}}</ref> DeLonge's realization of Barker's near death incident was the catalyst for DeLonge desire to be included in the band's reformation.<ref name="Kerrang June 2010">{{cite journal|date=June 16, 2010|title =It's Like The Last Five Years Never Happened | journal = [[Kerrang!]]|issue = 1317|publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]]}}</ref> DeLonge found out via the TV news at an airport while waiting to board a flight; within minutes, he was crying in his seat. "I thought he was going to die", says DeLonge, who quickly reached out to his former bandmate, mailing him a letter and photograph. "Instantly after the plane crash, I was like, 'Hey, I want to play music with him again'".<ref name="rs" /><ref name="billboard4">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467426/blink-182-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Blink-182: The ''Billboard'' Cover Story|author=Jason Lipshutz|date=September 16, 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 17, 2011|archive-date=February 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224090829/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467426/blink-182-the-billboard-cover-story|url-status=live}}</ref> DeLonge was the first to approach the subject of reuniting,<ref name="Kerrang June 2010"/> and [[Blink-182]] announced their reunion, a new album, and a reunion tour in February 2009 at the [[51st Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Kaufman">{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Blink-182 Confirm Reunion on Grammy Stage |work=[[MTV News]] |publisher=Viacom |date=February 8, 2009 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604564/20090208/blink_182.jhtml |access-date=June 10, 2011 |archive-date=December 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223151915/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604564/20090208/blink_182.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> Blink-182 embarked on [[Blink-182 in Concert|a reunion tour]] of North America from July to October 2009, supported by [[Weezer]] and [[Fall Out Boy]].<ref name="rs4">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/travis-barker-on-his-painful-recovery-solo-disc-new-blink-182-album-and-more-20110301|title=Travis Barker on His Painful Recovery, Solo Disc, New Blink-182 Album and More|author=Steve Appleford|date=March 1, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-date=July 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705153134/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/travis-barker-on-his-painful-recovery-solo-disc-new-blink-182-album-and-more-20110301|url-status=live}}</ref> The tour was successful, selling out amphitheaters nationwide: "I was completely blown away and dumbfounded by how big that reunion tour was. [...] We were very fortunate, very blessed", DeLonge later said. "And truthfully, that's why we continued, because we were so blown away. We were like, "Wow, we got to suck this up and start acting like adults because this is beautiful'".<ref name="AP">{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=925922|title=New Found Glory – Not Without a Fight|publisher=[[AbsolutePunk.net]]|author=DeAndrea, Joe|access-date=March 9, 2009|archive-date=August 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817110804/https://chorus.fm/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Tom Delonge 2011 Honda Civic Tour.jpg|thumb|upright|DeLonge performing at the [[2011 Honda Civic Tour]] in [[Montreal]]]]
[[File:Tom DeLonge 2013.jpg|thumb|right|upright|DeLonge performing with Blink-182 in 2013]]
The recording process for ''[[Neighborhoods (Blink-182 album)|Neighborhoods]]'', the band's sixth studio album, was stalled by their studio autonomy, tours, managers, and personal projects. The band members produced the record themselves following the death of Jerry Finn, their former producer that also served as an invaluable member of the band.<ref name="Finn">{{cite web|title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Talks Moving on Without Late Producer Jerry Finn|author=James Montgomery|publisher=MTV News|date=April 8, 2011|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661627/mark-hoppus-blink-182.jhtml|access-date=September 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107211738/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661627/mark-hoppus-blink-182.jhtml|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> DeLonge recorded at his studio in [[San Diego]] while Hoppus and Barker recorded in Los Angeles.<ref name="rs2">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-blink-182s-teen-angst-grew-up-20110323|title=How Blink-182's Teen Angst Grew Up|author=Steve Appleford|date=March 23, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041504/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/how-blink-182s-teen-angst-grew-up-20110323|url-status=live}}</ref> Completion was delayed several times, which Hoppus attributed to the band learning to work by themselves without Finn, and both DeLonge and Hoppus expressed frustration during the sessions at the band's cabal of publicists, managers and attorneys (which DeLonge described as "the absolute diarrhea of bureaucracy"). DeLonge later expressed dissatisfaction at the method of recording for ''Neighborhoods'', conceding that it led to a "loss of unity" within the band.<ref name=totalguitar>{{cite journal| date =October 12, 2012| title =Tom DeLonge talks guitar tones, growing up and Blink| journal =[[Total Guitar]]| publisher =[[Future Publishing]]| location =[[Bath, Somerset]]| issn =1355-5049| url =http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422| access-date =October 13, 2012| archive-date =February 2, 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130202022211/http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422| url-status =live}}</ref> The album was released in September 2011 and peaked at number two on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], but undersold expectations.<ref name="billboard12">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481418/blink-182-laughing-again-after-shaky-reunion-album|title=Blink-182 'Laughing' Again After Shaky Reunion Album|author=Sarah Maloy|date=December 13, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 13, 2012|archive-date=March 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311120522/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481418/blink-182-laughing-again-after-shaky-reunion-album|url-status=live}}</ref> Blink-182 left Interscope Records in October 2012, becoming an independent act.<ref name="endofworld"/> The band subsequently released ''[[Dogs Eating Dogs]]'', an [[extended play|EP]], in December 2012.<ref name="dogs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-ep-a-hundred-times-better-than-neighborhoods-says-travis-barker-20121113|title=Blink-182 EP 'A Hundred Times Better' Than ''Neighborhoods'', Says Travis Barker|author=Dan Hyman|date=November 13, 2012|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=June 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608222005/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-ep-a-hundred-times-better-than-neighborhoods-says-travis-barker-20121113|url-status=live}}</ref>

Delonge continued to release music and tour with Angels & Airwaves during his second tenure with Blink-182. During this period, the band would release three albums: ''[[Love (Angels & Airwaves album)|Love]]'' (2010), ''[[Love: Part Two]]'' (2011) and ''[[The Dream Walker]]'' (2014).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Baldwin |first=Kristen |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/10/angels-airwaves-love-blink-182 |title=Tom DeLonge on Angels and Airwaves' free 'Love,' the blink-182 reunion, and more |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 10, 2010 |accessdate=September 9, 2011 |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102232926/http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/10/angels-airwaves-love-blink-182/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/angels-and-airwaves/55987 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006193120/http://www.nme.com/news/angels-and-airwaves/55987|archive-date=October 6, 2011|url-status=dead|title=Blink-182 man's Angels And Airwaves album and movie out in November|work=NME |date=April 8, 2011 |access-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name="rs12-8-2014">{{cite magazine |author=Josephine Yurcaba |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/angels-and-airwaves-dream-walker-stream-20141208 |title=Hear Angels and Airwaves' Dark, Surprising 'The Dream Walker' LP |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 8, 2014 |access-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225222258/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/angels-and-airwaves-dream-walker-stream-20141208 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Blink-182 planned to enter the studio to write and record their seventh studio album in January 2015, due for release later that year,<ref name=KerrangAug14>{{cite journal| date = August 27, 2014| title = Well Ice Guess This Is Growing Up| journal = [[Kerrang!]]| issue = 1532| pages = 18–23| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]| url = http://www.kerrang.com/21969/k1532-blink182-mark-travis-tom-learned-love/| access-date = August 27, 2014| archive-date = August 30, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140830010142/http://www.kerrang.com/21969/k1532-blink182-mark-travis-tom-learned-love/| url-status = live}}</ref> but after delays attributed to DeLonge,<ref name=KerrangAug13>{{cite journal|author = Jennyfer J. Walker | date =August 21, 2013| title =Everybody Likes You When You're 21| journal = [[Kerrang!]]| page = 7| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]}}</ref> the band issued a statement announcing his departure. In a press release, Hoppus and Barker said, "We were all set to play this festival and record a new album and Tom kept putting it off without reason. A week before we were scheduled to go in to the studio we got an email from his manager explaining that he didn't want to participate in any Blink-182 projects indefinitely, but would rather work on his other non-musical endeavors."<ref name="tomsplit">{{cite news|title=Tom DeLonge Quits Blink-182|author=Jay Tilles|url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2015/01/26/tom-delonge-quits-blink-182/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150126191434/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2015/01/26/tom-delonge-quits-blink-182/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 26, 2015|publisher=[[KROQ-FM]]|date=January 25, 2015}}</ref>
In DeLonge's public response to Hoppus and Barker's claims about him not wanting to participate in a new Blink-182 album, he said the "60-page Blink contract" he was handed required that a new album be recorded within six months, and also included language that temporarily prohibited the release of other various projects that he was already under contract for.<ref name="AltPressJan27-15">{{cite web| last = Crane| first = Matt| title = "Our relationship got poisoned yesterday"—Tom DeLonge speaks on Blink-182 controversy| work = [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]| date = January 27, 2015| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/our_relationship_got_poisoned_yesterdaytom_delonge_speaks_on_blink_182_cont| access-date = March 23, 2015| quote = 60-page Blink contract| archive-date = January 30, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150130212938/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/our_relationship_got_poisoned_yesterdaytom_delonge_speaks_on_blink_182_cont| url-status = live}}</ref> He stated, "All of these other projects are being worked, exist in contract form — I can't just slam the brakes and drop years of development, partnerships and commitments at the snap of a finger. I told my manager that I will do Blink-182 as long as it was fun and worked with the other commitments in my life, including my family."<ref>{{cite web|last=Crane|first=Matt|title="Our relationship got poisoned yesterday"—Tom DeLonge speaks on Blink-182 controversy|work=Alternative Press|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/our_relationship_got_poisoned_yesterdaytom_delonge_speaks_on_blink_182_cont|access-date=March 23, 2015|date=January 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130212938/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/our_relationship_got_poisoned_yesterdaytom_delonge_speaks_on_blink_182_cont|archive-date=January 30, 2015|quote=All of these other projects are being worked, exist in contract form—I can't just slam the brakes and drop years of development, partnerships and commitments at the snap of a finger. I told my manager that I will do Blink-182 as long as it was fun and worked with the other commitments in my life, including my family.}}</ref>

===2015–2021: Solo album and continued Angels & Airwaves involvement===
In March 2015, DeLonge shed some light on what his other projects entailed, claiming that he was working with "best selling authors" to co-write 15 novels with accompanying soundtrack EPs. He also expected to release four albums in 2015—two Angels & Airwaves albums and two solo albums—three of which would include a companion novel.<ref name="AltPressMar23-15">{{cite web| last = Sharp| first = Tyler| title = Tom Delonge details 2015 plans: Two Angels & Airwaves LPs, two solo LPs, 15 co-written novels, more| work = [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]| date = March 23, 2015| url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/tom_delonge_details_2015_plans_two_angels_airwaves_lps_two_solo_lps_15_co_w| access-date = March 23, 2015| archive-date = March 25, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150325205627/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/tom_delonge_details_2015_plans_two_angels_airwaves_lps_two_solo_lps_15_co_w| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="RollingStoneMar22-15">{{cite magazine| last = Kreps| first = Daniel| title = Tom DeLonge Maps Out Massive 2015 Plans, Details Blink-182 Rift| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]| publisher = [[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]]| date = March 22, 2015| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-delonge-maps-out-massive-2015-plans-details-blink-182-rift-20150322| access-date = March 23, 2015| archive-date = March 24, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150324003145/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-delonge-maps-out-massive-2015-plans-details-blink-182-rift-20150322| url-status = live}}</ref>

On April 21, 2015, DeLonge released his first solo album—an eight-song collection of Blink-182 demos and more, titled ''[[To the Stars... Demos, Odds and Ends]]''.<ref name="KerrangMar19-15">{{cite web| last = Carter| first = Emily| title = Tom DeLonge To Release Four Albums This Year| work = [[Kerrang!]]| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]| date = March 19, 2015| url = http://www.kerrang.com/29567/tom-delonge-release-four-albums-year/| access-date = March 23, 2015| archive-date = March 22, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150322214406/http://www.kerrang.com/29567/tom-delonge-release-four-albums-year/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="CoSMar2-15">{{cite web| last = Kaye| first = Ben| title = Tom DeLonge announces solo album 'To The Stars... Demos, Odds and Ends'| work = [[Consequence of Sound]]| publisher = [[Townsquare Media]]| date = March 2, 2015| url = https://consequence.net/2015/03/tom-delonge-announces-solo-album-to-the-stars-demos-odds-and-ends/| access-date = March 23, 2015| archive-date = March 26, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150326010818/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/tom-delonge-announces-solo-album-to-the-stars-demos-odds-and-ends/| url-status = live}}</ref> Angels & Airwaves would release two additional EPs within a year, ''[[...Of Nightmares]]'' (2015) and ''[[Chasing Shadows (EP)|Chasing Shadows]]'' (2016), both of which were companion pieces to books written by DeLonge.<ref name="Radio.com">{{cite web |author=Jay Tilles |url=http://radio.com/2015/09/02/tom-delonges-angels-airwaves-of-nightmares-ep/ |title=Tom DeLonge's Angels & Airwaves to Release Experimental '...Of Nightmares' EP |website=radio.com |date=September 2, 2015 |accessdate=June 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609162611/http://radio.com/2015/09/02/tom-delonges-angels-airwaves-of-nightmares-ep/ |archive-date=2016-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="[[Spin (magazine)]]">{{cite magazine|author=James Grebey |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/04/tom-delonge-new-angels-airwaves-ep-chasing-shadows-stream-download/ |title=Tom DeLonge Releases New Angels & Airwaves EP to Go Along With His Book About Aliens |magazine=Spin |date=April 5, 2016 |accessdate=June 21, 2016}}</ref> They would go on their first tour in seven years in 2019, and release a new album two years later with ''[[Lifeforms (Angels & Airwaves album)|Lifeforms]]'' (2021).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Alex |title=Tom DeLonge resurrects Angels & Airwaves for new music, first tour in seven years |url=https://consequence.net/2019/04/angels-airwaves-comeback/ |website=Consequence of Sound |date=April 30, 2019 |access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=June 15, 2021|title=Angels and Airwaves Tease New LP With 'Restless Souls'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/angels-and-airwaves-new-album-lifeforms-song-restless-souls-1184510/|access-date=June 15, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

===2022–present: Return to Blink-182 ===
On October 11, 2022, Blink-182 confirmed DeLonge's official return to the group after an eight-year hiatus, and announced that there would be an album with him in the near future.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/music/blink-182-reunites-with-tom-delonge-for-2023-world-tour-new-album-edging-single/ | title=Blink-182 Reunites with Tom DeLonge for Massive 2023 World Tour, New Album and 'Edging' Single | access-date=May 15, 2023 | archive-date=January 6, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106183505/https://people.com/music/blink-182-reunites-with-tom-delonge-for-2023-world-tour-new-album-edging-single/ | url-status=live }}</ref> This announcement was followed three days later by the release of the single "[[Edging (song)|Edging]]".<ref name="Vulture">{{cite web| last = Curto| first = Justin| title = Blink-182 Return With Tom DeLonge, New Song 'Edging'| work = [[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]| date = March 19, 2015| url = https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/blink-182-return-tom-delonge-tour-new-music.html| access-date = October 14, 2022| archive-date = October 14, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221014163507/https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/blink-182-return-tom-delonge-tour-new-music.html| url-status = live}}</ref> The resulting album ''[[One More Time...]]'' was released on October 20, 2023.

==Musical style==
===Vocal style===
DeLonge's distinctive nasal singing style and accent has been widely observed, celebrated, and mocked.<ref name="Breihan 2023 k265">{{cite web | last=Breihan | first=Tom | title=Blink-182 Share New Song "Fell In Love": Listen | website=Stereogum | date=October 13, 2023 | url=https://www.stereogum.com/2238978/blink-182-fell-in-love/music/ | access-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-date=October 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029141424/https://www.stereogum.com/2238978/blink-182-fell-in-love/music/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Julia Gray, a writer for ''[[Vulture (blog)|Vulture]]'', termed it "the Tom DeLonge [[Twang]], [which] contorted words like ''things'' ("theeeengs") and ''my head'' ("myy'eaad") into a cartoonish California diction."<ref name="Gray 2023 x410">{{cite web | last=Gray | first=Julia | title=I Miss the Tom DeLonge Twang | website=Vulture | date=November 9, 2023 | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/blink-182-tom-delonge-twang.html | access-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205164928/https://www.vulture.com/article/blink-182-tom-delonge-twang.html | url-status=live }}</ref> DeLonge's singing style on "[[I Miss You (Blink-182 song)|I Miss You]]"–particularly his verse lyrics "Where are you / and I'm so sorry", or pronunciation of the word ''head''<ref name=" KEXP ">{{cite web | title=50 Years of Music: 2003 – blink-182 - "I Miss You" | website=KEXP 90.3 FM - Where the Music Matters | url=https://www.kexp.org/read/2022/7/20/50-year-of-music-2003-blink-182-i-miss-you/ | ref={{sfnref | KEXP 90.3 FM - Where the Music Matters }} | access-date=April 22, 2023 | archive-date=April 22, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422171023/https://www.kexp.org/read/2022/7/20/50-year-of-music-2003-blink-182-i-miss-you/ | url-status=live }}</ref>—has been widely referenced throughout popular culture, and is considered a [[meme]].<ref name="Darus 2019">{{cite web | last=Darus | first=Alex | title=Tom DeLonge embraces blink-182 meme with lip sync restaurant selfie | website=Alternative Press Magazine | date=June 2, 2019 | url=https://www.altpress.com/tom-delonge-blink-182-i-miss-you-jam/ | access-date=April 22, 2023 | archive-date=April 22, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422171023/https://www.altpress.com/tom-delonge-blink-182-i-miss-you-jam/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Kerrang! 2022">{{cite web | title=Tom DeLonge loves 'voice inside my yead': "It's funny, I get it" | website=Kerrang! | date=April 13, 2022 | url=https://www.kerrang.com/tom-delonge-loves-voice-inside-my-yead-its-funny-i-get-it/ | access-date=April 22, 2023 | archive-date=December 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208173113/https://www.kerrang.com/tom-delonge-loves-voice-inside-my-yead-its-funny-i-get-it | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="iHeart 2022">{{cite web | title=Tom DeLonge Knows This Iconic Blink-182 Lyric Is 'Funny' | website=iHeart | date=April 14, 2022 | url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-04-14-tom-delonge-knows-this-iconic-blink-182-lyric-is-funny/ | access-date=April 22, 2023 | archive-date=April 22, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422171022/https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-04-14-tom-delonge-knows-this-iconic-blink-182-lyric-is-funny/ | url-status=live }}</ref> DeLonge stated he developed the style in an attempt to sound like [[Milo Aukerman]] of the [[Descendents]].<ref name="Davis 2022 z197">{{cite web | last=Davis | first=Hope | title=Tom Delonge says his Close Friends Imitate his Singing Voice | website=Music In Minnesota | date=November 11, 2022 | url=https://www.musicinminnesota.com/tom-delonge-says-his-friends-still-make-fun-of-his-singing-voice/ | access-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-date=May 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529191746/https://www.musicinminnesota.com/tom-delonge-says-his-friends-still-make-fun-of-his-singing-voice/ | url-status=live }}</ref> "It’s really hard to make [singing] sound good when you’re not even doing it right to begin with, you know?" he joked in 2019.<ref name="Doyle 2019 y609"/> 

The style was studied by [[Stanford University]]'s linguistics professor Penelope Eckert in an article for ''[[Atlas Obscura]]''. Eckert determined DeLonge's pronunciations are a result of the [[California English|California Shift]], a regional [[chain shift]] that joins vowels and emphasizes words ending in "R". In the same article, [[Christopher Appelgren]], former president of Golden State-based [[Lookout! Records]], suggested the nasal style emerged as an amateur way to cut through the loudness of being in a punk band.<ref name="Nosowitz 2015 d875">{{cite web | last=Nosowitz | first=Dan | title=I Made a Linguistics Professor Listen to a Blink-182 Song and Analyze the Accent | website=Atlas Obscura | date=June 18, 2015 | url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-made-a-linguistics-professor-listen-to-a-blink-182-song-and-analyze-the-accent | access-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205164928/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-made-a-linguistics-professor-listen-to-a-blink-182-song-and-analyze-the-accent | url-status=live }}</ref> David Anthony, writer for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', observes it could stem from a long line of punk singers affecting an accent: "Whether it be [[Johnny Rotten]]'s snarl or [[Joe Strummer]]'s overt Britishness, these kinds of exaggerated singing styles have been present from the genre’s birth."<ref name="Anthony 2015 e844">{{cite web | last=Anthony | first=David | title=Read This: A linguistics professor explains why Tom DeLonge sings like that | website=The A.V. Club | date=June 24, 2015 | url=https://www.avclub.com/read-this-a-linguistics-professor-explains-why-tom-del-1798281005 | access-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-date=August 26, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826180856/https://www.avclub.com/read-this-a-linguistics-professor-explains-why-tom-del-1798281005 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Some writers have suggested DeLonge has consciously moved away from the nasal style throughout his career, particularly in the 2010s.<ref name="Blistein 2015 k590">{{cite magazine | last=Blistein | first=Jon | title=Tom DeLonge Goes Acoustic on New Song | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=March 24, 2015 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-delonge-goes-acoustic-on-new-song-the-invisible-parade-200652/ | access-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-date=February 3, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203182733/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-delonge-goes-acoustic-on-new-song-the-invisible-parade-200652/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Gray of ''Vulture'' observed that his "patented wail [became] newly deep and warbly,"<ref name="Gray 2023 x410"/> while Patrick Doyle from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called it "way different." In response, DeLonge agreed and said the change came upon starting Angels & Airwaves: "The tempo was slower, the melodies were written differently. And then, rather than nasally staccato, it became more like [a] [[violin]], more like a [[stringed instrument]]. The notes flow together. And then it came naturally to me. [...] It’s the only way I know how to sing now."<ref name="Doyle 2019 y609">{{cite magazine | last=Doyle | first=Patrick | title=Tom DeLonge on 'Scary' UFO Footage, Angels and Airwaves and Blink-182's Future | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=June 4, 2019 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tom-delonge-interview-ufo-footage-angels-airwaves-blink-182-843812/ | access-date=December 5, 2023 | archive-date=April 22, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422102252/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/tom-delonge-interview-ufo-footage-angels-airwaves-blink-182-843812/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Equipment===
====Guitars====
In the early years of Blink-182, DeLonge used a [[Squier Stratocaster]] on the band's demos and debut album ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]''. In late 1994, he acquired a white [[Fender Stratocaster|40th Anniversary Edition Fender Stratocaster]], which has come to be known by fans as the "Sticker Strat". It featured a [[DiMarzio]] X2N (and later a Seymour Duncan Invader) pickup in the bridge position on an angle, a [[Seymour Duncan]] JB Jr. in the middle (and later Seymour Duncan Lil' Screamin Demon), and a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup in the neck position. He used this guitar on all of the touring in support of ''Cheshire Cat'', as well as the recording and touring of ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' in 1997 before retiring it that fall. He still owns the guitar today.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CMaBUKUrx0N/ | title=Official Tom DeLonge on Instagram: "I still have this battle axe... @blink182" | access-date=February 18, 2022 | archive-date=December 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213184636/https://www.instagram.com/p/CMaBUKUrx0N/ | url-status=live }}</ref> During the touring of ''Dude Ranch'' in 1998, he began to use [[Gibson Les Paul]]s with a Seymour Duncan Invader at the bridge. He used the Les Pauls on select tracks of ''[[Enema of the State]]'' before retiring them in 1999.
 
Beginning with the ''Enema of the State'' tour, he used Fender Custom Shop Stratocasters with Seymour Duncan Invader pickups.<ref name="guitar">Prown, Pete & Sharken, Lisa (2003). ''Gear Secrets of the Guitar Legends: How to Sound Like Your Favorite Players''. Milwaukee: Backbeat Books, p. 104-05. First edition, 2003.</ref> This eventually developed into his signature model, released by Fender in 2001. In 2023, Fender reissued the signature model in a limited edition run.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fender.com/en-US/electric-guitars/stratocaster/limited-edition-tom-delonge-stratocaster/0148020363.html | title=Limited Edition Tom DeLonge Stratocaster® | access-date=July 27, 2023 | archive-date=July 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727041224/https://www.fender.com/en-US/electric-guitars/stratocaster/limited-edition-tom-delonge-stratocaster/0148020363.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2001, during the recording and touring of the [[Box Car Racer (album)|eponymous album]] by DeLonge's side project [[Box Car Racer]], he began using a [[Gibson ES-335]]. He removed all electronics from the guitar except for the bridge volume control and replaced the stock bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan Invader. This eventually lead to the creation of the [[Gibson ES-333|Gibson Tom DeLonge Signature ES-333]], which was released in 2003. This model consisted of a single Gibson Dirty Fingers pickup in the bridge position with one volume control. It was available between 2003 and 2009. A lower-priced model manufactured by [[Epiphone]] was released until 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/classic/tomdelonge.html |title=Tom DeLonge Signature |publisher=Gibson.com |date=June 24, 2008 |access-date=November 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518124120/http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/classic/tomdelonge.html |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In December 2022, DeLonge revealed that he began using [[Fender Starcaster]]s, moving away from his endorsement deal with [[Gibson Brands|Gibson]] and coinciding with his return to Blink-182. Like previous signature models, this guitar consists of a single humbucker in the bridge position (namely a [[Seymour Duncan]] SH-5 Custom pickup) and one volume knob.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://guitar.com/news/tom-delonge-new-fender-starcaster-blink-182-guitar-everything-we-know/ | title=Tom DeLonge's new Fender Starcaster Blink-182 guitar: Everything we know | access-date=December 13, 2022 | archive-date=December 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213123229/https://guitar.com/news/tom-delonge-new-fender-starcaster-blink-182-guitar-everything-we-know/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/blink-182-tom-delonge-fender-starcaster | title=Blink-182's Tom DeLonge returns to Fender as he unveils new single-pickup Starcaster design | date=December 9, 2022 | access-date=December 13, 2022 | archive-date=December 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213044036/https://www.guitarworld.com/news/blink-182-tom-delonge-fender-starcaster | url-status=live }}</ref> A signature model was subsequently released by Fender in 2024 in several colors: Surf Green, Olympic White, Shell Pink, and Shoreline Gold.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fender.com/en-US/electric-guitars/other/tom-delonge-starcaster/0262370505.html | title=Tom DeLonge Starcaster® }}</ref>

DeLonge endorses [[Ernie Ball Inc.|Ernie Ball]] strings and has used their Skinny Top Heavy Bottom strings on his electric guitars and Earthwood Phosphor Bronze Medium Light strings on his acoustic guitars.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.ernieball.com/music/celebrating-20-years-of-blink-182s-enema-of-state/ | title=Celebrating 20 Years of blink-182's 'Enema of State' | date=June 10, 2019 | access-date=December 21, 2022 | archive-date=December 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221185628/https://blog.ernieball.com/music/celebrating-20-years-of-blink-182s-enema-of-state/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

====Amps and pedals====
The [[Mesa/Boogie]] [[Triple Rectifier]] was key to DeLonge's early sound; he employed them to create a distorted sound. "A Mesa/Boogie is like a nuke: you plug it in and it fills up every piece of the sonic spectrum," he said.<ref name="tg" /> As his sound gradually grew cleaner, he grew away from the Mesa/Boogies. DeLonge employed the Marshall JCM900 amps for his work on ''Dude Ranch'', in which he improved his guitar tone.<ref name="tg" /> In a September 1999 ''Guitar Player'' article, DeLonge outlined his intentions: "I'm the kind of guitarist that wants the biggest, fattest, loudest, sound he can get."<ref name="guitar" />

When Blink-182 initially broke up in 2005, DeLonge altered his equipment setup for his work in [[Angels & Airwaves]], pairing [[Vox AC30]]H2s and Fender '65 [[Twin Reverb]]s,<ref name="tg"/> and using less distortion.<ref name="tg"/> He carried this setup over into Blink-182 when he first returned in 2009.
 
Beginning with his work on ''[[Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]'' (2001), he began to approach different chorus pedals, flangers and delays.<ref name="tg"/> Musically, he experimented with heavier guitar riffs on ''[[Box Car Racer (album)|Box Car Racer]]'' (2002), while making greater use of pedals and loops.<ref name="tg"/>

===Inspirations===
DeLonge grew to prominence playing [[pop punk]] music. Southern California had a large punk population in the early 1990s, aided by an avid surfing, skating, and snowboarding scene. In contrast to East Coast punk music, the West Coast wave of groups, Blink included, typically introduced [[pop punk|more melodic aspects to their music]].<ref name="p18shoo"/> "New York is gloomy, dark, and cold. It makes different music. The Californian middle-class suburbs have nothing to be that bummed about," said DeLonge.<ref name=p18shoo>Shooman, 2010, pp. 18–19</ref>

In a 2011 article, he outlined six musical acts that impacted his growth as a musician, among them [[Stiff Little Fingers]], [[U2]], [[Depeche Mode]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]], [[Fugazi]], and the [[Descendents]].<ref name=redbull>{{cite web |date=2011-10-07 |title=Tom DeLonge's Top 5 Most Influential Bands |publisher=[[Red Bull]] |url=http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/Tom-DeLonge-from-Blink-182-Lists-Top-5-Most-Influential-Bands-021243098729859 |access-date=2014-09-02 |last=Frazer |first=Bear |archive-date=2015-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114110451/http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/Tom-DeLonge-from-Blink-182-Lists-Top-5-Most-Influential-Bands-021243098729859}}</ref> The last was his main influence when he began playing guitar; early recordings such as ''[[Buddha (album)|Buddha]]'' were an attempt to emulate their sound.<ref name="tg"/> Following the Descendents, DeLonge once cited [[Screeching Weasel]] as the second biggest influence on his songwriting in his early career.<ref name=screech>DeRogatis, Jim (2003). ''Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's''. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, p. 318. First edition, 2003.</ref>

DeLonge has shifted from punk rock in recent years, moving toward an effects-laden [[progressive rock|progressive-inspired]] sound.<ref name="tg"/> He has stated the first album he "ever fell in love with" was ''[[The Joshua Tree]]'' by [[U2]], after which he delved into punk rock. He would later return to the album in his adult life, calling it his favorite album, describing it as "still relevant and soulful."<ref name=spin>{{cite journal| date =October 20, 2011| title =My Favorite Things: Tom DeLonge| journal =[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]| url =https://www.spin.com/2011/10/my-favorite-things-tom-delonge/| access-date =August 31, 2014| author =William Goodman| archive-date =November 19, 2015| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151119082946/http://www.spin.com/2011/10/my-favorite-things-tom-delonge/| url-status =live}}</ref>

===Influence===
[[Panic! at the Disco]]'s [[Brendon Urie]] and [[Ryan Ross]] both cited DeLonge as one of their major influences. Urie said that DeLonge influenced his singing, remarking that "He has a voice that no-one else has [...] He's one of my bigger influences. He always writes amazing melodies and songs."<ref name=Kerrang066>{{cite journal| date =March 4, 2006| title =Icons: The Rock Stars That Changed Your World| journal = [[Kerrang!]]| issue =1097 | page = 40| publisher = [[Bauer Media Group]]}}</ref> Ross said: "I wanted to learn how to play [the guitar] like Tom DeLonge."<ref name=rs>{{cite magazine| last =Scaggs| first =Austin| date =April 20, 2006| title =Q&A: Ryan Ross of Panic! at the Disco| magazine =[[Rolling Stone]]| issue =998 | page =26 | publisher =[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]]| location =New York City | issn =0035-791X |quote=I wanted to learn how to play like Tom DeLonge. That was my first influence – [Blink's] ''Dude Ranch''.}}</ref>

==Non-musical endeavors==

===Business===
[[File:TomDeLongeByPhilKonstantin.jpg|thumbnail|right|DeLonge in 2008]]
DeLonge was unsure if the band's status in the music industry would grow or last, and he expanded into business beginning in 1998. He started a holding group, Really Likable People (RLP), with a US$20,000 investment. Following this, he co-founded Loserkids.com, a website specializing in youth-branded apparel.<ref name="biz"/>

In 2001, DeLonge and Hoppus, together with childhood friend Dylan Anderson, established the clothing brand, [[Atticus Clothing]]. The following year, DeLonge founded [[Macbeth Footwear]], a [[rock and roll]]-inspired shoe company.<ref name="biz"/>

The technology and design firm [[Modlife]] was founded by DeLonge in 2007, around the time that Blink-182 decided to part ways. DeLonge explained in 2014 that he was pondering a "plan B", whereby musical acts could monetize other aspects of their creative portfolio—posters, books, VIP tickets, limited-edition releases—given the challenges of contracts offered by major music companies and the emergence of file-sharing.<ref name="Fast">{{cite web|author1=LAUREN SCHWARTZBERG|title=HOW A MEMBER OF BLINK-182 IS SECRETLY CHANGING THE MUSIC BUSINESS|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3038629/how-a-member-of-blink-182-is-secretly-changing-the-music-business?position=2&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=12122014|website=Fast Company|publisher=Monsueto Ventures|access-date=December 14, 2014|date=December 8, 2014|archive-date=October 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015080239/https://www.fastcompany.com/3038629/how-a-member-of-blink-182-is-secretly-changing-the-music-business?position=2&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=12122014|url-status=live}}</ref> Modlife handles the official websites and fan clubs for a range of artists, including [[the White Stripes]], [[Pearl Jam]], and [[Kanye West]].<ref name="IFC"/>

In 2011, DeLonge launched Strange Times, a website devoted to [[extraterrestrial life]], [[paranormal]] activity, [[cryptozoology]], and conspiracy theories.<ref name="IFC"/><ref>{{cite web| last = Eckert| first = Liza| title = Blink 182's Tom DeLonge Has a Conspiracy Theory Website| work = Death and Taxes| date = August 4, 2011| url = http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/127533/blink-182s-tom-delonge-has-a-conspiracy-theory-website/| access-date = August 22, 2011| archive-date = October 27, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111027182635/http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/127533/blink-182s-tom-delonge-has-a-conspiracy-theory-website/| url-status = live}}</ref> All of DeLonge's business entities exist under the RLP moniker, with the exception of Atticus Clothing, which was sold in 2005.<ref name="biz"/>

===Film===
DeLonge approached filmmaking when he directed the music video for the song "This Photograph is Proof (I Know You Know)" by [[Taking Back Sunday]] in 2004. He was fascinated by the medium, calling the process "so artistically satisfying", and he has since worked in film on [[Angels & Airwaves]]-related projects.<ref name=IFC>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/06/tom-delonge-interview-angels-and-airwaves-surrender|title=Blink-182′s Tom DeLonge talks Angels & Airwaves movies, his new video and being inspired by youth|publisher=[[IFC (U.S. TV network)|IFC]] |date=June 18, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2014|author=Chris Harris |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121031538/https://www.ifc.com/2012/06/tom-delonge-interview-angels-and-airwaves-surrender |archive-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref> In 2014, he co-directed the animated short film ''[[Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker]]''.

In June 2012, DeLonge was working on two films: a feature-length ''Poet'' film and a film based on ''Strange Times''.<ref name="IFC"/> His directorial debut, ''[[Monsters of California]]'', starring [[Richard Kind]], was released in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://deadline.com/2020/10/ex-blink-182-frontman-tom-delonge-to-make-directorial-debut-with-sci-fi-feature-monsters-of-california-1234592649/|title = Ex-Blink-182 Frontman Tom DeLonge to Make Directorial Debut with Sci-Fi Feature 'Monsters of California'|date = October 7, 2020|access-date = October 18, 2020|archive-date = October 13, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201013065558/https://deadline.com/2020/10/ex-blink-182-frontman-tom-delonge-to-make-directorial-debut-with-sci-fi-feature-monsters-of-california-1234592649/|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Writing===
In December 2013, DeLonge released a children's book, ''The Lonely Astronaut on Christmas Eve''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rollins|first=Wendy|title=Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Wrote A Children's Book?|work=Tumblr |url=http://propertyofzack.com/post/67573299203/tom-delonge-announces-the-lonely-astronaut-childrens|publisher=Radio 104.5|access-date=November 20, 2013|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222031/http://propertyofzack.com/post/67573299203/tom-delonge-announces-the-lonely-astronaut-childrens|url-status=live}}</ref> The plot of the book is described by Alternative Press as a "rocketeer spending a cold Christmas alone on the moon who is visited by extraterrestrial life".<ref name="lonelyastronaut">{{cite news|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/tom_delonge_blink_182_angels_airwaves_to_release_childrens_book|title=Tom DeLonge (blink-182, Angels & Airwaves) to release children's book|work=Alternative Press|last=Major|first=Nick|date=November 20, 2013|access-date=December 20, 2014|archive-date=October 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020103759/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/tom_delonge_blink_182_angels_airwaves_to_release_childrens_book|url-status=live}}</ref> DeLonge participated in a charity auction benefiting Rady Children's Hospital Foundation allowing fans to bid on a package including the book.<ref name="lonelyastronaut"/>

In March 2015, he announced he was co-writing 15 novels with "best selling authors" that would be released with soundtrack EPs.<ref name="AltPressMar23-15"/><ref name="RollingStoneMar22-15"/> The Magnetic Press published his first comic book series in April 2015. The three issue comic book series titled ''Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker'' was based on his award-winning short film with the same name. In October 2015, he released the novel ''[[Poet Anderson ...of Nightmares]]'' written by him and author Suzanne Young, which was accompanied by an Angels & Airwaves EP.<ref>{{cite book | last1=DeLonge | first1=Tom | last2=Young | first2=Suzanne | title=Poet Anderson ...Of Nightmares | publisher=Simon and Schuster | publication-place=Encinitas, CA | date=2015-10-06 | isbn=978-1-943272-00-6 }}</ref> The audiobook version of ''Poet Anderson: ...Of Nightmares'' was recorded by Liam Gerrard and released by [[Tantor Media|Tantor]] in October 2017. The sequel ''Poet Anderson: Of Nightmares'' was released in January 2018. The audiobook version of the sequel ''[[Poet Anderson: ...In Darkness]]'' was recorded by Liam Gerrard and released by Tantor in January 2018.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

''[[Sekret Machines: Book 1 – Chasing Shadows]]'' was released in April 2016. The release was a collaboration between DeLonge and author [[A. J. Hartley]]. In October 2016, DeLonge released his third novel, ''[[Strange Times: The Ghost in the Girl]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last1=DeLonge | first1=Tom | last2=Herbach | first2=Geoff | title=Strange Times: The Ghost in the Gir | publisher=To the Stars | publication-place=Encinitas, CA | date=2016-10-04 | isbn=978-1-943272-21-1 }}</ref> This time DeLonge will collaborate with author [[Geoff Herbach]] and the novel will be based around the same characters from the graphic novel, ''Strange Times: The Curse of Superstition Mountain'', that DeLonge published and authored in 2015.

On January 28, 2019, [[To the Stars (company)|To the Stars]] released an animated narrative (by DeLonge) of his children's book, ''[[Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes?]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/01/29/tom-delonge-releases-narrative-animation-of-his-childrens-book-who-here-knows-who-took-my-clothes/|title=Tom DeLonge releases narrative animation of his children's book Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes?|last=brownypaul|date=2019-01-29|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181337/https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/01/29/tom-delonge-releases-narrative-animation-of-his-childrens-book-who-here-knows-who-took-my-clothes/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Conspiracy theories and aliens ===
DeLonge has been a believer in [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens]], [[Unidentified flying object|UFOs]], and [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] since his youth, well before founding Blink-182.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Austin |first1=Deb |title=Yes, Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Believes In Aliens and No, He's Not Joking |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/yes-blink-182s-tom-delonge-believes-in-aliens-and-no-hes-not-joking.html/ |website=ShowBiz CheatSheet |date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=12 February 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809203844/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/yes-blink-182s-tom-delonge-believes-in-aliens-and-no-hes-not-joking.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Band member Travis Barker said in a 2019 interview with [[Joe Rogan]] that DeLonge is incredibly passionate about them and would look for UFOs outside the tour bus window and even create search parties to find [[Bigfoot]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogan |first1=Joe |title=Travis Barker on Tom Delonge's UFO Fascination |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGbaD3xG2E | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/8nGbaD3xG2E| archive-date=2021-10-30|date=February 5, 2019 |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=February 12, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2014, DeLonge shared an article on [[Twitter]] which purported that the [[Smithsonian Institution]] had admitted to destroying thousands of skeletons belonging to giant humans in the early 1900s; the article was published by World Daily News Report, a [[satirical]] website whose [[disclaimer]] page clarifies that it publishes content of a fictional nature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-skeletons-smithsonian/fact-check-claims-that-the-smithsonian-destroyed-thousands-of-giant-skeletons-are-many-years-old-and-satirical-idUSL1N2ZG1I0|title=Fact Check-Claims that the Smithsonian destroyed 'thousands of giant skeletons' are many years old and satirical|date=August 4, 2022|website=[[Reuters]]|access-date=September 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901161620/https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-skeletons-smithsonian/fact-check-claims-that-the-smithsonian-destroyed-thousands-of-giant-skeletons-are-many-years-old-and-satirical-idUSL1N2ZG1I0|archive-date=September 1, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, DeLonge founded an entertainment company called To the Stars, Inc. which, in 2017, he merged into a larger [[To the Stars (company)|To the Stars Academy of Arts & Sciences]]. Aside from the entertainment division, the new company has aerospace and science divisions dedicated to [[ufology]] and the [[fringe science]] proposals of To the Star's co-founder, [[Harold E. Puthoff|Harold Puthoff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tom-delonges-ufo-organization-is-37-million-in-debt/|title=Tom DeLonge's UFO Organization Has a $37.4 Million Deficit|last=Oberhaus|first=Daniel|date=October 15, 2018|website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|access-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901161932/https://www.vice.com/en/article/evw7ne/tom-delonges-ufo-organization-is-37-million-in-debt|archive-date=September 1, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The evolution of the company was motivated by the contacts DeLonge has had with the Air Force establishment and high ranked people in aerospace companies collaborating with the Pentagon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28377/tom-delonges-origin-story-for-to-the-stars-academy-describes-a-government-info-operation|title=Tom DeLonge's Origin Story For To The Stars Academy Describes A Government UFO Info Operation|last=Rogoway|first=Tyler|date=December 1, 2019|website=The Drive|access-date=July 28, 2023|archive-date=July 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712005347/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28377/tom-delonges-origin-story-for-to-the-stars-academy-describes-a-government-info-operation|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2018 financial statement filed with the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC]], the company reported that it "has incurred losses from operations and has an accumulated deficit at June 30, 2018, of $37,432,000. These factors raise doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern."<ref>{{cite report |author=DeLonge, Thomas M. |date=2018-09-25 |title=Form 1-SA / Semiannual Report Pursuant to Regulation A / For the fiscal semiannual period ended: June 30, 2018 / To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science Inc. |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710274/000114420418050766/tv503167_1sa.htm |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |access-date=2018-10-15 |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015231620/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1710274/000114420418050766/tv503167_1sa.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, the company produced the [[History (American TV channel)|History Channel]] television show ''[[Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation]]'', about the [[USS Nimitz UFO incident]], which also features DeLonge.<ref name="HistoryChannel">{{cite web |last=Daugherty |first=Greg |url=https://www.history.com/news/uss-nimitz-2004-tic-tac-ufo-encounter |title=When Top Gun Pilots Tangled with a Baffling Tic-Tac-Shaped UFO |publisher=[[History (American TV channel)|History Channel]] |date=May 16, 2019 |access-date=June 1, 2019 |archive-date=June 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601014244/https://www.history.com/news/uss-nimitz-2004-tic-tac-ufo-encounter |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2020, [[the Pentagon]] officially declassified three videos which had been previously leaked by people claiming they showed UFOs; DeLonge had previously released the videos through his company in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6873561/ufo-videos-pentagon-declassified/|title=Pentagon officially releases three leaked 'UFO' videos|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28|archive-date=April 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427231701/https://globalnews.ca/news/6873561/ufo-videos-pentagon-declassified/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1996, DeLonge began dating Jennifer Jenkins, whom he had known since high school.<ref name="People">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1218479,00.html|title=Blink-182 Rocker & Wife Welcome a Son|last=Gee|first=Alyson|date=August 16, 2006|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=December 30, 2010|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071152/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1218479,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> They were married in [[Coronado, California]], on May 26, 2001.<ref name="Vh1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1444151/20010531/index.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925112424/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1444151/20010531/index.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2011|title=Sorry, Ladies: Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Gets Hitched|last=Moss|first=Corey|work=[[Vh1]].com|date=May 31, 2001|access-date=December 30, 2010}}</ref> The band [[Jimmy Eat World]] performed at the reception and DeLonge gave each groomsman, including [[Mark Hoppus]], silver [[yo-yo]]s from [[Tiffany & Co.|Tiffany's]].<ref name="Vh1"/> The couple had a daughter and a son, before divorcing in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/music/tom-delonge-files-for-divorce-after-18-years-of-marriage/|title=Former Blink-182 Band Member Tom DeLonge Files for Divorce After 18 Years of Marriage|last=Boucher|first=Ashley|date=September 16, 2019|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=en|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-date=October 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003063654/https://people.com/music/tom-delonge-files-for-divorce-after-18-years-of-marriage/|url-status=live}}</ref>

DeLonge married his girlfriend, Rose-Marie Berryman, in May 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=John |title=Angels & Airwaves Frontman Tom DeLonge Weds |url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/angels-airwaves-frontman-tom-delonge-weds-1.15145785 |website=iHeart Radio |access-date=22 July 2023 |archive-date=July 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722214645/https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/angels-airwaves-frontman-tom-delonge-weds-1.15145785 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Discography==
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===Solo===
*''[[To the Stars... Demos, Odds and Ends]]'' (2015)

===with Blink-182===
{{See also|Blink-182 discography}}
* ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Enema of the State]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Take Off Your Pants and Jacket]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Blink-182 (album)|Blink-182]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Neighborhoods (Blink-182 album)|Neighborhoods]]'' (2011)
* ''[[One More Time...]]'' (2023)

===with Box Car Racer===
* ''[[Box Car Racer (album)|Box Car Racer]]'' (2002)

===with Angels and Airwaves===
{{See also|Angels & Airwaves discography}}
*''[[We Don't Need to Whisper]]'' (2006)
*''[[I-Empire]]'' (2007)
*''[[Love (Angels & Airwaves album)|Love]]'' (2010)
*''[[Love: Part Two]]'' (2011)
*''[[The Dream Walker]]'' (2014)
*''[[Lifeforms (Angels & Airwaves album)|Lifeforms]]'' (2021)
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==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Actor !! Director !! Writer !! Producer !! Notes
|-
|1999
|''[[Idle Hands]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|Role: Burger Jungle Employee
|-
| 1999 || ''[[American Pie (film)|American Pie]]'' ||{{yes}}||||||||Role: Garage band member
|-
|1999
|''[[Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|Role: [[Jan and Dean|Jan Berry]]
|-
|1999
|''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|Episode: "Au Revoir, Pizza Place"
|-
| 1999 || ''[[The Urethra Chronicles]]''||{{yes}}||||||||Documentary
|-
|2001
|''[[Mad TV]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|Season 7, Episode 7
|-
| 2002 || ''[[The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder, Faster Faster, Harder]]''||{{yes}}||||||||Documentary
|-
| 2002 || ''Box Car Racer''||{{yes}}||||||||Documentary
|-
|2003
|''[[The Simpsons]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|Episode: "[[Barting Over]]"
|-
|2003
|''[[Riding in Vans with Boys]]''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|{{yes}}
|Documentary
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Start the Machine (film)|Start the Machine]]''||{{yes}}||||||||Documentary
|-
| 2009 || ''[[One Nine Nine Four]]''||{{yes}}||||||||Documentary
|-
|2009
|''I Know What I Saw''
|
|
|
|{{yes}}
|Documentary
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Love (2011 film)|Love]]''||||||||{{yes}}||
|-
|2011
|''My First Guitar''
|{{yes}}
|
|
|
|Documentary
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker]]''||||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||Short film
|-
|-
| 2019–<br>2020 || ''[[Unidentified: Inside America's UFO Investigation]]''<ref>{{cite web| last = Runtagh| first = Jordan| title = Aliens Exist: Tom DeLonge on Leaving Blink-182 to Blow the Lid Off the 'Biggest Secret on Earth'| work = [[People (magazine)|People]]| publisher = [[Meredith Corporation]]| date = May 31, 2019| url = https://people.com/music/tom-delonge-pentagon-ufo-program-unidentified-history-channel-interview/| access-date = June 9, 2019| archive-date = June 12, 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190612183021/https://people.com/music/tom-delonge-pentagon-ufo-program-unidentified-history-channel-interview/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| last = Blistein| first = Jon| title = Former Blink-182 Guitarist Tom DeLonge Details UFO TV Series on History Channel| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]| publisher = [[Wenner Media]]| date = March 12, 2019| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/tom-delonge-history-channel-mini-series-unidentified-ufo-807180/| access-date = June 9, 2019| archive-date = June 9, 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190609032304/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/tom-delonge-history-channel-mini-series-unidentified-ufo-807180/| url-status = live}}</ref> ||{{yes}}||||||{{yes}}|| [[History (U.S. TV network)|History Channel]] mini-series
|-
|2023
|''[[Monsters of California]]''
| ||{{yes}}
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last1=White|first1=Peter|date=2020-10-07|title=Ex-Blink-182 Frontman Tom DeLonge To Make Directorial Debut With Sci-Fi Feature 'Monsters Of California'|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/ex-blink-182-frontman-tom-delonge-to-make-directorial-debut-with-sci-fi-feature-monsters-of-california-1234592649/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=October 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013065558/https://deadline.com/2020/10/ex-blink-182-frontman-tom-delonge-to-make-directorial-debut-with-sci-fi-feature-monsters-of-california-1234592649/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==Bibliography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Type !! Note
|-
| 2001 || ''Blink-182: Tales From Beneath Your Mom'' || Biography || With [[Mark Hoppus]], [[Travis Barker]] and Anne Hoppus
|-
| 2013 || ''The Lonely Astronaut On Christmas Eve'' || Children's book || Illustrated by Mike Henry
|-
| 2015 || ''Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker'' #1-3 || Comic || With Ben Kull, illustrated by Djet
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Poet Anderson ...of Nightmares]]'' || Novel || With Suzanne Young
|-
| 2015 || ''Strange Times: The Curse of Superstition Mountain''  || Picture book || Illustrated by Edgar Martins, Sergio Martins and Carina Morais
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Sekret Machines: Book 1 – Chasing Shadows]]'' || Novel || With A.J. Hartley
|-
| 2016 ||''[[Strange Times: The Ghost in the Girl]]''|| Novel || With [[Geoff Herbach]]
|-
| 2017 || ''Cathedrals of Glass: A Planet of Blood and Ice'' || Novel || Foreword only, novel by A.J. Hartley
|-
| 2017 ||''[[Sekret Machines: Gods]]''|| Non-fiction || With [[Peter Levenda]]
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Poet Anderson: ...In Darkness]]'' || Novel || With Suzanne Young
|-
|2018
|''[[Sekret Machines: Book 2 – A Fire Within]]''
|Novel
|With A.J. Hartley
|-
|2018
|''[[Who Here Knows Who Took My Clothes?]]''
|Picture book
|Illustrated by Ryan Jones
|-
| 2019 || ''Sekret Machines: Man'' || Non-fiction || With Peter Levenda
|}

==References==
* {{Cite book
 | last = Hoppus
 | first = Anne
 | title = Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom
 | date = October 1, 2001
 | publisher = [[MTV|MTV Books]] / [[Pocket Books]]
 | isbn =  0-7434-2207-4
 }}
* {{Cite book
 | last = Shooman
 | first = Joe
 | title = Blink-182: The Bands, The Breakdown & The Return
 | date = June 24, 2010
 | publisher = Independent Music Press
 | isbn = 978-1-906191-10-8
 }}

==Notes==
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*[https://tothestars.media/ To The Stars Media (Strange Times; Sekret Machines)]

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