Hello from Mark Hoppus

hello to you. it's been a long time since i've posted anything here on the himynameismark site. i haven't had it in me. these past two months have been the hardest times that i can remember, and i hope that we never see anything like this ever again. first losing our dear friend and longtime producer jerry finn, and then the plane crash that happened in september, taking our friends chris and che. even two months later, i still can't believe what happened, and it's too much to talk about. but let me say that i think about little chris every single day, and the world is not the same without him. he is one of the best people i've ever known. we travelled the world together, spending countless hours on busses and planes, in hotel lobbies and d...

Fake Problems join SideOneDummy

Naples, FL's Fake Problems have signed to SideOneDummy Records. Listen to their first song from their upcoming label debut "It's Great To Be Alive" here, set to drop February 17th....

Exclusive: Thursday in the studio

Thursday's Geoff Rickly talks to SPIN about the NJ six-piece's highly anticipated upcoming release, "Common Existence", which drops via Epitaph on February 17th. More exciting studio interview footage here....

The Almost new track "Awful Direction"

The Almost have posted a new song from their "No Gift To Bring EP" called "Awful Direction" on myspace. The release date of their EP has been moved up a day from this coming Tuesday, November 25th to Monday, November 24th. That means you have one less day to pre-order it bundled with a shirt. Go here now....

Big Scary Monsters Christmas Tour, Copy Haho free track

The annual Big Scary Monsters Christmas Tour is back.

This year's tour will see a revolving cast of treats from the BSM roster, ensuring that every single night will be different to the last. So alongside already-familiar label stalwarts such as Secondsmile and This Town Needs Guns, some of the new bands like Blakfish, Pulled Apart By Horses and Tubelord, will be making their debut appearances, as well as a handful of BSM's 2009 favourites-to-be, including Scotland's Copy Haho.

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Video: TRAPT "Contagious"

With live footage from their Crue Fest tour, taken from their latest album, "Only Through the Pain":

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Video: Rivers Cuomo "My Brain Is Working Overtime"

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has released his latest video "My Brain Is Working Overtime". The track is taken from his soon-to-be-released "Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo"....

Artist Vs Poet EP stream, free track

Buzznet is streaming the entire Artist Vs Poet EP all week and offering a free download of "Runaway".