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Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir
by Mark Hoppus
5 ⭐️ I listened to this book in 1 day! I waited to post this review since it was so personal to me and because it took a while for me to get the library ebook copy. I NEEDED to see the photos included in this book and I was not disappointed. I can’t even begin to write into words the impact Blink had on my life since middle school (1997), it seems silly to say that now since a lot of people only know Blink when they “sold out” and became “pop” but I don’t really care about other people’s opinions. I was there for this band since the beginning (even if Mark bags on Cheshire Cat, which I still love) and through every single time Tom quit and when Matt entered in his place. I will say California is one of my favorite blink albums because Alkaline Trio made an even LARGER impact on my life than Blink, it was like 2 of my loves colliding and finding one another. I can still remember where I was and who I was talking to when I found out about this new collab.
Ok now for the book, Mark is every bit as narcissistic as you’d expect a popular punk band lead singer to be… but he’s also honest, riddled with anxiety/fear and does take some humble responsibility for his failures (be it small ones). There isn’t much in this book that was new to me, as I mentioned, I always closely followed Blink through their ups, downs and tours. What I loved was the personal nostalgia it brought me, I went to Warped Tour, Pop Disaster with Green Day and Jimmy Eat World, then the tour with Weezer. I was there for it all from a fan perspective. I loved hearing it from his point of view. While I didn’t think it was written amazingly well, I am reading another memoir from a comedian right now and it’s making Mark’s book look like a Shakespearean novel, so maybe I can be too harsh. If you were a fan of punk and pop punk in the 90s and 00s, pick this up and prepare yourself for a fun ride down memory lane. You get glimpses of so many other bands and venues, it truly made my heart happy.
I highly recommend listening but making sure you have a PDF or the book to see the pics. I am so glad I own this because I can see myself going back and listening to this again. While I may not love their new music like I used to, I will always have a special place in my heart for Mark, Tom, Trav and Matt… and even Scott.
This was my 37th book of 2025.
Format: Audible and Libby ebook for the photos.
Ok now for the book, Mark is every bit as narcissistic as you’d expect a popular punk band lead singer to be… but he’s also honest, riddled with anxiety/fear and does take some humble responsibility for his failures (be it small ones). There isn’t much in this book that was new to me, as I mentioned, I always closely followed Blink through their ups, downs and tours. What I loved was the personal nostalgia it brought me, I went to Warped Tour, Pop Disaster with Green Day and Jimmy Eat World, then the tour with Weezer. I was there for it all from a fan perspective. I loved hearing it from his point of view. While I didn’t think it was written amazingly well, I am reading another memoir from a comedian right now and it’s making Mark’s book look like a Shakespearean novel, so maybe I can be too harsh. If you were a fan of punk and pop punk in the 90s and 00s, pick this up and prepare yourself for a fun ride down memory lane. You get glimpses of so many other bands and venues, it truly made my heart happy.
I highly recommend listening but making sure you have a PDF or the book to see the pics. I am so glad I own this because I can see myself going back and listening to this again. While I may not love their new music like I used to, I will always have a special place in my heart for Mark, Tom, Trav and Matt… and even Scott.
This was my 37th book of 2025.
Format: Audible and Libby ebook for the photos.