When did you know that blink was getting back together?
When we all talked about it in the courtyard of our studio.
What direction will you take with the new album, musically? Will it be similar to older blink material, the untitled album, or something completely new?
I think it'll be the next step beyond the Untitled album. It'll sound like blink-182 still, and retain all the stuff that blink-182 is, but we were really excited about the last record and want to take the next step from there.
How much songwriting have you done since you got back together?
Quite a bit, actually. The first few months after we got back together were pretty much dedicated to writing, and throwing ideas back and forth. Some of them worked, some of them didn't, and we're really excited and positive about the new songs, and can't wait to get back to the studio and hash those out.
Do you have any timeframe for releasing Up All Night?
Nope, just as soon as we can get it done.
Who wrote Up All Night?
This is one that Tom wrote, and like all blink-182 songs, everyone's ideas go through everyone else's hands, and people change things and add stuff. The original idea came from Tom.
As far as vocals go, is it going to be both you and Tom? Just Tom?
Both of us are singing in it.
How do you feel about Tom still being a part of Angels & Airwaves?
Well, everyone does stuff outside of blink, you know, Travis works with a bunch of different artists, and produces things, and I work with a bunch of different bands, doing a lot of remixing and producing as well. I think the great thing about blink right now is that everyone is going to it, all three of us, because it's something that we love and don't get anywhere else. It's a very positive thing.
Before blink got back together, you mentioned doing a solo album. Do you still have plans of that?
I don't think so right now, but who knows what the future holds. I'm really happy with blink getting back together, and getting a lot of producing work and remixing work right now, and that's a lot of fun for me. I don't even think I'd have time to think about a solo record at this point, but, I'll never say no.
How have you grown as people and as artists through the hiatus?
I think we've done a lot of growing as people, just having a 4-year break from blink-182, and some time to step away from it and appreciate how lucky we are for what we've built. And, obviously with the different projects that everyone's been involved with and working on, we have a whole new skill set to bring to bink-182.
The so-called "blinkumentary" we've been hearing about lately. Is it going to be a continuation of the Urethra Chronicles, or something...
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