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Fahrenheit-182: A Memoir
by Mark Hoppus
Audiobook Review: I am a millennial so of course I was familiar with Blink 182 and was actually a rather big fan during the Enema of the State and Take off Your Pants era. Tween me could've sworn that Mark Hoppus wrote "The Party Song" about me ("So when you see her standing there, With green eyes and long blonde hair") and even had a screen name dedicated to my crush on Mark. So I was very excited to get the audiobook for Mark's memoir (which of course he read).
The audiobook itself is very short coming in a little over 7 hours so I was able to digest it all in a days time. Mark spoke about his childhood, the good and the bad (his parents divorce, mom's domestic violence relationship) and then into his adulthood. I thought Mark breeze through the timeframes in his life giving just the right amount of information and feelings during that time without it stretching too long.
Of course the part that interest me the most is when he decided that he wanted to start a band. At one point him and his friends created a band and made posters but didn't even have instruments to play. He self taught himself out to play bass. I felt like he was pretty honest throughout the book on his experience trying to make it and then when the pop punk explosion happened in the late 90s. I did feel bad for him when everything with Tom took place. They had been friends since they were teens and at some points they were talking through management. I really would love to read Tom's book to get his perspective on that whole time period when he was in and out of the band.
I think the most shocking thing I found while listening was hearing that Mark went on a date with Melissa Joan Hart prior to dating his now wife. OH this is not shocking but I had no clue his wife worked with musicians! Mark would introduce her to other musicians and they would already know her. I do want to check out the physical because one of my favorite thing is to look through the photos that often times accompanied memoirs.
I recommend this book if you are a fan or even casual fan of Blink 182 and just want to learn a little bit more about the front man. I recommend the audio because memoirs best read by the author.
*I do not rate Non Fiction books.*
The audiobook itself is very short coming in a little over 7 hours so I was able to digest it all in a days time. Mark spoke about his childhood, the good and the bad (his parents divorce, mom's domestic violence relationship) and then into his adulthood. I thought Mark breeze through the timeframes in his life giving just the right amount of information and feelings during that time without it stretching too long.
Of course the part that interest me the most is when he decided that he wanted to start a band. At one point him and his friends created a band and made posters but didn't even have instruments to play. He self taught himself out to play bass. I felt like he was pretty honest throughout the book on his experience trying to make it and then when the pop punk explosion happened in the late 90s. I did feel bad for him when everything with Tom took place. They had been friends since they were teens and at some points they were talking through management. I really would love to read Tom's book to get his perspective on that whole time period when he was in and out of the band.
I think the most shocking thing I found while listening was hearing that Mark went on a date with Melissa Joan Hart prior to dating his now wife. OH this is not shocking but I had no clue his wife worked with musicians! Mark would introduce her to other musicians and they would already know her. I do want to check out the physical because one of my favorite thing is to look through the photos that often times accompanied memoirs.
I recommend this book if you are a fan or even casual fan of Blink 182 and just want to learn a little bit more about the front man. I recommend the audio because memoirs best read by the author.
*I do not rate Non Fiction books.*