Tom Delonge

Thomas Matthew Delonge (b. December 13 1975), better known as Tom Delonge is one of the founding members of, and the guitarist with, blink-182.

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December 13 - 1975 - Blink-182

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At fourteen Delonge was suspended from his high school in Poway, California for drinking and being drunk during a school basketball game. A few years later he was elected prom king, to the anger of school officials.

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High school - Poway, California - Prom king

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Before forming blink-182, DeLonge was in a band called Big Oily Men, but soon realized that it was going nowhere, and broke it up. While still at school, he met Mark Hoppus through Hoppus's sister Anne, and together with Scott Raynor the three formed blink-182 in late 1992. In 1998 blink-182's drummer, Raynor, left the band and was replaced by Travis Barker.

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Mark Hoppus - Scott Raynor - 1992 - Travis Barker

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DeLonge also had a side project with fellow band member Travis Barker called Box Car Racer. They released one album together before breaking up the band in 2003 to focus more on blink-182.

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On May 26 2001 he married his long-time girlfriend Jennifer Jenkins, and now the couple have a daughter called Ava. Blink-182 took a break from performing and recording in February 2005. A rumor was started that they had broken up, but this was denied by Travis Barker, who explained: "We needed some family time".

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May 26 - 2001 - 2005

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News has come from a BBC Radio One Foo Fighters interview that DeLonge might be starting his own solo album: "Tom from Blink is recording right now actually, recording the drums for his new record". It has also been recently revealed by Delonge himself that his new band, Angels and Airwaves, has almost finished its first album, which should be released in early 2006.

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There will be a blink-182 greatest hits album in November 2005.

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The members of Tom DeLonge's new band are:

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• Tom DeLonge — guitar (blink-182/Boxcar Racer)
• David Kennedy — guitar (Boxcar Racer/Hazen St.)
• Ryan Sinn — bass (The Distillers)
• Atom Willard — drums (The Offspring/Alkaline Trio)
• John and Justin — second guitar and bass (Anti-Social)
 
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