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Blink-182 have started to work on new material!

from b182news.com

Bassist Mark Hoppus has been playing around with new melodies and trying them out on his guitar at home.

The new songs will be part of the follow-up record to 2011′s Neighborhoods.

However, he explained that at this stage it is too soon to say what the new album will sound like.

- It’s really too early to tell. At the moment, all I’ve got is a bunch of chord progressions and ideas,’ he told British music magazine Kerrang! I don’t have anything that’s solidified into what I’d call I song, it’s more me playing my guitar at my house and coming up with melodies and little ideas.

- I’m sure these will all be Blink songs at the moment. I don’t have any plans to write songs with anybody else right now. If I do, it’ll be a collaboration or a one-off thing, but everything I’m writing right now is for Blink-182.

Hoppus went on to say that his songs were in their early stages and would most likely sound completely different when his bandmates got their hands on them.

- It’s really too early to tell. At the moment all I’ve got is a bunch of chord progressions and ideas. It’s more me playing my guitar and coming up with little ideas and melodies. By the time it goes to Tom and Travis and we work on it as a band, who knows what it will sound like.

Mark also spoke about the band’s upcoming UK tour.

After postponing the sold-out series of shows in 2011, Blink-182 will be touring British venues from Bournemouth to Cornwall this year.

When told that the Eden Sessions Outdoor Festival is set around space-age style constructions, Mark said that the group will think of something special to match the surreal surroundings.

- Nice! I can’t wait to check that out ‘ that sounds cool,’ he said. ‘Actually, if it looks like something on Mars, then I’m sure Tom will have a lot of ideas. If it looks like something from space, Tom will freak out about it. He’s bound to come up with something cool.

Jeff Critter

Jeff "Critter" Newell, age 45, a resident of Studio City, CA and formerly a resident of West Chicago, IL, died at home. He was born on March 26, 1966 in Chicago to William and Marilyn Newell.

He grew up in West Chicago and attended Wheaton Christian Grammar School, Wheaton Christian High School and Wheaton College. He was a self taught sound engineer and worked for major bands, including "Guns N' Roses," in Chicago and for the last 15 years in Los Angeles. He was currently working with "Angels & Airwaves." He loved his work, was a gifted writer, enjoyed reading and the outdoors.

Jeff is survived by his parents, William and Marilyn Newell of Bensenville, IL, his sister, Jodi (Steve), two nieces, Heidi and Katherine and a nephew, Brian.

A funeral services are pending. Interment is private.

Memorials may be directed to Evangelical Child and Family Agency, 1530 North Main Street Wheaton, IL 60187-3584, Wheaton Christian Grammar School, 1N350 Taylor Dr, Winfield, IL 60190, or Wheaton Academy, 900 Prince Crossing Road West Chicago IL 60185.

Information is available at Hultgren Funeral Home at 630-668-0027.

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