AbsolutePunk interviews Chris Holmes

Posted on September 27, 2011 in +44, blink-182, Neighborhoods | Leave a comment

We recently had the chance to talk with Chris Holmes, the co-producer and engineer behind Blink-182‘s new album Neighborhoods. One of the goals of the interview was to look behind the scenes at how the album itself was recorded. I know a lot of people are interested in the techniques used and what the recording process itself was like for the first new blink songs in years. Huge thank you to Chris for doing this with us – make sure to follow him on twitter and check out his official website.

Could you outline what your role in recording Neighborhoods was?

I served as a co-producer and engineer on the whole record (along with Critter), and as a mixer on “Heart’s All Gone Interlude”, “Heart’s All Gone” (album version), “Kaleidoscope”, “Fighting the Gravity”, and “Love is Dangerous”.
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Hot Topic to Press +44′s ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’ on Vinyl

Posted on April 1, 2011 in +44 | 2 Comments

Oh yeah, remember that +44 band? The one that this whole website was based on before we became 182online.com? Good times.

Anyway, Hot Topic will be pressing +44′s one and only release, ‘When Your Heart Stops Beating’ on a Blue/White swirl with the artwork above. The record will be limited to 2,000 copies and will be available at select Hot Topic stores around the last week of May.

Thanks to Travis from Vinyl Collective!

HMNIM: After Four Long Years

Posted on May 15, 2009 in +44, 182 Online, AVA, blink-182, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker, TRV$ DJ-AM | 10 Comments

Mark blogged:

the return of blink-182 to the stage!!! t-mobile threw a big party at the paramount lot here in los angeles to launch their new sidekick, and they asked us to play. the whole thing was a secret. travis and dj-am were already scheduled to perform, and as a surprise ending, blink-182 came out at the very end and played a few songs. during the night, weezer performed and played the hits, along with a few covers. TRVS/DJ-AM dominated (as they always do), and then we played. to be honest, it was one of the best nights of my life. thanks to everyone who was there. thanks to t-mobile. and most of all, thanks to travis and tom. you are my brothers, and it feels amazing to share the stage with you once again.

here are some photos from throughout the day and night.

our trailer

getting ready to soundcheck.

the bass of all basses

soundcheck

and photos from the show itself. all of the following photos were taken by megan thompson. if you take any of these to repost on other sites, please make sure you give her photo credit. she does great work.

here are some photos from tonight.

so much fun! i cannot wait to go on tour this summer. there are many more photos from the show tonight, but it’s now 2am and i’m gonna call it a day. thanks again, everyone!!