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Mark is teaming with Reverb to sell gear he’s used on blink-182 and +44 albums and tours, and also when working on albums by other bands like Motion City Soundtrack and New Found Glory.

The acoustic punk song is a time-honored tradition that has seen a rise — due to necessity — during this year of isolation. This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 30 songs from throughout punk history with great acoustic versions.

Together, they were one of pop punk’s most unrivaled songwriting teams, but Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus also wrote some of their best music separately, outside of blink-182. For this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre,’ I run down the 15 best songs by blink-182 side projects.

Mark Hoppus also discussed the idea of doing a tour with all of blink-182’s side projects.

Even more so than Green Day, blink-182 were the single most important band in bringing punk to a wide millennial audience. In celebration of this band’s work, here’s a ranking of their albums from worst to best.