An interview from Kerrang! magazine reveals some details about the sophomore album from former Blink-182 member Tom Delonge and his Angels & Airwaves project.
According to the interview, the record will be titled I-Empire. Tom promises a “completely unorthodox launch” for the record. Like the run up to We Don’t Need to Whisper, Delonge continues to make cryptic statements about the band, noting:
I have a lot of incredible things happening here and music is just one part of it. A couple of years ago I started talking about what I wanted to do with music and the things that I wanted [the band] to lead the charge on and it’s all happening. It’s taken a lot of money, effort and technology but it’s happening.
He also discusses the departure of Ryan Sinn and the replacement, Matt Wachter – formerly of 30 Seconds to Mars:
He’s a really good fit for our band. Ryan had totally difference musical influences from the rest of us. Matt likes hardcore bands like Gorilla Biscuits and punk stuff like the Descendents. So it’s a really good fit.
He also addresses his former bandmates and their performing Blink-182 songs:
I think they should [play them] if they want to. They wrote those songs too and I think the kids will be stoked to hear them. I actually started doing Blink 182 bits awhile ago but they were really mad about it.
Source An interview from Kerrang! magazine reveals some details about the sophomore album from former Blink-182 member Tom Delonge and his Angels & Airwaves project.
According to the interview, the record will be titled I-Empire. Tom promises a “completely unorthodox launch” for the record. Like the run up to We Don’t Need to Whisper, Delonge continues to make cryptic statements about the band, noting:
I have a lot of incredible things happening here and music is just one part of it. A couple of years ago I started talking about what I wanted to do with music and the things that I wanted [the band] to lead the charge on and it’s all happening. It’s taken a lot of money, effort and technology but it’s happening.
He also discusses the departure of Ryan Sinn and the replacement, Matt Wachter – formerly of 30 Seconds to Mars:
He’s a really good fit for our band. Ryan had totally difference musical influences from the rest of us. Matt likes hardcore bands like Gorilla Biscuits and punk stuff like the Descendents. So it’s a really good fit.
He also addresses his former bandmates and their performing Blink-182 songs:
I think they should [play them] if they want to. They wrote those songs too and I think the kids will be stoked to hear them. I actually started doing Blink 182 bits awhile ago but they were really mad about it.