Matt Skiba Heartbreak: Guitarist Shares Massive Revelation About Blink-182 Following Tom DeLonge's Return

Matt Skiba opened up about his time with Blink-182 after the band planned a reunion with Tom DeLonge.

For seven years, Skiba played a huge role in Blink-182 after DeLonge's departure. Although he took a step back to allow the original lineup to reunite, he made something with the band the fans are yet to see.

In an interview with Vulture, the guitarist said he recorded several songs with Blink-182 that could be compiled into a new album.

"I don't know if they'll come out. I think they're really good. There's almost a whole album's worth of stuff. It was supposed to be an EP, and it just kept going, and going," he said.

Skiba and Blink-182 reportedly had eight to nine songs that were scheduled to be released. But Mark Hoppus' diagnosis seemingly affected the timeline.

For what it's worth, Hoppus was declared cancer-free after his months-long battle against stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. DLBCL is the most usual kind of non-Hodgkin lymphoma both in the U.S. and worldwide, and it develops from abnormal B cells that grow abnormally.

Hoppus' diagnosis was the same disease his mother suffered from, but the matriarch survived it and two other cancers in the past.

Skiba said he would keep those tracks a secret and keep those safe forever.

Is Matt Skiba Done With Blink-182?

During the same discussion, he expressed how happy he felt to see DeLonge's return. This resonated with the post he shared in which he said he was grateful for the time he spent with Blink-182 and that he felt glad to see them a band and family again.

"I'm proud of the work that I did with them. We had a great time... There's no bad blood, there's no drama, there's no nothing. It's just the next chapter in the band's life," he continued, as quoted by Loudwire.

Skiba replaced DeLonge in 2015 after tensions within the band emerged due to the original guitarist's desire to focus more on his non-music-related gigs.

It followed the indefinite hiatus they faced in 2005 because of misunderstandings. Travis Barker got also got involved in a plane crash in 2008 that almost claimed his life, but it led to Blink-182's reunion at the Grammy Awards in 2009.

As of press time, the band is gearing up for its reunion tour and the When We Were Young 2023.music festival.

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