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Tom DeLonge
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| Tom DeLonge | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Thomas Matthew DeLonge, Jr. | |
| Born | December 13, 1975 (age 31) he is 32 not 31 | |
| Origin | California, USA | |
| Genre(s) | Pop punk Punk rock Alternative rock |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar Vocals Occasional Bass (Box Car Racer only) |
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| Years active | 1992–present | |
| Associated acts |
Blink-182 Angels & Airwaves Box Car Racer |
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Thomas Matthew DeLonge, Jr. (born December 13, 1975) is an American musician, best known as one of the founding members of, and guitarist/vocalist in, bands blink-182, Box Car Racer, and Angels and Airwaves.
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Tom lives with his wife Jennifer DeLonge, daughter Ava (also the Angels and Airwaves inspired logo) Elizabeth (born July 15, 2002), and son Jonas Rocket (born on August 16th 2006 )[1]) and German Shephard Grey in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Tom DeLonge (pronounced duh-long) was raised by his mother and father in Poway, California. He has an older brother, Shon, and a younger sister, Kari. Tom was expelled from Poway High School during junior year after being caught drunk at a school basketball game. As Tom went to Rancho Bernardo High School, he met Anne Hoppus, Mark Hoppus's sister, which led to him meeting Mark Hoppus and the beginning of Blink-182. When he returned to Poway High School during his senior year, the students voted him Homecoming King, despite the fact he wasn't on the ballot. Blink-182 had a huge amount of mainstream success and lasted from 1992-2005. DeLonge and Travis Barker also participated in the band Box Car Racer, a side project created by Delonge. Soon after the break up of Blink-182 Tom started the Alternative band Angels and Airwaves which he remains in to date.
Tom has used a range of guitars throughout his career. During the early recordings on Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch as well as on tour, Tom used both a black Gibson Les Paul (visible on the Josie video) as well a sticker covered Strat (visible in the Dammit video) with a DiMarzio X2N in the bridge. He is most known for his Custom Fender Stratocasterwith a Seymour Duncan Invader Humbucking pickup in the bridge position. Fender released this guitar as a Signature Model, but stopped production as Tom ended his deal with Fender and signed with Gibson. While he became very well known for his Fender Stratocaster, he had used Gibson guitars in the studio after the early days of Blink-182. Since late 2003, he has played his Custom Gibson ES-333with a Gibson Dirty Fingers Humbucking pickup in the bridge position. Both guitars have only the one volume potentiometer and one humbucking pickup. He is now using his signature Gibson ES-333 in an "Angels and Airwaves" version, which is white with a black stripe and can be found with the variation of off-white/tan with black stripe and matte black with gloss black stripe. Once in an AOL Session, Tom used a Custom Fender that was white with a black pickguard. The pickup was never specified, but has one volume control like his custom Stratocaster or ES-333. The guitar resembled a Toronadoor a Jagmaster.
- Flyswatter (1992) vocals, guitar
- Buddha (1993) vocals, guitar
- Cheshire Cat (1994) vocals, guitar
- Dude Ranch (1997) vocals, guitar
- Enema of the State (1999) vocals, guitar
- Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) vocals, guitar
- Blink-182 (2003) vocals, guitar
- Box Car Racer (2002) vocals, guitar, and bass
- We Don't Need to Whisper (2006), vocals, and guitar.
- Angels and Airwaves
- Boxcar Racer
- TomDelonge.com
- Blink-182
- Loserkids Online Store
- Atticus Clothing
- Macbeth Shoe Co.
| Blink-182 |
| Travis Barker | Tom DeLonge | Mark Hoppus |
| Scott Raynor |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Cheshire Cat | Dude Ranch | Enema of the State | Take off Your Pants and Jacket | Blink-182 |
| Demo tapes: Flyswatter | Buddha | Enema of the State Demo |
| Live Albums and compilations: The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) | Greatest Hits |
| Videos and DVDs: The Urethra Chronicles | The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder | Riding In Vans With Boys | Greatest Hits |
| Singles: Carousel | M&M's | Wasting Time |Dammit | Apple Shampoo | Josie | What's My Age Again? | All The Small Things | Adam's Song | Man Overboard | The Rock Show | First Date | Stay Together For The Kids | Feeling This | I Miss You | Down | Always | Not Now |
| Related articles |
| Box Car Racer | Transplants | +44 | Angels and Airwaves | Expensive Taste |
| Box Car Racer |
| Travis Barker | Anthony Celestino | Tom DeLonge | David Kennedy |
| Discography |
| Albums: Box Car Racer |
| Videos and DVDs: Box Car Racer |
| Singles: "I Feel So" | "There Is" |
| Related articles |
| Blink-182 | Transplants | +44 | Angels and Airwaves | Expensive Taste | Hazen Street | Over My Dead Body |