Tom DeLonge

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Tom DeLonge is an American musician, author, filmmaker, and entrepreneur born on December 13, 1975, in Poway, California. He is best known as the co-founder, co-lead singer, and guitarist of Blink-182, a band he helped start in 1992 with Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor. Blink-182 released early albums like Cheshire Cat (1995) and Dude Ranch (1997), and when Travis Barker joined in 1998 the band reached global fame with Enema of the State (1999) and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001). After internal tensions, the band broke up in 2005.

During Blink-182’s hiatus, DeLonge started Angels & Airwaves in 2005, a project that blends music with film and art. He also released the post-hardcore album Box Car Racer in 2002 with Barker. Blink-182 reunited in 2009, releasing Neighborhoods in 2011, but DeLonge left the band again in 2015 to focus on his other projects. He rejoined Blink-182 in 2022, and the group released One More Time… in 2023.

Outside of performing, DeLonge has built several businesses. He co-founded Macbeth Footwear and Atticus Clothing, created the tech company Modlife, and started To The Stars, a company devoted to UFOs and fringe science. To The Stars helped produce the History Channel show Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation (2019) and released related videos that the Pentagon later confirmed as real.

DeLonge is also a writer and filmmaker. He published The Lonely Astronaut on Christmas Eve (2013) and created the Poet Anderson universe, including a short film and a series of novels and comics. His directorial work includes the film Monsters of California (2023).

In his personal life, DeLonge was married to Jennifer Jenkins from 2001 to 2019, and they have two children. He married Rose-Marie Berryman in 2021.

Known for his distinctive nasal singing voice and melodic guitar style, DeLonge has cited influences like the Descendents, Stiff Little Fingers, and U2. He has inspired other artists, including Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco. Today, he continues to make music with Blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves, while pursuing his writing, filmmaking, and To The Stars projects.