Blink 182's Tom Delonge deconstructs the band's split

Tom Delonge recently explained the reasoning behind the band's unexplained indefinite hiatus in an interview with Kerrang.

According to the story, the problems started with Tom's formation of Box Car Racer:

Mark took it extremely hard. I had no intention to ever make Box Car a priority over Blink, but it really hurt him. [,,,] I didn't understand. Travis and I couldn't talk to Mark anymore - we weren't the friends we were. The other thing was I was getting so much shit from Mark about Box Car, but then when we were on that last tour, Mark and Travis had already put together Plus-44. I didn't even know about it until it got printed in a magazine.

Delonge also had some words to say about drummer Travis Barker and his reality show, Meet the Barkers:

It was something I didn't agree with, but I supported him, even though I didn't like having TV cameras around me and I felt that my personal privacy was invaded.

He added his thoughts about the breakup and the current status of the members, saying:

Please understand that the break-up, or hiatus, or whatever you want to call it, was never an agenda of mine. I never wanted it to happen. It was a very depressing thing for me. We did a huge amount of talking and that's why I haven't spoken to them since because I said everything I needed to say to them.

Blink-182 will release Greatest Hits on November 1st. They released their last record, Blink-182 in 2003.