Mark Hoppus' Pick of the Week: Ladyhawke

NEW SERIES: The Blink-182 bassist reveals his favorite up-and-coming artist.
Ladyhawke

When he's not commandeering the stage as the boisterous bassist for SoCal punks Blink-182, Tweeting wisdom to more than 1.4 million followers, or handling album production duties for bands like Motion City Soundtrack and New Found Glory, you'd think Mark Hoppus would turn down the music.

Not. Possible.

Mark Hoppus' Pick of the Week: fun.

NEW SERIES: The Blink-182 bassist reveals his favorite up-and-coming band.
fun.: Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost, Nate Ruess

When he's not commandeering the stage as the boisterous bassist for SoCal punks Blink-182, Tweeting wisdom to more than 1.4 million followers, or handling album production duties for bands like Motion City Soundtrack and New Found Glory, you'd think Mark Hoppus would turn down the music.

Not. Possible.

Mark Hoppus' Pick of the Week: Japandroids

NEW SERIES: The Blink-182 bassist reveals his favorite up-and-coming band.
Japandroids

When he's not commandeering the stage as the boisterous bassist for SoCal punks Blink-182, Tweeting wisdom to more than 1.4 million followers, or handling album production duties for bands like Motion City Soundtrack and New Found Glory, you'd think Mark Hoppus would turn down the music.

Metallica's Pinball, the Most Nudity Ever! & More

Plus, R. Kelly, Lady Gaga, Mark Hoppus, Pete Wentz, and other weird web stories of the week.
Metallica with R. Kelly

Here are some of the weirdest web stories of the week:

If you love nudity, check out the new video for Detroit's Electric Six. Even if MTV aired videos, they wouldn't air this one. [Vimeo]

Q&A: Blink-182's Mark Hoppus

The fun-loving bassist talks about his band's reunion tour, being a Twitter guru, and whether guitarist Tom DeLonge will finally lighten up.
Mark Hoppus / Photo by Megan Thompson

"Good morning! I've got 8 hours of press today. That's a lot of me talking about me. I'm gonna start 2 hate me by the 2nd hour!"

Win an Octodrive: Take the Mark Hoppus, Fall Out Boy Trivia Challenge!

Enter to win SPIN.com's copy of the sought-after USB drive, loaded with exclusive content. Only 100 exist in the world!

Octodrives are the hottest item on the interweb right now. And we've enlisted the men behind the madness -- Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz -- to help give away our copy of the limited-edition stainless steel USB hard drive that's laser-engraved with Hoppus' octopus logo on one side and Fall Out Boy's logo on the other.

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