Founding member of Blink-182 Tom DeLonge broke the ice on why he crushed all of our hearts left the band in 2015 in an interview with Mic.
His reasoning?
Like, literally. He quit because he wants to search space for UFOs and extraterrestrial life, which obviously he’s not ashamed to discuss.
In the interview he said,
“FIRST OF ALL, WE DON’T REALLY CALL IT ‘ALIENS’. IN POP CULTURE, THAT’S A TERM PEOPLE THROW OUT THERE, AND RIGHTFULLY SO BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF MONEY THROWING THAT TERM OUT THERE,” HE EXPLAINED.
“I DON’T THINK I’M GOING TO BE THE PERSON THAT OFFERS THE BEST EVIDENCE UNLESS PEOPLE REALLY TRUST WHAT I’M DOING AND BELIEVE ME. THERE’S BEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS. TRACE EVIDENCE THAT’S BEEN ANALYZED BY SCIENTISTS ACROSS THE WORLD. EVENTS HAVE HAPPENED ON THE GROUND. IT’S ALL AROUND US. I KNOW OF STUFF I CAN’T TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW.”
As any fan of the band would know, DeLonge incorporated his love for space into many of his songs like “Aliens Exist” and “The Flight of Apollo.” But I never would have guessed he’d take it to this extreme.
He’s launching Sekret Machines, a multimedia franchise with fiction and nonfiction books and music from Angels and Airwaves (his other band, sigh), that seeks to understand “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.”
One of the books is already out, called Sekret Machines Book 1: Chasing Shadows. Give it a read and let me know just how reliable you think it is.
He even goes so far to claim that aliens are a national security issue. I guess that all that free time between tours really does a number to ya.
I 5000% support his mission because I’m positive that there is life in different universes. With how boundless outer space is, it’s narrow-minded to think we are the only ones in existence. But there isn’t enough technology in the world for us to discover them in this lifetime. It just seems absurd.
As a diehard Blink 182 fan, it’s hard for me to respect this decision in lieu of the band breaking up, but just cause I like you, I will let this one slide, Tom.
Can’t deny someone to live their dream, even if their dream is as unrealistic as hunting aliens. Oh wait…