TOM DELONGE

'Thomas Matthew DeLonge, Jr.' (born December 13 1975) is an American musician, best known as the founding member of, and guitarist/vocalist in, bands Blink-182, Box Car Racer, and Angels and Airwaves.

Contents

Signature guitars

Discography

Blink-182

Box Car Racer

Angels & Airwaves

Trivia

References

External links

Signature guitars

Fender Guitars worked with Tom to create a custom signature guitar which consisted of a solid alder body fitted with a single Seymour Duncan Invader Bridge pickup. It was controlled by a lone volume knob adding to its simple design. At first, the Stratocasters were fitted with a American 2-Point tremolo system and was later replaced by a hardtail bridge. It's neck consisted of solid maple with a rosewood fretboard, although there have been some custom Stratocaster's that were fitted with maple fretboards. The necks included a large 70's CBS headstock and Sperzel locking tuners.

Discography

Blink-182

★ ''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

★ ''The Mark, Tom and Travis Show'' vocals, guitar

★ ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'' (2001) vocals, guitar

★ ''Blink-182'' (2003) vocals, guitar

★ ''Greatest Hits'' (2005) vocals, guitar

Box Car Racer

★ ''Box Car Racer'' (2002) vocals, guitar, bass

Angels & Airwaves

★ ''We Don't Need to Whisper'' (2006) vocals, guitar

★ ''I-Empire'' (2007) vocals, guitar

Trivia

★ Tom was known to play Fender guitars until the time of the album Blink-182, in which he began using a Gibson ES-333.

★ Some of Tom's influences have been The Cure, Descendents and Screeching Weasel.

★ Tom was voted homecoming king, despite being suspended for drinking and not being allowed to run.

★ Tom has covered the blink-182 songs Down and I Miss You with Angels and Airwaves, along with the Box Car Racer song, There Is. One of the reasons he chose to play them is because he felt very proud of those songs and that he would have a hard time letting them go. He has been known to break into tears during the 'I Miss You' cover.

★ Tom owns Macbeth Footwear and Atticus Clothing, which he founded together with Mark Hoppus.

★ Tom stands 6 feet 4 inches tall.

References

External links

★ Angels and Airwaves

★ Boxcar Racer

★ TomDeLonge.com

★ Blink-182

★ Loserkids Online Store

★ Atticus Clothing

★ Macbeth Shoe Co.

★ Angels and Airwaves Fan Community

★ AVA I-Empire Official Site