This week, Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus offered tribute to the late Cars frontman Ric Ocasek in the wake of Ocasek’s passing, releasing a cover of the Rock Hall vets’ “Just What I Needed.” Hoppus says he recorded the song a couple of years ago for inclusion on a tv show that never aired. “Go listen to The Cars,” says Hoppus, on the Soundcloud entry that includes the cover:
Mark, Matt, and Travis return with Blink’s ninth studio LP this week. Nine arrives Friday, including the much-heard-on-101X “Blame It On My Youth.”