In 2005, former Blink-182 co-founders Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker reunited with a new band, +44. Recruited for their new journey as +44 - pronounced "Plus 44" - Shane Gallagher (The Nervous Return) and Craig Fairbaugh (Transplants, The Forgotten, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards).
They join singer-bassist Hoppus and drummer-keyboardist Barker and pick up where the popular, multi-platinum-selling band Blink-182 left off after splitting in late 2004. "We were two-thirds of Blink-182, so we're not afraid of sounding like ourselves," says Hoppus. "We're not divorcing ourselves from the past, but we are pushing beyond the past. We're progressing like musicians should." Barker...