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The group, which first formed in California in 1992, now
features regular members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker but
former mainstay Tom DeLonge has been replaced by Alkaline Trio
member Matt Skiba.
"California", the band's seventh studio album, has seen lead
single "Bored to Death" top Billboard's Alternative Songs chart,
becoming the band's first number one in more than 12 years.
"We never set out to write a love letter to California but while
we were recording it we just kept finding ourselves referencing
very specific California things," Hoppus told Reuters.
"California has this endless energy and opportunity and hope and
ambition but there's also a dark, twisted side underneath it and
that's how the record feels."
(Reporting By Francis Maguire)
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