Matt Skiba, a guitarist in Blink-182, joined the band in 2015. Now some people are curious if he was fired. This question can be answered in one sentence: Nobody knows. Not even Skiba. Skiba posted photos from New Orleans in July on Instagram. Fans were chatting about Skiba’s involvement in Blink-182, which includes Travis Barker and Travis Hoppus as bassist/vocalist.
“You guys think he is still in Blink?” a fan questioned. “No Blink content here and the Blink guys don’t post pictures [with] Matt.”Skiba replied to this comment. “Your guess is as good as mine.”Then he added: “Regardless, I am very proud of and thankful for my time with Blink-182. We shall see…”Skiba is the guitarist and founding vocalist of Chicago punk rock band Alkaline Trio. He joined Blink-182 seven year ago and has been a part of two albums. California(2016) Nine (2019).
Skiba’s comments come as rumors have circulated that former Blink-182 vocalist/guitarist Tom DeLonge may be returning to the group, although this is not confirmed. One fan responded with, “Hi Matt, now there is a lot of talk about Tom’s return to Blink. I loved your entry into the project, and after so many years, you are as much Blink as Tom is. I hope you can become a 4-headed project, so as to take the band to the next level. Thanks for California and Nine, they have been very important to me in a difficult time in my life.”
DeLonge had made an announcement in November 2021. appearance on The Late Late Show With James CordenDuring the conversation, he mentioned that he might be able to rejoin Blink-182. Hoppus lost his battle with cancer, and this conversation led to Hoppus and Blink-182 reuniting their friendship. “We always talk about playing together again and I think that that’s definitely something we’re all interested in. Finding the time to do it where it lines up with everybody’s priorities is really all that’s needed, and getting Mark healthy again, getting him strong again,”He said. “But yeah, I’m down, I think those guys are down. I think just finding the time to do it and when is really what we just got to figure out.”
Hoppus appeared in December. With GQWhile he confirmed his willingness to see DeLonge return, he did not indicate that Skiba would lose his spot. “We haven’t really talked about that, but I’m open to anything in the future,” Hoppus said. “I don’t know how that would work if it’s all four of us. Like we’re all going to live in the same house again?”