Hoppus was pushed for a new name for weeks before finally blurting out “Blink-182” off the top of his head. The added number was meaningless, but lore grew among fans about its origins, which the band fueled by giving various decoy explanations in interviews. The 182 would be cited as a reference to Hoppus’s goal weight or the number of times Al Pacino says the word “fuck” in Scarface. But really, Hoppus swears, it means nothing.
