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• Jon Toogood is looking forward to the new Shihad
album; Shailene Woodley talks Allegiant. Pg 4
• Kiwi star Karl Urban on Star Trek Beyond. Pg 5
• Jack Black inKung Panda 3 ; Broods' Caleb Knott. Pg 6
• Competition, quiz, STACKSocial. Pg 8
TECH
The latest headsets and
keyboards.Pg 9
n in-depth look at the hottest new BD
releases, plus your guide to 4K Ultra High Definition
Blu-ray. Pg 10-12
DVD/Blu-ray
Director Zach Snyder and star Ben Affleck on the clash
of the DC titans. Pg 14-15
GAMES
ll the news from the annual video games
convention in Los Angeles. Pg 16-19
MUSIC
Benji Madden tells us how his
mentoring helped shape the new album. Pg 20
Graham Reid considers the remarkable
career of the ELO founder. Pg 22
Batman V Superman: Dawn
Of Justice, Kung Fu Panda 3,
Supergirl: Season 1, Gods Of
Egypt, 10 Cloverfield Lane , My Big
Fat Greek Wedding 2and more
Pg 23-26
Peter Garrett, Bat For Lashes, Van Morrison,
Descendents, Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac. Pg 28-30
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MAN OVERBOARD
T here was a time there, back in early
2015, when every other day you heard
another sour story about Blink-182;
the iconoclastic pop-punk trio were apparently
in-fighting, and their position as perennial bros
was suddenly shaky and confused.
“It wasn’t like anyone was Twittering, ‘so-
and-so sucks,’” drummer Travis Barker tells us.
“It was just trying to explain to the fans what
was going on.”
What was going on was that vocalist and
guitarist Tom DeLonge had left the group, and
the reasons were murky even to his former
bandmates. “It was hard, but everything
happened for a reason,” Barker explains. “At
that time when Tom took his hiatus from the
band, I honestly think he needed a break
and he really wanted to pursue other things.
I’m friendly with Tom; I respect Tom and
any decisions of his – but all we did is, we
continued on.
"We had a couple of shows booked. We
followed through with them. We kept our
commitment and then decided to experiment
LET THE 4K BLU-RAY REVOLUTION BEGIN!
Panasonic has just released New Zealand’s 4K Ultra High Definition Blu-ray player, backed with a
special bundling offer from JB Hi-Fi. The UB900 is priced $1199.99 and if you buy it at JB Hi-Fi, you will
get two free 4K Blu-ray titles of your choice to kickstart your new High Def library.
To learn more about 4K Blu-ray, see pages 12-13.
with getting in the studio and that’s how
California came about.”
Those shows Barker is describing featured
the talents of Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba, who
agreed to fill in for DeLonge. “I was surprised
how great he sounded singing Tom’s parts,”
Barker says. “He has kind of the same register
as far as his voice, and he just killed those parts.
It was really great.”
When the chemistry kept rolling, Barker and
third bandmember Mark Hoppus asked Skiba to
join them in songwriting, and the return to Blink
form – which Barker says had been hampered
by DeLonge’s interest in Coldplay and U2, bands
he insists he is not “dogging out”, but which
nonetheless are a definite shift away from the
Blink style – resulted in 30 tracks spilling into the
studio, from which the group picked the best 14.
“We play fast, melodic, energetic music,”
Barker says.”It was kind of easy
to just do what we naturally do on
this album.”
Californiaby Blink-182 is out now.
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Travis Barker explains how Blink-182 have
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