Hoppus On Music, previously titled A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus, is a talk show hosted by Blink-182 and +44 singer/bassist Mark Hoppus. The show premiered on September 16, 2010, on Fuse, and lasted until May 17, 2012. The show formerly featured comedian Amy Schumer as the co-host.
Background The show focused on music news, humorous panel discussions and special reports from the show's correspondents. The show also featured musical performances by both mainstream and emerging bands. On January 18, 2011, Mark Hoppus announced via Twitter, that the show was renamed to, Hoppus On Music.
The show’s first press release was on June 22, 2010. Mark Hoppus stated "I am stoked to join the Fuse family and have a show where I can talk about a topic that I'm passionate about, music. More importantly, I'm excited to force millions of people to watch me on a weekly basis on national television." According to Fuse senior vice president of programming and development Sal LoCurto, "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus was developed to complement the wide variety of music programming on Fuse - including live concerts, festival coverage and in-depth interview series with the biggest names in music."
On August 5, 2010, Hoppus revealed the co-host of the show would be comedian Amy Schumer. There is often a regular panel, where they discuss hot topics on music, with such guests as Andrew WK regularly talking on it. On December 11, 2011, Hoppus welcomed bandmate Tom DeLonge's band Angels & Airwaves, on which Mark joked he "cheats" on him with.
The show's last episode aired on May 17, 2012, with Hoppus announcing the show's cancellation in December 2012, stating that the show had become too expensive for Fuse to produce.
List of episodes Episode Premiere date Guest Performance 101 September 16, 2010 John Mayer Neon Trees 102 September 23, 2010 Linkin Park The National 103 September 30, 2010 N.E.R.D. Trey Songz 104 October 7, 2010 Phil Collins Travie McCoy 105 October 14, 2010 Thomas Mars Jimmy Eat World 106 October 21, 2010 Black Cards and Alex Gaskarth Bruno Mars 107 October 28, 2010 Nelly and Atomic Tom Far East Movement 108 November 4, 2010 Slash and Tom Green Hey Monday 109 November 11, 2010 Cee Lo Green and Good Charlotte Cee Lo Green 110 November 18, 2010 Kid Cudi and Mumford and Sons Motion City Soundtrack 111 December 2, 2010 Ben Folds My Chemical Romance 112 December 9, 2010 Ozzy Osbourne and The Damned Things The Gaslight Anthem 113 December 16, 2010 Flo Rida Bruno Mars (via video backing), Travie McCoy, and Mark Hoppus with Ben Folds 201 February 18, 2011 Buckcherry The Damned Things 202 February 25, 2011 Davey Havok Fitz and the Tantrums 203 March 4, 2011 Topher Grace Ra Ra Riot 204 March 11, 2011 Taylor Momsen The Get Up Kids 205 March 18, 2011 Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie A Day To Remember 206 March 25, 2011 Butch Trucks and Steve Martin Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers 207 April 1, 2011 Snoop Dogg w/ appearance by Travis Barker Wiz Khalifa 208 April 8, 2011 Mike Posner and 2AM Club Airborne Toxic Event 209 April 15, 2011 Foo Fighters The Pretty Reckless 210 May 6, 2011 Fabolous and Yellowcard Runner Runner 211 May 13, 2011 Taking Back Sunday and The Ready Set The Ready Set 301 June 10, 2011 Tinie Tempah Death Cab For Cutie 302 June 17, 2011 Jack Osbourne All Time Low 303 June 24, 2011 Simple Plan Awolnation 304 July 8, 2011 Beady Eye We the Kings 305 July 15, 2011 Kid Rock and Carney Tinie Tempah 306 July 22, 2011 Chad Smith and Flea Theophilus London 307 July 29, 2011 They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants 308 August 5, 2011 Matthew Morrison 3 Doors Down 309 August 12, 2011 Corey Taylor The Antlers 310 August 19, 2011 Jeremih Manchester Orchestra 311 August 26, 2011 My Chemical Romance My Chemical Romance 401 October 28, 2011 J. Cole J. Cole 402 November 4, 2011 Gym Class Heroes w/ appearance by Andrew WK The Naked and Famous 403 November 11, 2011 Yelawolf w/ appearance by Deadmau5 Yelawolf 404 November 18, 2011 Noel Gallagher The Joy Formidable 405 December 2, 2011 Patrick Stump Patrick Stump 406 December 9, 2011 Angels & Airwaves (no performance) 407 December 16, 2011 Matt & Kim Childish Gambino 501 February 16, 2012 Young the Giant Young the Giant 502 February 23, 2012 Billy Eichner and Dia Frampton (no performance) 503 March 1, 2012 Damian Kulash from OK Go Good Old War 504 March 8, 2012 Neon Hitch (no performance) 505 March 15, 2012 Imagine Dragons 506 March 22, 2012 Ricky Wilson and Simon Rix from Kaiser Chiefs (no performance) 507 March 29, 2012 Machine Gun Kelly Melanie Fiona 508 April 5, 2012 Bert McCracken and Quinn Allman from The Used (no performance) 509 April 12, 2012 The Temper Trap Of Monsters and Men 510 April 19, 2012 Gavin Rossdale (no performance) 511 April 26, 2012 Neon Trees Neon Trees 512 May 3, 2012 Tom Hiddleston (no performance) 513 May 10, 2012 B.o.B B.o.B 514 May 17, 2012 Santigold Oberhofer
See also List of Fuse shows
References
External links Amy Schumer Hoppus On Music Initial press release for the show