+44 is tagged as: Formed in 2005 in Los Angeles, CA, +44 is a band from two blink-182 members Mark Hoppus (Bass Guitar/Vocals) and Travis Barker (Drums/Keyboards), who has also played in a variety of musical projects including The Aquabats, Box Car Racer, and Transplants. +44 also features Shane Gallagher (Lead Guitar), from The Nervous Return, and Craig Fairbaugh (Rhythm Guitar/Backing Vocals), from Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, The Forgotten, and Mercy Killers. It also once featured Carol Heller (Guitar/Backing Vocals), formerly of Get the Girl, but she later left the band to start a family. She is heard as backup vocalist in 3 of the tracks on the first album. The name +44 is a reference to the international dialing code for the United Kingdom, where Hoppus and Barker first discussed the new project. On December 13th, 2005 (Tom Delonge’s birthday), the band released a demo of the song “No It Isn’t”. Hoppus insists that, while it was directed towards Delonge’s breaking up of blink-182, the release date was just coincidental. On September 1st 2006, they added a song called “Lycanthrope” to their official website, http://www.plusfortyfour.com. Also on September 7th, the +44 Song “When Your Heart Stops Beating” was played on KROQ ra... Read More About +44 Biography... Send +44 ringtones to your cell |
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