Tom DeLonge, one of the founding members of ’90s – ’00s band Blink-182, decided to quit the group last year in order to investigate UFOs.
As bizarre as it sounds, it’s true, and now DeLonge has opened up to Mic about what spurred his interest in extra-terrestrial life.
The former guitarist and singer says that he decided to leave the band because of a lifelong interest in UFOs, and “can’t tour nine months with enough time to do the enormity” of what he’s setting out to discover.
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“When you’re an individual like me, dealing with something that’s a national security issue, and you’re being gifted with the opportunity to communicate something you’ve been passionate about your whole life — something that has the opportunity to change the world over time — being a small part of that is enormously important for my life path,” DeLonge said to Mic.
He has a new project, a multimedia franchise called Sekret Machines, which investigates “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.” Their work will include fiction and non-fiction books, music from DeLonge’s new band Angels & Airwaves, and an as-yet-untitled documentary. DeLonge makes it a point that unidentified craft in the air are not called “UFOs,” and his group doesn’t use the term “aliens,” either.
“We don’t really call it ‘aliens,'” he said. “In pop culture, that’s a term people throw out there, and rightfully so because the government spends a lot of time and a lot of money throwing that term out there. But it’s much more complex than that.”
Sekret Machines’ investigations are a serious business, the former rocker insists, and he says that any research or work they do will be conducted with the greatest of care.
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“I’ve always had a passion for space and the future,” he said. “But when you dive into this type of material, it’s a lot more than just science and technology. It has to do with religion and cosmology and it has to do with politics and secrecy. So it’s a pretty fantastic ride when you start studying this stuff. You’ll find yourself trying to challenge your belief system. This project was a good way to bring it to the world in a more elevated way.”
DeLonge belied his future with some of his Blink-182 song titles (the musician helped write music for the band); Aliens Exist, Valkyrie Missile and The Flight of Apollo are three examples of space-inspired tunes.
DeLonge was replaced by Matt Skiba after he left the band.
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