Rock News - Mark Hoppus Had To Rebuild Ability To Sing And Play Bass After Chemo

Mark Hoppus Had To Rebuild Ability To Sing And Play Bass After Chemo, Pearl Jam celebrates the 30th Anniversary of VS., Gwen Stefani gets a Hollywood Star and MORE!

Episode Transcript

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Stand to check in on the latestrock gossip with Mel Taylor. Rock News
First Avenue Rock Music News for theDay. Gwen Stefani now has a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The No Doubt singer and the Voice coach
was on him yesterday to see herstar unveil on the Hollywood Boulevard. The
Texas Rangers have been using Creeds Higheras their theme song for the MLB Playoffs,

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but they might want to find anew tune. They invited actually Creed.
All four members showed up to thegame and unfortunately they lost. Despite
that, from an Scott stab saidhe was grateful to be a part of
the ride. If you're a fanof Pearl Jam, they've got a lot
to celebrate today. Some very coollimited edition stuff outs for the thirtieth anniversary
of their album Versus if you wantto check that out. And Mark Hoppus

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is saying he had to rebuild hismusical abilities after undergoing chemotherapy. He's been
a remission for now two years,but he said he had to kind of
relearn how to play the bass andsing after chemo wrecked his vocal court.
They of course have got a newrecord out today. It's called One More
Time. It's their ninth album andalso the return of Tom DeLong after seven

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long years. Very excited to checkout that new record. Also out today
Hackney Diamonds Stone's newest twenty sixth albumand their first album of original music in
eighteen years.