Tom DeLonge
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Thomas Matthew Delonge was born to Connie and Thomas Delonge on
December 13, 1975 in Poway, California. He has an older brother named
Shon and a younger sister named Kari. He attended Poway High School and
was Homecoming King. A friend gave him a guitar for his 15th birthday.
When he was away at camp as a kid, a guy started his interest in Punk
rock.
Blink-182 started in 1992. Tom is the
guitarist and vocalist of the band.
Box Car Racer was a side project he
started in 2002 and released one album. Tom formed
Angels & Airwaves after the break up
of Blink-182 and will release their third
album in 2009. He and his wife,
Jen Jenkins, met at a party about
5 or 6 years before they were married on May 26, 2001. They had their
first child on July 15, 2002 and named her Ava Elizabeth. Ava was born
at 5:30 A.M. at California Scripps Hospital in Los Angeles and she
weighed 7 pounds. They had their second child, Jonas Rocket, on August
16, 2006.