+44

Biography

+44, pronounced Plus Forty-four, is an American pop punk band from Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 2005 by two members of the band Blink-182, bassist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker. The other members are guitarists from the band Mercy Killers Craig Fairbaugh and Shane Gallagher. The creation of +44 was announced in April 2005. The band was formed by Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, then former members of the band Blink-182, which had announced a break of indefinite duration three months earlier. The band is named as a reference to the international telephone dialing code for the United Kingdom, where Hoppus and Barker first discussed this project.