Indefinite hiatus

In February 2005, a press statement announced the band’s “indefinite hiatus”; the band had broken up after members’ arguments regarding their future and recording process. DeLonge felt increasingly conflicted both about his creative freedom within the group and the toll touring was taking on his family life. He expressed his desire to take a half-year respite from touring; Hoppus and Barker felt that was overly long. Rehearsals for a benefit concert grew contentious, rooted in the trio’s increasing bitterness toward one another; DeLonge considered his bandmates’ priorities incompatible, coming to the conclusion that they had simply grown apart. Instead, DeLonge quit the band and founded Angels & Airwaves , both a band and “multimedia project” composed of albums, films, and interactive services. Hoppus and Barker made one album with their next outfit, +44 . Barker remained particularly famous; his rocky relationship with former Miss USA Shanna Moakler , chronicled in his MTV reality series Meet the Barkers , made them tabloid favorites.