Tom DeLonge: Blink-182's Matt Skiba Is 'Doing My Job for Me'

UFO Researcher of the Year Award winner Tom DeLonge has perfected the art of making his rift with Blink-182 sound like a non-issue. In a San Diego Union-Tribune interview (via Chorus.fm), he painted Alkaline Trio co-founder Matt Skiba's guitarist gig—which has been going for two years and resulted in one album and many, many tour dates—as highly impermanent.

"They have someone doing my job for me," DeLonge said. "It’s just that I’m so busy. If I wanted to, I could be back in a period of days.” 

DeLonge also said "I still own the band," but clarified that he co-owns it with Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker. “Blink is in my DNA," he said. "I talk to Travis quite a bit and we try and figure out how and when it’s going to make sense."