United Kingdom, April 7 -- Blink-182 have become "much more honest with each other" since Mark Hoppus' cancer diagnosis.

The 53-year-old musician was diagnosed with cancer back in 2021, and he's suggested that it's changed the band forever.

Mark - who is now cancer-free - told Us Weekly: "I think that we're much more honest with each other. The communication is a lot better. We've set up boundaries of what we want to do.

"We really sat down and we're like, let's be the f****** Beastie Boys and not do the stuff that people want us to do or expect us to do."

Mark observed that the band - which also includes Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker - now do what they want "on [their] own terms".

The music star said: "If it's fun, yes, if it's not ...