SINGER Russell James, frontman of Young Brando will be the envy of many in the city after being lucky enough to rub shoulders with rock star Mark Hoppus of Blink 182.

James tells THOM BELK all about his enchanted day at Kerrang!

“BLINK 182 have been my favourite band for I don’t know how long,” he says.

“I’ve written something for January’s Kerrang!

magazine and it was through this that I was kindly invited down to sit in on a Q&A and meet Mark. I’m not going to lie, this was a ‘fan-girl’ moment for me!

“People say you shouldn’t meet your childhood heroes, but Mark was funny, interesting and came across as such a nice guy. It was a truly epic day.

“If you get the chance to meet one of your heroes, face the fear and do it.

“Yes, they could turn out to be a massive douche and ruin everything you’ve ever thought of them but, if they do turn out to be just as awesome as you’d hoped, like Mark did for me, it doesn’t get much better than that.

“Now I just need to meet Dave Grohl...”