"I'm sorry we had to reschedule this a few times," says Angels & Airwaves frontman Tom DeLonge. "I am an asshole! Sometimes it's hard to make time to get everything done." Ain't no thang; DeLonge is a busy man with a lot going on and after a 20-minute chat with him, I could tell the hamster never, ever stops running on the wheel in his brain. He's constantly thinking, creating, and making changes in the world through the vehicle of his band. AVA, featuring members of Blink-182 The Offspring , and 30 Seconds To Mars , have released their second album, I-Empire and DeLonge, who has dealt with a shattered disc in his back, is firing on all cylinders, especially that of social networking via the Web.Yes, absolutely. That band ran its course, and it was time for us to part ways and start our young adulthood. We were different people at the end, with different priorities and desires. I needed to do something that made it easier to cruise around with my family.It was passion. I decided to do this band after the breakup of Blink. I didn't want to play music again, so I challenged myself to create music that made me feel good, in a time when music made me feel bad. I had passion for it, and I needed a release that would help change a dark time in my life, and this became a human experiment to make the world what I wanted it to be. It worked profoundly well, and then it got scary. It was nota couple of decisions and me trying to be happy anymore. There was a whole lifestyle change that came with this, and now there is this cult following. People who are diehard fans say, "Coming to see AVA is like going to a play that you are part of."We involve people in everything we do, and we have an operating system called "Mod Life." We built this for two years. You can broadcast yourself in a handful of ways: live broadcasts, podcasts, video blogs, short films, movies, and you can digitally deliver records and information. It allows you to see the people interacting with you at the same time. It costs money, yes, but you have fans getting way more involved in other areas of the band, not just the music. Angels & Airwaves is much more of a "fine arts" project than a band. We did a motion picture that we are currently editing and a documentary that we have been filming for two years. We have interactivity with our fans. The system is in Beta form right now on our website, but you can't fish through it without a password. We will launch some acts in the next couple weeks and it officially goes live in the summer. I believe that we have something here that is gigantic. It's an operating system with an Internet base, but it's also a social network ingredient. It markets and distributes all of the content. It’s a way for musicians to make money and it challenges them to be more artistic.The company has been in existence for eight or nine years. I had an online company LoserKids.com, and we were the first to carry action sports companies online, like DC Shoes, Dickies, Vans. I also had the Atticus t-shirt line, but I’ve got nothing to do with that anymore; we sold it. This is all about being half-technology, half-brand. I am the figurehead, but I don’t run it day to day.I understandpeople say that because we have all been in successful bands. We wanted to go out and change the world and be the biggest band in the world, so we were looking for good dudes with good morals and values to complete the line up. It was not about how good you are