Blink 182 was formed in 1992 by Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Scott Raynor(later replaced by Travis Barker). Little did they know however, the pop punk trio would later become a HUGE sucess and influence to modern day pop punk, rock, emo music. Blink 182 was all about writing simple, but catchy songs that caught the ears and eyes of millions of people. If you take a look at today’s modern pop punk, rock music, you can trace a lot of its “sound” back to blink 182’s distinctly catchy music.I’m sure most of you reading this blog have already heard and know all about blink 182, but if you haven’t, I highly suggest checking them out. Definitely check out their Greatest Hits cd which has some of the most catchy songs ever made!With over 5 studio albums and around 25 singles, this is one band you can’t and most likely haven’t missed out on.Blink 182 did break up in 2005, but band mates Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker formed +44, and Tom DeLonge formed Angels & Airwaves.Definat…
Former Blink 182 member Mark Hoppus has revealed the reasons behind his band’s split.The band went on “indefinite hiatus” last year after 11 years together.The bassist said that the group parted ways because of guitarist Tom Delonge’s indecision on whether he wanted to tour or not.Hoppus, who is now in Plus 44 with Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker[/B], told a fansite:”Tom started saying he din’t want to tour, that he was burned out and wanted to stay home. He wanted to cancel the tour.”"We understood that Tom wanted to be with his family. We all did. We all love our families and want to be with them. At the same time, this is our job,” he explained. He added he was upset by the decision not to carrying on playing.”We are so lucky to get to do what we do the way we do,” said Hoppus “We love our work and want to be out there doing it, and it was being taken away from us. We had no say in it. Blink 182 has been a democracy …
Blink-182Blink-182 is a self titled or untitled album, by the band of the same name and their last full-length record before an ongoing hiatus. Recorded under the working title of Use Your Erection I & II (a pun of Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion albums), the album was released through Geffen Records on November 18, 2003. The album includes guest vocals by The Cure’s Robert Smith on the track “All of This”. At almost 50 minutes long, it is Blink-182’s longest studio album. It is said that this album represents a more “mature” Blink than been having seen in the past, such as not having the album contain any toilet humor or joke songs. It was somewhat of a departure from their previous musical atmosphere, the album was described as a “self-meditation on romantic decay.”[citation needed] Mark Hoppus, the bassist for the band said in an interview with MTV Album Launch, that the desired effect of the album was for people to listen to it and say “Wait a minute…that’s Blink-18…
