bLiNk 182

bLiNk 182

Blink 182 is a band from Southern California that was potty-mouthed, juvenile, and just plain silly. But there's nothing wrong with that, is there? The legend behind the 182 in their name, is that it's the number of times Al Pachino says 'f@%&' in Scarface. When Mark's sister who had introduced him to one of her boyfriend's best friends, Tom DeLonge, they hit it off right along. They had started by writing songs together in Tom's garage. As Tom would years later tell Entertainment Weekly magazine in its February 25, 2000, issue, "It sounds stupid and gay, but the first time we sat down and played together, it was just magical. We played exactly the same, but he was doing it on bass guitar." But they were indeed a force to be reckoned with when it also came to potty humor. The two had shared vocal duties and with a friend, Scott Raynor, they had a band. The band lasted through three albums with Scott; Buddha, Cheshire Cat, and Dude Ranch. They had first scored themselves on the bandwagon of the Vans Warped Tour in 1996 and played other tours with bands like; Sick of It All, the Vandals, Pennywise, Social Distortion, Less Than Jake, Sugar Ray, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and the Descendents. Shortly after the band got popular on the road, they scored a major-label signing with MCA in 1996. Dude Ranch was their first MCA/Cargo release in 1997. After some more popularity boasting tours and another CD, it was announced in July 1998 that Blink's drummer Scott Raynor, who was then only nineteen, was splitting from the band. He decided to leave the rock and roll lifestyle and decided to go back to school for his academic persuits. Then Travis Barker came up to bat. He joined Blink shortly after he got booted from his previous band, the Aquabats. They made another album called; Enema of the State, with Travis. Then with their hit, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, and their newest CD self-titled Blink 182, it looks like Blink has beaten the odds with their unlikely blend of punk, pop, and potty humor. Now they were finally growing up and even though their new sound is different and they don't get naked on the stage all the time, it doesn't mean we don't love them anymore. Like Mark told the Los Angeles Times in it's Febuary 14, 1997, edition, "What's wrong with having fun with your friends and goofing off for as long as you can? We just want to be successful enough to avoid getting regular jobs." Mission accomplished, dude.
"Who knows what's next for the band? There's an old expression 'You can't turn chicken sh** into chicken salad.' But, in the case of blink-182, you can really put chicken sh** in someone's chicken salad."

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