Blink-182 Tickets : Blink-182 Gained Popularity For Their Irreverent Sense Of Humor
Blink-182 is an American pop punk band consisting of vocalist and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. They have sold over 25 million albums worldwide since forming in Poway, California in 1992.
With original drummer Scott Raynor they released their debut album Cheshire Cat in 1994 and achieved moderate success with its follow-up, 1997's Dude Ranch, which went on to sell over one million copies. Raynor was replaced by Barker midway through a 1998 tour.
The band achieved greater success with 1999's multi-platinum selling Enema of the State, which reached #9 on the Billboard 200 on the strength of the singles "What's My Age Again" and "All the Small Things", the latter of which became the highest-charting song of their career by reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Blink-182 gained popularity for their irreverent sense of humor, and the follow-up album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) reached #1 in the United States, Canada, and Germany. The eponymously-titled Blink-182 followed in 2003 and was a stylistic shift for the group, infusing experimental elements into their usual pop punk formula which resulted in a more mature sound.
DeLonge left Blink-182 in early 2005, sending the band into indefinite hiatus. He went on to form Angels & Airwaves while Hoppus and Barker formed +44. Hoppus also pursued a career as a television host while Barker continued working in music as a producer and solo artist. Blink-182 reunited in February 2009 and are currently recording a sixth studio album.
During an interview after their 2009 reunion announcement, Travis stated that they had been in the studio since December 2008 writing and recording new material for a sixth studio release.
In February 2011, Travis Barker reportedly claimed that the new album should be out "by the end of this year or early next year" at a signing before appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, pushing the release date of the album back another few months, as Mark Hoppus had previously stated that he wanted the album to originally be out in either April or May.
In an MTV interview in February 2011, Barker confirmed that the new album is slated for a summer release, stating "I think we'll turn in our album in June or July, honestly... It's coming close, to the point where these are completed songs and they're not going to change.These are album versions.
"Tom DeLonge stated that the record would "absolutely" be out in time for band's tour of the United Kingdom that summer, and that Blink-182 "will not tour if there is no record".In April 2011, Blink-182 announced that their planned summer 2011 European tour would be rescheduled to summer 2012, due to delays in producing the new album.
Blink-182's musical style has been described by various sources as "pop punk"and "punk rock".When playing live, the band typically plays their songs at a faster tempo and often replaces certain lyrics with toilet humor and various gags.
Blink-182 songs are known for their simple melodies, teen angst and occasional lyrical toilet humor. They are often targeting subjects such as love and growing up, these being fused into multiple hit singles such as "Dammit" and "What's My Age Again?".
Before the release of their fifth album, more emotional songs by the band include singles "Adam's Song" and "Stay Together for the Kids". Bill Lamb of About.com described their music as being "marked by a radio-friendly sheen, but it still maintains much of the speed and attitude of classic punk rock".
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