How does one begin to measure the influence of a band like Blink-182? You can’t count how many garage bands were spawned after Enema Of The State came out. You can’t put a price on taking a relatively new genre and thrusting it into the mainstream with full force. Without Blink 182 and their peers like Green Day and The Offspring, and a little while later, bands like New Found Glory, where would pop-punk be? It quite possibly would never have even gotten started.
Read More “Blink-182 – Take Off Your Pants and Jacket”David Kennedy Appears to Confirm New Blink-182 Album
David Kennedy of Angels and Airwaves appears to have confirmed a new Blink-182 record in a chat on Modlife. Screenshot can be found in the replies. Dun dun dun …
Read More “David Kennedy Appears to Confirm New Blink-182 Album”Interview: Mark Hoppus of +44
This interview was conducted over the phone with Mark Hoppus on August 14th, 2006. A huge thank you goes out to Ingrid at Interscope for setting this up and of course Mark for participating in the interview with us. For those of you that don’t know, Mark Hoppus is the former bassist for Blink-182 and is currently finishing up work with Travis Barker on their new project +44.
Read More “Mark Hoppus of +44”Interview: Scott Raynor (formerly) of Blink-182
First, thank you for doing this with me.
Hey what’s up? Glad to be here.
Awesome. So you got time to answer a few questions?
Sure thing dude.
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