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San Diego, United States (1992 – 2005)
blink-182 was a band formed in 1992 suburbs of San Diego, United States by Tom Delonge, Mark Hoppus, and Scott Raynor later to be replaced by Travis Barker.
Early years (1992-1998)
In May 1993, Blink recorded their first demo tape, entitled Flyswatter, in drummer Scott Raynor’s bedroom. A 4-track was used to record the material, resulting in poor sound quality. According to Hoppus, only around fifty copies of the demo were produced to give to their family and friends. Before the end of the year, the band released another demo, Buddha. Around 1,000 copies were produced by Filter Records, an independent record company headed by Hoppus’s boss.
In early 1994, Blink signed with Cargo Records. The band recorded their debut full-length album, Cheshire Cat in three days. The album contained a number of updated versions of songs such as “Carousel”, “Strings”, “Sometimes” and “TV” that had appeared on the Buddha demo as well as some originals.
Shortly after the release of Cheshire Cat, Blink was threatened with legal action by a pop band in Ireland of the same name. In order to avoid a dispute, Blink appended “182” to the end of their name. The band has cited a variety of reasons for ultimately choosing 182, with some of the more common explanations being the number of times Tony Montana utters the word “fuck” in Scarface, references to the 1985 Timothy Hutton film, Turk 182!, the band’s ideal weight, the number of half the days in a year and the number of miles Hoppus had to drive to visit his girlfriend. However, DeLonge has stated that it is just a number that they “pulled out of their ass”.
Early years (1992-1998)
In May 1993, Blink recorded their first demo tape, entitled Flyswatter, in drummer Scott Raynor’s bedroom. A 4-track was used to record the material, resulting in poor sound quality. According to Hoppus, only around fifty copies of the demo were produced to give to their family and friends. Before the end of the year, the band released another demo, Buddha. Around 1,000 copies were produced by Filter Records, an independent record company headed by Hoppus’s boss.
In early 1994, Blink signed with Cargo Records. The band recorded their debut full-length album, Cheshire Cat in three days. The album contained a number of updated versions of songs such as “Carousel”, “Strings”, “Sometimes” and “TV” that had appeared on the Buddha demo as well as some originals.
Shortly after the release of Cheshire Cat, Blink was threatened with legal action by a pop band in Ireland of the same name. In order to avoid a dispute, Blink appended “182” to the end of their name. The band has cited a variety of reasons for ultimately choosing 182, with some of the more common explanations being the number of times Tony Montana utters the word “fuck” in Scarface, references to the 1985 Timothy Hutton film, Turk 182!, the band’s ideal weight, the number of half the days in a year and the number of miles Hoppus had to drive to visit his girlfriend. However, DeLonge has stated that it is just a number that they “pulled out of their ass”.
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What's My Age Again?
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First Date
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Always
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Stay Together for the Kids
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Dammit
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I Won't Be Home for Christmas
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The Rock Show
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Aliens Exist
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Going Away to College
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Carousel
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Metallicaian wrote:
Stay together for the kids \,,/
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skatenotwar wrote:
and don't forget the sex pistols and the clash ;)
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teedoubleyou wrote:
errr babymeg, blink started nothing -- before them were Green Day and The Offspring and waaay before that the Ramones.
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s4809 wrote:
awesome, thy shud totaly get back together :P
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grizzly868 wrote:
oh and Man Overboard best song :D
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grizzly868 wrote:
Blink 182 left behind such a huge legacy
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rafa32 wrote:
VOLTA PQP!!!!!!
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2144654944 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Anti+-+POP
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clockwork-lies wrote:
Thank you.
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Tweed15 wrote:
I love this band and all their albums but they inspired so many shitty bands
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MasterGunner wrote:
I don't think so. Source?
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sh33dy wrote:
oh and http://www.last.fm/group/i+cant+live+without+punk+rock
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sh33dy wrote:
theyre reuniting!!!
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GreenPenti wrote:
niCe band!!
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Nourez wrote:
1 mil. nice.
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CSFFarias wrote:
it is shit
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sosorryitsover wrote:
best band ever!
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sarocker wrote:
forget three days grace it is all about blink 182
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eloy5 wrote:
http://www.myspace.com/nadineband
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Bilet666 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.pl/music/ReVolt+69/_/Too+Late oh, I forgot, it's similar to Blink 182
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