Featured Episode
- AIRED APR 30, 2024
- Mark and co. play songs from bands that sound solo.
- Enema of the State · 1999
- Blink-182 (Bonus Track Version) · 2003
- Enema of the State · 1999
- Enema of the State · 1999
- Dude Ranch · 1997
- ONE MORE TIME... · 2023
- Take off Your Pants and Jacket · 2001
- Take off Your Pants and Jacket · 2001
- Blink-182 (Bonus Track Version) · 2003
- Take off Your Pants and Jacket · 2001
Essential Albums
- On Enema of the State, blink-182 preserve their goofball pop-punk cred but acknowledge there's more to life than juvenile behavior. Sure, the lurching "What's My Age Again?" cheers on immaturity, and new drummer Travis Barker adds breakneck aggression to the band's chugging riffs. But blink's skepticism toward adulthood is more sophisticated ("Going Away to College"), and their anxiety about romantic relationships (both real and imagined) is palpable. The somber "Adam's Song," written from a suicidal person's perspective, is wrenching.
Albums
- 2023
- 2019
- 1999
Artist Playlists
- Irreverent skate punk at its best.
- The pop-punk trio's videos show both their silly and somber sides.
- Every song from the iconic pop-punk band's world tour.
- Pop-punk kingpins tackle emo, New Wave, and synth-pop.
- blink-182 sits down with Zane Lowe to talk about their reunion and their album ONE MORE TIME...
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
Appears On
- Oliver Tree
- Goody Grace
Radio Shows
- A closer look at alternative music—from one of its defining voices.
- Mark and co. play songs from bands that sound solo.
- Mark and the panel soundtrack spring cleaning.
- Mark and the panel share songs to fit their moods.
- Mark and the panel share their heavy-rotation playlists.
- Mark and the panel highlight songs from the late aughts.
- Mark chats with Vernon of SEVENTEEN.
- Mark catches up with the Alkaline Trio frontman.
About blink-182
Pop-punk godfathers blink-182 embody why the genre appeals to millions. The San Diego band, which coalesced in the early '90s around co-frontmen Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus, blend upbeat tempos, catchy hooks, and bawdy humor with lyrics that understand the pain of adolescence—and life in general. The trio's 1995 debut, Cheshire Cat, and 1997 commercial breakthrough Dude Ranch illustrate a fondness for breakneck-speed punk and sharply honed melodies, but blink-182 connected with bigger audiences in the later '90s because their rebellion offered both comic relief—see the nudity-heavy video for "What's My Age Again?," from 1999's Enema of the State—and seriousness, tackling the trauma of suicide ("Adam's Song") and divorce ("Stay Together for the Kids"). Their sound matured considerably into the '00s, becoming more indebted to moody, muscular alternative rock, thanks in no small part to the crack-shot drumming and arrangements of Travis Barker, who joined in 1998. A massive lineup change—DeLonge left the band in 2015 and was replaced by Alkaline Trio singer/guitarist Matt Skiba—didn’t slow them down, even as they and their fans grew up. It's no surprise, then, that 2019's NINE, with its electronic instrumentation and more downcast, introspective themes, still resonated with their diehard followers—blink-182’s energetic, superbly crafted tunes and deeply emotional lyrics know no age limit.
- ORIGIN
- Poway, CA, United States
- FORMED
- August 1, 1992
- GENRE
- Rock