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May 19, 2009

Blink-182 Get "Artistic" for Reunion Tour

"We're being as ambitious as possible," Mark Hoppus says
February 20, 2009

Pop-Punk Kings Blink-182: Reunited and Ready to Party Like It's 1999

Plane crash spurs reconciliation, band plans tour, album by year's end
February 9, 2006

Q&A: Blink-182 Man Launches Angels

Tom DeLonge on the "hiatus," and the debut of his new band and movie
January 13, 2004

Q&A: Blink Blow Up

Mark Hoppus is stoked

Recordings and Reviews

Blink 182

Blink-182's protracted adolescence has finally ended. There is nary a goofy moment on the San Diego punk-pop band's fifth album, which is more experimental and harder-hitting than anything else it has done. On "I Miss You," the trio toys with electronic drumbeats, acoustic guitars, string parts and ...

2003 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Take Off Your Pants And Jacket

2001

Enema Of The State

1999

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Biography

Blink-182 continued the unexpected '90s journey of pop-punk into the mainstream. The trio emerged from Southern Californian skate-punk culture with a high-energy stage show heavy with slapstick and fart jokes. But like the slightly older Green Day, closer study revealed hook-filled rock songs obsessed with breakup and loneliness, even occasionally delving into such topics as teen suicide ("Adam's ...

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