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Blink-182 has a special gift. No, we’re not talking about making catchy pop-punk songs — even though, yah, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker have that skill down pat. Rather, the SoCal punk-lifers have the innate ability to make their listeners feel young again — no matter how old, tired and worn down a person might be. With their domination of the pop airwaves in the late-90’s and early-2000’s they cemented themselves as music-industry icons. And then, after a lengthy hiatus in the mid-2000’s, it was with massive fanfare that they reunited in 2009. Sadly, we learned yesterday that Blink-182 was forced to cancel their previously-scheduled headlining performance at this year’s Bamboozle festival (they were replaced by My Chemical Romance). But this gives us even more reason to revisit the Blink boys for this edition of Flashback Friday!
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And be sure and check out our Blink-182 Flashback Friday Playlist
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“Dammit”
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Despite having been a band since the early 90’s — they formed while still in high school — it wasn’t until they released this anthem of teenage angst — a recurring theme that would become characteristic of much of their subsequent material — as the first single form their 1997 album, Dude Ranch, that Blink-182 officially appeared on the mainstream radar. While “Dammit” would not not crack the Billboard Top 40 — it peaked at No. 61 — the song made major waves on the Rock Charts, and more importantly, paved the way for the future success of their next album, Enema of the State
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“What’s My Age Again?”
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If there ever was a song that summed up Blink-182’s “I don’t wanna grow up” band ethos, it was surely this 1999 proclamation of everlasting adolescence. While less than two and a half minutes in length, “Whats My Age Again?” would thrust the band full-force into the spotlight, peaking at Number Two on the Alternative chart. And the song’s profile would even grow larger when the band dropped its now-legendary video which shows the band members hauling ass naked through town. Said bassist Mark Hoppus of what he learned from the video, “I realized how unattractive male genitals are.”
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“First Date”
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With the massive success of Enema of the State, Blink-182 wasted little time getting back into the study to record its follow-up. Over three weeks of recording; Take Off Your Pants and Jacket was the result. Given their outsize popularity by this point, it unsurprisingly debuted at Number One. “First Date”, written on the same night as “The Rock Show,” the other hit single from the album, would stand out as an album highlight.
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“Up All Night”
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Following their self-titled album in 2003, and a subsequent tour, Blink went on indefinite hiatus in 2005. But after reuniting in 2009, the trio returned to the studio to carve out what would become their comeback album, 2011’s Neighborhoods“>Neighborhoods. “Up All Night,” which was released as the album’s first single, was the first song the band wrote and recorded following their reunion — and in the spirit of the comeback, it was co-written by all three members, fully signifying the band was back and ready to attack the new decade together, with the same childlike fury that made them pop punk heroes to millions.