by Clément (Oct 4, 2005)
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This is my favourite music band. It's composed of three musicians who are Mark Hoppus (Bass and Vocals), Tom Delonge (Guitar and Vocals) and Travis Barker (Drums). I started listening to this band two years ago. "Blink 182", rather "El Cuarto And The Cajones", was found in 1993 with those musicians except the drummer (who was Scott Raynor) next to San Diego in the USA. At the beginning, they played Mexican music in bars. It lasted one year. Then they decided to change their music and to play punk music. They changed their name for "Blink 182". They released their first album, called "Chesire Cat" in 1995 (with the famous song "Carousel"). This CD didn't have a big success but we could already distinguish Blink 182's style, a really melodic punk, speed and very fun.
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In 1997, they released "Dude Ranch" which popularized them in all the USA. After this success, Scott Raynor decided to leave the band for his studies. He was replaced by Travis Barker who already knew their songs. So adaptation wasn't very hard. In the end of 1998, the band stopped their tour and composed the famous album, "Enema Of The State" which had an international success, changing their music a little. In all, six million CD’s were sold. The most famous songs were "Adam's Song", "What's My Age Again", "All The Small Things" and other good songs. They also released "The Mark, Tom and Travis Show", a live CD. In 2001, "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket" was born, which had a great reception from fans and had a bigger success than "Enema Of The State". There was the same energy and the same fun. The most famous songs are "First Date", "Stay Together For The Kids", "The Rock Show",... In 2003, they brought the album of maturity which was called "Blink 182". They looked for a more serious music with computer effects. Fans really enjoy this Cd, which is different from all the others. We find "Feeling This", "I Miss You" and "Down" on this album. Infortunately, Blink 182 separated and left a lot of fans in 2005. But I was lucky to see them in one of their last show, on the 4th of December 2004 in Paris Bercy. It was a beautiful moment. In my opinion, Blink 182 represent a music and a fun way of life.
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If you wish to react to this article, write to the editor. Oct 12, 2005 I also think it's so sad that Blink split... I wasn't a big fan as
Clément, but I loved Travis Barker, and his magic drum... My favourite
song of the band is "All the small things"...great!!! François (Blois, France) Oct 12, 2005 Hi, I liked your article because I didn't really know this band, and it was nice to hear the songs while reading the story. Just a question: do you know why they're called "Blink 182"? Fred (Nantes, France) March 5, 2006 I love your article and I love the music too. Your opinion that Blink
is representing an own way of life is right. Peter (Garbeck, Germany) March 5, 2006 Hi, I think your article is very good because I like this band too. And now I know it better. Thanks. But I think you should have chosen other music eaxamples. All the people I know like "Don´t leave me" and "the partysong" much better than "First date". But all in all your text is very interesting and good. Sacha (Menden Germany) March 5, 2006 I really like the band! I've just listened to it for 2 months but they are very good! I didn't know that they were separated... Do you think they have come back? Julian (Balve, Germany) March 5, 2006 I love Blink 182 playing their music. I love Punk Peter (Garbeck, Germany)
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