After a Five year hiatus, Punk Rockers Blink 182 announce their reformation and plans for a new album.
The American Punk Rock Trio Blink 182 formed in 1992 in San Diego CA. Originally composed of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Scott Raynor, Blink 182 recorded and self-released their demo tape, "Fly Swatter" in 1993. Blink went on to record their first studio album "Cheshire Cat" in 1994.
After the release of Blink’s album "Dude ranch", the band signed with MCA records and found themselves on the U.S Vans Warped Tour. Halfway through the tour, Drummer Scott Raynor left the group, and was replaced by Travis Barker of "The Aquabats".
Now with a permanent drummer, Blink 182 released their first album on MCA, "Enema of the State" in 1999. The album featured the hit singles "All the Small Things" and "What's My Age Again? "Enema of the State" went on to sell 15 million copies worldwide making it the band's best selling album making Blink strong leaders of the Pop Punk movement.
Blink 182 then released the album "Take off Your Pants and Jacket", which featured the hits "Rock Show" and "First Date", and sold over 350,000 copies the first week.
November 2003 saw the release Blink-182 released their self titled fifth studio album, which gave birth to the hit singles "Feeling This," "I Miss You," "Down" and "Always" and featured guest vocals by Robert Smith of the English rock band The Cure.
Tensions arose between the band members and in 2005 Blink 182 went on a hiatus, but released the Blink 182 Greatest Hits album. Blink 182’s split spawned new bands such as "+44" featuring friends Hoppus and Barker and the successful "Angels and Airwaves" fronted by DeLonge.
After a five year hiatus, Blink announced their reformation at the 2009 51st Grammy Awards. A message soon appeared on the Blink 182 website confirming, "We’re back. We mean, really back…".
Blink 182 Equipment:
As well as all owning successful clothing lines, Blink 182 have a vast array of endorsements. Digital Village brings you the "Blink 182 Gear Guide".
Gibson Tom Delonge Signature
- Tom DeLonge had a signature Fender that was discontinued in 2003. Tom now uses the much cooler Gibson Signature Guitar that features Gibson’s classic semi-hollowbody design. With the addition of an overwound 'Dirty Fingers' humbucking pickup, its thick, distorted tone is the signature sound of So-Cal punk rock. Epiphone have created the more affordable Tom DeLonge signature guitar, the ES-333
- String your Signature or ES-333 Guitar with Ernie Ball Skinny top Heavy Bottom strings (10-52)
- Pair this with a Mesa Boogie Stack to get the true Tom DeLonge Sound!
Fender Mark Hoppus Bass
- Fender Mark Hoppus Signature Jazz Bass; A cool alternative to traditional Fender bass designs, featuring an alder Jazz Bass guitar body paired with a maple Precision Bass guitar neck, loaded with a single Seymour Duncan Basslines Quarter Pound Precision Bass pickup controlled by a lone volume pot
- String your Signature Jazz bass with Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky Bass Strings (45-105)
- And what do you pair a Fender bass with? Nothing other than an Ampeg SVT Stack
Travis Barker: Drums
We would all love to own a highly expensive custom kit like Travis Barker’s. Here’s the Digital Village Guide to make your kit sound and record like the pros without having to buy a whole new kit.
- Skin your drum kit with Remo Heads, the worlds leading drum head manufacturer
- Play Zildjian cymbals. Zildjian’s reputation for exceeding customer expectations and needs can be attributed to both its sharp focus on continuous quality improvement and innovation
- Record your drums using nothing less than Audix microphones. Audix is one of the most recognized microphone companies in the industry, consistently raising the bar in the pro audio world with innovative, award-winning products
Fender Mark Hoppus Bass
Gibson Tom Delonge Signature