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THIS IS MY BLINK-182 PAGE!
ABOUT BLINK-182:

Tom DeLonge - Guitar, Vocals | Mark Hoppus - Bass, Vocals | Travis Barker - Drums

In the life of every band, there comes a time to take stock; to reflect on goals set and goals achieved; to offer a silent prayer of thanksgiving for the many blessings so richly bestowed upon us.

For blink-182, this is not the time.

They're too busy touring the world, scarfing Sombrero’s burritos, farting and rocking the planet till the ozone layer disintegrates. In the recent past, blink-182 won a Teen Choice Award, a Blockbuster Music Award, and appeared on the MTV Awards '00 where they performed "All The Small Things" and won Best Group Video. In Europe they received an MTV Europe Award for Best New Act. They performed on Saturday Night Live and the Tonight Show (twice), appeared in American Pie and opened the Billboard Music Awards. The band also graced the covers of Rolling Stone, Alternative Press (twice), Teen People, Teen and CosmoGirl, just to name a few.

It's safe to say the blink-182 is now a worldwide phenomenon, with their records reaping platinum and their concert tours packing ‘em in all across Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Americas. And earlier this year, blink-182 ventured back to the studio with producer Jerry Finn to record their fourth studio album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (you should say the title out loud to fully appreciate the subtle, sophisticated humor).

By every indication, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is turning out to be an evolutionary hybrid for blink-182, as hooky as 1999's multi-platinum Enema of the State, but with all the punk spirit of their MCA debut album Dude Ranch. "This is the hardest, fastest record that we've done," says blink's Tom DeLonge of the upcoming album. "It's way more punk-rock than our previous records, and we're excited about it." Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (release date 6/12/01) follows Enema of the State and last year's smash live album The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back).

The band's popularity has only increased since their formation in '93. They began building momentum with a string of popular 7"s, and in 1994 they released their first full-length album, Cheshire Cat, on Grilled Cheese (a division of Cargo Music). In 1996, they signed a joint-venture record deal with Cargo Music and MCA Records, with their first MCA release Dude Ranch (1997) setting the stage for their current success. By the end of 1998, they had emerged as one of the most popular pop-punk bands of the year – the album went platinum in the U.S. and the year-end Billboard Airplay Monitor Report (BDS) stats indicated that "Dammit (Growing Up)" from Dude Ranch earned top spins at many key radio stations.

Blink-182 took a break from the road after Christmas '98 to begin pre-production for Enema Of The State, recorded in the band's hometown of San Diego at Signature Sound. Handling production duties was Jerry Finn, whose previous credits include Green Day and Rancid. Enema Of The State shattered the standard set by Dude Ranch. World-wide sales are now over seven million copies, not to mention the fact that the CD perched high atop the upper-reaches of Billboard's Top 200 for over a year. The album's three singles, "What's My Age Again," "All The Small Things" and "Adam's Song" dominated MTV, alternative, rock and Top-40 radio.

Their summer tour, where The Mark, Tom & Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) was recorded, sold a third of a million tickets. The aforementioned album was a 20-track collection of live versions of classic blink-182 hits produced by Jerry Finn, and also contained never-before-released songs, a new studio track, and all the hilarious potty-mouthed one liners a fan could want. In its limited release, The Mark, Tom & Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. In other Blink-182 news, a massive U.S. summer 2001 tour is on the drawing boards, and a book about the band's early days, written by Hoppus' younger sister, Anne, now carries a title, Tales From Beneath Your Mom. It's scheduled to hit bookstores in mid-September.

Then there's the ever-expanding blink-182 mercantile empire, which stretches from pole to pole, from sea to shining sea. First there's their own blink182.com website for fans and curious onlookers. Travis's "Famous Stars and Straps" is a successful retailer and website for clothes, belts and accessories. Mark and Tom's "Loserkids.com" is an equally vibrant website for clothes, skates, music, movies. But despite these ancillary success stories, Mark, Tom and Travis never lose sight of what's most important for blink-182 and their worldwide legions of fans: music and tasteless comedy at every opportunity.

Who knows what's next for the band? There's an old expression "You can't turn chicken CRAP into chicken salad." But, in the case of blink-182, you can really put chicken CRAP in someone's chicken salad.


BLINK 182 NEWS
Blink 182 is currently in a recording studio, oh i mean, recording house! Theyve rented a house somewhere in san diego, and our recording new album dew summer. The album has no completed tracks, but vocals are currently being mastered on a new track. They have 10+ songs written, and are writing lyrics for all of them. This month travis will be recoding drums, followed by mark and tom doing bass and guitar. The final colour is the vocals, which will be recorded last. Rumours of an album name are around, here are a few:
SHAVELLE
CAN YOU GUYS SEE THIS?
PUNK POETS
WORDS THAT RYME WITH VENUS
There next album (acording to mark) may be couloured with a little bit of digital music. Travis did (or is currently on) a short Transplants tour. In other news, after blink-182 next album, and tour, boxcar racer will be starting worn on there next LP. Thats all for april 2003, ill be back!

Report By Sam Stirpe. Info from various blink-182 sites, including www.blink182.com




YOU THINK YOU KNOW BLINK-182? HERES SOME STUFF YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOW!

About Mark

Mark has an allergy on metals.

Once, when Mark was a small boy, he was left at home alone. And he was watching TV, and saw there news about maniac, who had killed many ppl with his motorbike. Suddenly he heard a sound of engine somewhere in the street, he began to scream, but nothing happened, 'cause this was only a man who was riding his motorbike past his house.

Mark's school in San Diego has the best wrestle team.

Mark lives in the dead end of his street.

Mark adores Homer Simpson.

On the 22nd of July, 2001 Mark's weight was 225 pounds .

Mark thinks that Disney's cartoons are really cool. So when he has free time, he likes to watch them.

Mark's wedding lasted only 15 minutes! He was wearing sneakers at his wedding!

Mark wrote "Going away to college" on St. Valentines day after watching Can't Hardly Wait.

Mark says that nothing confuses him.

Mark has no tatoos on his body.

In the video on the song "Josie" ppl are throwing real food at Mark.

When Mark's got a free time, he speaks to his girlfriend by his mobile phone. He spends a great sum of money on that every month.

Mark's got two cars: Mercedes E320 and white Ford Expedition.

Mark appeared on-stage nude, at MTV's Castaway Countdown, during the band's performance of What's My Age Again?

Mark hates beer.

At a show in Boston, Mark took an inflatable sheep, shoved a drum stick up it's ass, and then threw it into the crowd .

Mark has his nipple pierced.

Mark's father's name is Tex, his mother's name is Carrie, and his sister's name is Ann.

Mark's dog's name is Ahi.

Mark attended Burroughs High School, Ridgecrest, California

Mark needed four minutes to write the song "Don't Leave Me".

Mark's main rule in life is: "If you did smth wrong, then, please, rectify everything".

Mark hates touring in Europe.

Mark got his first bass guitar from his dad: he helped him to paint their house.

Mark drank a lot many years ago, now he doesn't, and thinks that it's terrible.

At every show, Mark writes a different message on his speaker with duct tape (from "Hi Mom" to "I have no idea where I am"). Once he wrote a message to Sky after they had been fighting over who loved the other more, and he wrote "I love you more".

About Tom

After school, Tom worked at a place called Gary's Chicken and Ribbs in his home town (Poway).

Tom's got a sister Kari and a brother, who's name is Shon .

Tom's neighbours called the police very often (because of his loud rehearsals).

Tom got his first guitar from his friends Nate and Mike. Their father was a trashman, so they found it there, and gave it to him.

If you look closer, in the video on "Adam's song" you can see Tom standing outside the restaurant "Sombrero".

Tom says that he won't ever wear a T-shirt .

Tom's got eight tatoos on his body.

Jennifer (Tom's girlfriend) got really mad when she heard the lines in "Dumpweed" : "I need a girl that I can train…".

Tom's favorite CD of all time is Less Talk, More Rock by Propaghandi.

Tom got expelled from his school twice.

Tom works very hard, especially during their tours.

Tom was voted homecoming king by his friends to piss of administrators because they all hated him.

Tom doesn't smoke.

Tom's got a black Ford Expedition.

Tom's mother's name is Connie.

Tom has a really big obsession with aliens, and he actually says that they are here among us, and that he bought a computer just to look for U.F.O’s .

Tom apperared in the movie "Idle Hands" as a fast-food employee, he wears a sombrero, but he only has one line.

There're several mistakes on the cover of their live album. For example, Tom paints his nails on his left hand, but not on the right hand.

About Travis

In school Travis was a member of jazz band.

Трэвис носит с собой секретный ванильный запах Виктории в виде свечки.

Travis has been playing drums since he was four years old.

Travis grew up in Fontana, California, which is located in San Bernadino county.

Travis teaches kids to play drums.

Travis's got the same drum machine now, he had 15 years ago.

Travis wanted to become a professional skater, but he had to give up this idea, because of his injures.

Travis loves leopard prints he has a cowboy hat to prove it.

Travis tried taking up Tatoo drawing because he got board in high school.

Travis runs his own online shop called "Famous Stars and Straps" (www.famoussas.com).

Travis is a huge collector of muscle cars and old bicycles.

Travis can draw tatoos himself.

The first Travis' tatoo was drawn by Brian Sanchez.

Travis has 40 - 50 tattoos on his body, including a giant boom box on his stomach. Their total cost is more than 7000$.

About Blink-182

The first photos for the band's T-shirts were taken in Mark's garage. There were only Mark and Tom on these photos.

"Viking Wizard Eyes, Wizard Full of Lies" was a consideration for the name of the album, instead of "Enema of the State"

There's an emblem from the italian film "Farinelli" in the video on "Dammit". I hope you know what's this film about! :)

In the scene of the video "All the Small Things" where Mark is doing his Ricky Martin imitation and getting wax poured on his chest, if you look in the background you'll see a couple making out. It's Tom and his girlfriend, Jen.

Figure 182 doesn't stand for anything. It means nothing...

Mark's sister Ann says that Mark and Tom will be kids forever. They won't ever change.

Mark met Tom the next day he moved to San Diego.

Part of the video on "Man Overboard" was filmed on Sanata Beach, and in the local club - Belly Up Tavern.

Other names considered for Enema of the State were: Turn your head and cough, Viking Wizard Eyes and blink 182: Electric Boogaloo.

On the inside of the back cover of Enema of the State, if you look very carefully on the left side of the giant eye, you will see the words "Viking Wizard Eyes, Wizard Full of Lies" in white print. This is the original title that Blink 182 had for Enema of the State.

In the credits from 'American Pie' it says 'Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Scott Raynor'. Its actually Travis Barker in the movie, not Scott.

They usually call themselves "Sexual Monkey" as a joke.

In the "Party Song" you can hear guys singing "Vagina Vagina Vagina" in chorus.

In the song "What's my age again?" you can hear Tom saying "Stay with me".

Report By Sam Stirpe.
Majority Of Facts Obtianed from blink-182's Russian Fan Site, http://english.blink182.ru
Their album, Dude Ranch, is certified gold in both the U.S. and Canada, and is certified platinum in Australia. Enema of the State, is certified 5+ plantinum in the U.S, 1 time platinum in canada, and gold in Italy, Australlia, New Zealand, Britain, and tons of other countries.

There's a line in the song "All the Small Things": "she left me roses by the stairs", it's really happened once.

The band's favorite movies are: Fletch, Three amigos, and Vacation.

Video on "Josie" was filmed in Westlake High School.

The dog's name from the video on "All The Small Things" is Oliver.

"Enema Of The State" has been sold over 8 million copies!!!!

Report By Sam Stirpe.
Majority Of Facts Obtianed from blink-182's Russian Fan Site, http://english.blink182.ru
 

BLINK-182 DISCORIOGRAPY
TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS AND JAKET: 2002
01. Anthem Part Two
02. Online Songs
03. First Date
04. Happy Holidays
05. Story Of A Lonely Guy
06. The Rock Show
07. Stay Together For The Kids
08. Roller Coaster
09. Reckless Abandon
10. Everytime I Look For You
11. Give Me One Good Reason
12. Shut Up
13. Please Take Me Home

THE MARK, TOM, AND TRAVIS SHOW: 2000

01. DUMPWEED
02. DON'T LEAVE ME
03. ALIENS EXIST
04. FAMILY REUNION
05. GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE
06. WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?
06. DYSENTERY GARY
07. RICH LIPS
08. BLEW JOB
09. UNTITLED
10. VOYER
11. PATHETIC
12. ADAM'S SONG
13. PEGGY SUE
14. WENDY CLEAR
15. CAROUSEL
16. ALL THE SMALL THINGS
17. MUTT
18. THE COUNTRY SONG
19. DAMMIT
20. MAN OVERBOARD

ENEMA OF THE STATE: 1999
01. DUMPWEED
02. DON'T LEAVE ME
03. ALIENS EXIST
04. GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE
05. WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?
06. DYSENTERY GARY
07. ADAM'S SONG
08. ALL THE SMALL THINGS
09. THE PARTY SONG*
10. MUTT
11. WENDY CLEAR*
12. ANTHEM

DUDE RANCH: 1997
01. Pathetic
02. Voyeur
03. Dammit
04. Boring
05. Dick Lips
06. Waggy
07. Enthused
08. Untitled
09. Apple Shampoo
10. Emo
11. Josie
12. A New Hope
13. Degenerate
14. Lemmings
15. I'm Sorry

CHESIRE CAT: 1995
01. Carousel
02. M+M's
03. Fentoozler
04. Touchdown Boy
05. Strings
06. Peggy Sue
07. Sometimes
08. Does My Breath Smell?
09. Cacophony
10. TV
11. Toast & Bananas
12. Wasting Time
13. Romeo & Rabecca
14. Ben Wah Balls
15. Just About Done
16. Depends

BUDDAH (DEMO): 1994
01. CAROUSEL
02. TV
03. STRINGS
04. FENTOOZLER
05. TIME
06. ROMEO & RABECCA
07. 21 DAYS
08. SOMETIMES
09. DEGENERATE
10. POINT OF VIEW
11. MY PET SALLY
12. REEBOK COMMERCIAL
13. TOAST & BANANAS
14. THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR
15. DON'T

NEW CD: coming summer 2003!

VIDEOGRAPHY (MUSIC VIDEOS)
M+M'S: 1995
JOSIE: 1998
DAMMIT: 1997
ALL THE SMALL THINGS: 1999
WHATS MY AGE AGAIN: 1999
ADAMS SONG: 1999
MAN OVERBOARD: 2000
THE ROCK SHOW: 2001
ANTHEM PART 2: 2001
STAY TOGETHER FOR THE KIDS: 2001
FIRST DATE: 2002



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COPYRIGHT SEPTEMBER 2002