The man on the left is why blink pushed the bars and made their 2003 album wich still their best one. He always wanted the band to evolve, that's why Box Car Racer was so well received, the self titled is considered they peak and the first AVA album was also good (a lot of it was meant to be on next blink album). Mark Hoppus to this day still wants to make Enema of the State all over again.
Tom wanted to spend time with his family after Self Title but Mark couldn't accept it, he wanted to tour non stop and that led to the end of the band when they were at their best.
After all of it, people still think Tom Delonge is an asshole and Mark Hoppus is a good guy. No wonder why Tom left again, did you guys listen to California? Mark is the one who fucked blink. Anything good about this band happened because of Tom Delonge.
>their 2003 album wich still their best one >wich Your opinion is as bad as your spelling.
Xavier Hill
I'm doing the best that I can amigo
Hudson Butler
> taking Blink 182 this seriously
Grayson Mitchell
That's funny since pretty much all of their best songs were written and sung by Mark, while it wasn't until the third album that Tom finally started contributing worthwhile material
David Butler
That's funny because the best songs are Delonge songs since Dude Ranch and they would've been stuck in their Enema phase forever if it wasn't for him. Mark should keep +44 and forget about blink, he messed up.
If you like the 2003 album and saw the making of the album, you know it's all thanks to Delonge.
Jace Green
I agree.
Ayden Brown
controversial opinion:
angels and airwaves was actually good
Caleb Myers
If by good you mean Masonic, sure.
Jacob Garcia
my brother is a free mason
Aaron Lee
I hope he doesn't think it's okay to be a freemason and a Christian
Henry Harris
I love the first album, not so sure about the others.
Dylan Baker
listen to the first three tracks of LOVE
Tyler Price
Oh right, I love The Flight Of Apollo.
Jaxon Wilson
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Austin Foster
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David Perez
Well this explains everything
Zachary Cruz
I put off listening to AVA for the longest time, are they as good as you say they are
Evan Gutierrez
the first three albums yeah
Gabriel Baker
I like them both as people and musicians. They were my favorite band from age 11 to age 13. The s/t, Dude Ranch, Neighborhoods, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, and Box Car Racer are all good albums. They probably sewed the seeds for my later appreciation of everything from early punk, to post-hardcore, to midwest emo.
I'm not counting EPs but I like Dogs Eating Dogs better than California.
Daniel Brown
honestly I like their new stuff more than stuff they did with Tom. I'm younger but this is the Blink 182 I'm used to
Leo Young
That's because you're young. I love blink, but their only good album is the 2003 one, the other ones I like due to nostalgia. Neighbourhoods was okay.
Jeremiah Johnson
Why not?
Jose Davis
This. The self titled was worlds away in quality. Once they dropped the fart jokes but not the fun, they became so much better. It's a shame they couldn't maintain that quality, they could have had a career rejuvenation like Green Day did.
Jackson Evans
Unfortunely they broke up when they peaked.
Nolan Ross
except the best blink songs are
>in no order Dammit Adam's Song Emo Apple Shampoo Go Pathetic (sung by both whatever)
Christopher Miller
Adam's Song is great but
Asthenia Down Obvious Time To Break Up Dysentery Gary Enthused Dick Lips Carousel
Mark is okay, but he is no Tom.
Evan Flores
>no Stockholm Syndrome m8 wot r u doin
Nicholas Hernandez
I Miss You Reckless Abandon
Ayden Lopez
self titled is so overrated their best is enema
Alexander Taylor
Delonge = Wilson Creative songwriting backbone, people shame him for not sticking to formula, being "crazy"
Mark = Love Money hungry corporate cuck with no songwriting ability and continues on with bastardized version of band
Sebastian Cox
Except Brian was actually committed to writing music, Delonge didn't care about the band and left to do his alien research or whatever
Parker White
>Mark had no songwriting ability mate most of their best songs were written by Mark
>Cacophony >Dammit >Josie >Emo >What's My Age Again? >Adam's Song
Caleb Foster
Um, sweetie...
2002 - Box Car Racer 2003 - Self Titled 2006 - We Dont Need to Whisper 2007 - I Empire 2010 - Love 2011 - Love Pt 2 2011 - Neighborhoods 2012 - Dogs Eating Dogs 2014 - The Dream Walker 2015 - To the Stars EP 2015 - Of Nightmares EP 2016 - Chasing Shadows EP
Not his fault Mark wanted him to stick to the formula and never take a fucking break
Gabriel Turner
Cacophony is not a great song
Dammit, Josie, Emo, Whats My Age Again, Adams Song are all greatly benefitted by Toms guitar
I'm not super insanely into blink but I grew up on that shit. Grew up in poway as well so the love for them was in the air pretty much. Potent nostalgia music for me.
>WHERE ARE YOOOUUUUUU AND I'M SO SORRY
Isaiah Ramirez
just hearing the name blink 182 brings me back to early 2000s chilling on AOL and chat avenue listening to Senses Fail and Underoath. I miss that shit. Honestly I miss you is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Kevin Richardson
Based
Isaiah King
+44 waa okay but california is just terrible, mark is lost without tom. Tom did box car racer and some good shit with ava without mark. One has to be delusional to think mark can compare to delonge in creative ways.
Jose Carter
Barker claims DeLonge's behavior on tour was "introverted" until "money started coming in," after which "he'd get excited about Blink." He states DeLonge abruptly quit sometime in mid-2014, and rejoined the following day.[95] The group planned to begin writing their seventh album in January 2015,[96] which had continually seen delays.[97] "I'd do interviews and I just felt awful for fans because they were promised albums for years and we couldn't do it," Barker later said.[94] A record deal was finalized and sessions were booked before DeLonge's manager informed the band he intended to spend more time on "non-musical activities" and indefinitely depart the group.[98]
Also there was an 8 year gap between the self titled and Neighborhoods?
Camden Reed
Not the same user but delonge waa tired of touring and wanted to be with his family in 2004, mark didn't take it well, also mark had a lot of resentment because of box car racer so I'm sure he was no saint. The gap is because they broke up at the time.
Kevin Watson
You're spending friday night on Sup Forums, calm down.
