After releasing the album Buddha in 1994, the trio signed to Grilled Cheese/Cargo and released Cheshire Cat the following year. Originally known as simply Blink, the band debuted in 1993 with the self-released EP Fly Swatter. Though DeLonge left the band in 2015, he ultimately returned and the reunited trio released the single 'Edging' in 2022.īlink-182 formed in the suburbs of San Diego around guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Scott Raynor. Though the pop-punk trend faded, blink-182 have remained chart favorites, scoring six Top Ten Billboard 200 albums, including 2003's blink-182, 2011's Neighborhoods, and 2016's California. The band's popularity helped propel their follow-up, 2001's Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, to number one on the Billboard 200.

At a time when competition with teen pop and nu-metal was not unheard of, they broke through with their third album, 1999's Enema of the State, releasing a steady stream of hits bolstered by humorous, tongue-in-cheek music videos that were popular in the waning days of MTV's musical programming. Arriving in the wake of the pop-punk explosion set off by Green Day, the trio (whose best-known line-up featured bassist/singer Mark Hoppus, guitarist/singer Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker) gained a large fan base with their hooky, high-energy songs. One of the most prominent bands to emerge from the Southern California punk scene, blink-182 gained mainstream success in the early 2000s.

Please tell me why blink 182