blink-182 Band • Page 943

I thought California was sonically a very logical follow-up to +44 and seemed like the obvious expectation to have, honestly.

 

They won’t do anything on a Friday. It’s usually a news dump day.

 

Yea, California very much fit with Mark’s sensibilities in blink.

 

So we might get a Tom. Is. Out.

 

Personally, I was also looking forward to some level of weirder, off-the-wall kind of songs when Skiba first joined the band, but I quickly realized how big of a mistake that would have been in the long run. The comments of "this isn't blink!!!" were already bad enough, so imagine if "blink-182" was back for their first release in years and it sounds like an entirely different band. Even if it was good, you have to imagine tons of people would have tuned out immediately.

I also just think, as much as people try to say that it was a deliberate/forced effort, Travis and Mark were actually itching to go back to that brighter, energetic pop-punk style. Especially after having done so much of the darker/weirder stuff for the past 10+ years up until that point.

 

Every punk band sounds like Green Day. Barely any band sounds like blink. GD has got to be one of the most generic punk bands. I mean, you could make the argument that they set the standard for what generic is maybe. But …. That’s not a good thing lol

There are blink songs that are impossible to compare to anyone else. But GD songs sound like this and that and that and this.

As for Dookie, it might have some of the most recognizable singles. But damn. The non-singles are just … yikes.

 

what is happening in here

Like, what ...

 

Alright Im usually the one with fairly hot takes but this shit just BURNS MY EYES

 

They obviously haven’t actually listened to “Burnout.”

 

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Blink-182 fans are insufferable.

 

Us, Swifties, and massive metal fans in general.

 

Music fans, really. It's a problem.

 

Deadheads are the worst

 

Yeah you are probably right, but I didn’t like the approach they had to it either, I remember the way they talked about it felt like it was a homage to their previous albums instead of something fresh.

 

Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod will always be classics.

If anything I'm sick of the singles and love when the deeper tracks come on randomly when I shuffle.

 

fixed it

 

The secret is to look down upon everything.

 

Saw NFG last weekend in CT. Mannnnn, I’d do anything to see a YC, NFG and blink tour.

 

Who do you think the top 10 biggest scene bands of all time are? Accounting for popularity, longevity, etc.

 

Gets harder and a lot could fit in as potentials after the top 6 off the top of my head:

Green Day, Blink, Fall Out Boy, My Chem, Paramore, Offspring ...

 

Green Day
Blink
Fall Out Boy
MCR
Offspring
Paramore
Sum 41
Good Charlotte
Yellowcard
NFG
Rise Against
Simple Plan

I didn't know who to leave off at the end lol

 

Would someone like NOFX be in that category?

 

I dunno, I feel like the biggest scene bands would transcend the scene. The general population probably doesn't know who NOFX is.

 

Probably but idk where to put them above anyone that had mainstream popularity here

AAR probably should be on there now that I think of it