History Music / Blink182

* CrossesTheLineTwice: This is a ''big'' part of Mark and Tom's stage banter.
** Taken to new levels on their 2023 tour, where Mark kept making jokes about [[NeverLiveItDown Tom leaving the band twice]], though Tom's reaction veers into ActuallyPrettyFunny.

** In TheNewTwenties, Travis became a successful record producer in his own right producing for other artists, including Music/MachineGunKelly and Music/AvrilLavigne (collaborating with Feldmann while producing the latter's ''Love Sux''). When Tom rejoined the band in 2022, Travis produced their comeback single "Edging", having earlier produced "On Some Emo Shit" on ''Nine''.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Top: Current lineup from 1998-2005, 2009-2015, and 2022-present. [[note]]L-R: Tom [=DeLonge=], Travis Barker, and Mark Hoppus.[[/note]]\\
Bottom: The lineup from 2015-2022. [[note]]L-R: Mark, Travis, and Matt Skiba.[[/note]]]]

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** While all the formats ''One More Time...'' was released on share the MinimalisticCoverArt with the band's name, the album's title, and a new version of the band's smiley logo, each format has a different background color: cyan for CD, bright pink for vinyl, and lime green for casette.

* SequelSong: "Anthem Part Two", released on ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', is this to "Anthem" from ''Enema of the State'', sharing the topic of rebellion. Whereas "Anthem" is about a teenager's hatred for their oppressive parents, "Anthem Part Two" is a ProtestSong against the manners of governmental, corporate and societal authorities.

In October 2022, [=DeLonge=] rejoined the band, to which they released the non-album single "Edging." They're currently planning to release an album titled ''One More Time...'' (which features the aforementioned "Edging") on October 20, 2023.

** "Family Reunion" (0:46) from ''The Mark, Tom & Travis Show''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their pre-''Enema'' material notably sticks out from the rest of their discography. On top of having a rougher, significantly muffled mix, they're considerably more focused on raw song compositions than melodic ones.

* Music/AngelsAndAirwaves (Tom [=DeLonge=])

* Box Car Racer ([=DeLonge=] and Barker)

* Music/AngelsAndAirwaves (Tom De Longe)

* Box Car Racer (De Longe and Barker)

** While all the formats ''One More Time...'' was released on share the MinimalisticCoverArt with the band's name, the album's title, and a new version of the band's smiley logo, each format has a different background color: cyan for CD, bright pink for vinyl and lime green for casette.

After releasing their first two studio albums, Raynor left the band in 1998 and was replaced by the iconic Music/TravisBarker (a.k.a. the guy with the tattoos who survived that plane crash), with whom they would release their mainstream breakthrough album ''Enema of the State'' in 1999, followed by further success in ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'' and ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Blink-182]]''. [=DeLonge=] left the group early in 2005, putting the band on hiatus until 2009, when they got back together "for real", according to them (due to Travis surviving said plane crash). After releasing their comeback album ''Neighborhoods'' in 2011, the band celebrated their 20th anniversary the following year, during which they also released the EP ''Dogs Eating Dogs''. Their sound by then was a mixture of the traditional blink sound and various elements of the groups they formed during their hiatus.

* RecordProducer: Jerry Finn served as their main producer from 1999 until his 2008 death, producing ''Enema of the State'', ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'' and ''Blink-182''. As a result of his passing, ''Neighbourhoods'' was largely self-produced, while ''California'' was produced by John Feldmann and ''Nine'' by a combination of Feldmann and Tim Pagnotta.

As of 2015, Tom [=DeLonge=] was "confirmed" by his bandmates to have left the group again, citing reasons to focus on other projects. The confirmation and the aftermath of it was... messy, to say the least. After [[RunningGag months of shoving in and promoting him]], Mark and Travis announced that Matt Skiba of Music/AlkalineTrio would be their new guitarist. Their sound now is influenced by more modern pop punk as well as taking cues from both Alkaline Trio and older blink.

In October 2022, [=DeLonge=] rejoined the band, to which they released the non-album single "Edging." They're currently planning to record a new album with an unknown release date.

* "Edging" (2022; non-album single)[[note]]Would later be included in the track list for ''One More Time...'' in 2023.[[/note]]

* "Edging" (2022; non-album single)

** The first music video for "Stay Together for the Kids" features a wrecking ball demolishing the house in front of which the band plays. As this video was made just prior to the September 11 attacks and could be seen as unintentional reference to them, the band shot a new video shortly afterwards, set in front of a mansion.

-->''Later on, on the drive home,''
-->''I called her mom from a pay phone.''
-->''I said I was the cops and your husband's in jail.''
-->''This state looks down on sodomy.''

** Scott Raynor's departure from the band. Tom and Mark refuse to talk about it at all, and so does Scott. The most popular theories are: Mark had Scott fired due to an alleged drinking problem, Scott bailing because he wanted nothing to do with the band "selling out" with a more commercialized direction, and him being utterly unprepared with fame and the lengthy tours that the band would be going on to promote their music and basically bowed out on his own free will.

** Tom's "departure" is seen as this. Mark and Travis state they got an email from Tom's manager, confirming that he had "exit the band" and he had "not taken interest in blink anymore" (which is considered by ''a majority of fans'' false due to Tom's energetic attitude during 2013-2014, especially at the Readings Festival). The two broke the news to the media, but then Tom posted on his Instagram that he had ''not'' left the band. ''But then'' Mark and Travis went to Rolling Stones and confirmed that Tom was in fact out. The entire spectacle was a huge ''public break-up'' which left fans devastated, but no one really knows what happened (or Tom's position due to the ambiguity of it, although the majority of the media thinks Tom has 'left the band for good'). Nobody really knows.

Blink-182 (stylized as blink-182) is a three-piece {{pop punk}} band from Poway, California. The band was formed in 1992 by Tom [=DeLonge=] (vocals/guitar), Mark Hoppus (vocals/bass) and Scott Raynor (drums) under the name Blink, eventually adding the hyphen and 182[[note]]just being a random number that the band decided on[[/note]] after being threatened with a lawsuit from an Irish pop rock band also named Blink.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their pre-''Enema'' material notably sticks out from the rest of their discography. On top of having a rougher, significantly muffled mix, most of the songs on them are considerably more focused on raw compositions than melodic ones.

* ContinuityNod: The first lyric line of "Online Songs" from ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'' name-drops "Josie" from ''Dude Ranch'', which it has a similar tempo and guitar riffs to.

** HereWeGoAgain: And history repeats itself, when the ''same shit'' went down again, back in January of 2015, this time with Mark and Travis telling Rolling Stone that they received an email from Tom's manager that he was out of the band due focus on]] [[Music/AngelsAndAirwaves his other project]]. The result was now Tom being out of blink (although some fans are still clinging that he's out ''for now''), and Mark and Travis keep promoting blink with Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio as their temporary vocalist (although Mark and ''especially'' Travis keep hinting Matt will be a permanent member).

** The first music video for "Stay Together for the Kids" features a wrecking ball demolishing the house in front of which the band plays. As this video was made just prior to the September 11 attacks and could be seen as unintentional reference to them, the band shoot a new video shortly afterwards, set in front of a mansion.

*** "Asthenia" ends with a brief bit of the ambience that opens "Always".

What's my age again, what's my age again?

* ChangingChorus: The chorus of "What's My Age Again?" changes after every verse:
** First chorus:
--->''And that's about the time she walked away from me''
--->''Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three''
--->''And are still more amused by TV shows''
--->''What the hell is A.D.D.?''
--->''My friends say I should act my age''
--->''What's my age again, what's my age again?''
** Second chorus:
--->''And that's about the time that bitch hung up on me''
--->''Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three''
--->''And I'm still more amused by prank phone calls''
--->''What the hell is call ID?''
--->''My friends say I should act my age''
--->''What's my age again, what's my age again?''
** After the guitar solo at the bridge, the chorus plays twice:
--->''And that's about the time she walked away from me''
--->''Nobody likes you when you're twenty-three''
--->''And you still act like you're in freshman year''
--->''What the hell is wrong with me?''
--->''My friends say I should act my age''
--->''What's my age again, what's my age again?''
--->''That's about the time she broke up with me''
--->''No one should take themselves so seriously''
--->''With many years ahead to fall in line''
--->''Why would you wish that on me?''
--->''I never want to act my age''
--->''What's my age again, what's my age again?''