History Music / Blink182

* GoodbyeCruelWorld: Subverted in "Adam's Song". While the song comes off as this at first, it ends on a much lighter note. WordOfGod says that the song is about loneliness in general, not suicide. [[WordOfGod Tom]], however, says that it ''is'' about suicide. It also doesn't help that Columbine Massacre survivor Greg Barnes killed himself while this song was on indefinite repeat. [[HarsherInHindsight So there's that.]]

-->''You turn this? Into night,\\

* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Dude Ranch'' ends with "I'm Sorry", which at 5:38 is the only song on the album to surpass the 4-minute mark.

** "A New Hope" is themed around ''Franchise/StarWars'', and Mark has confirmed that it was named after the [[Film/ANewHope film]]. He's been a fan of the franchise since his father brought him to the cinema to watch ''A New Hope''.

** "A New Hope" is themed around ''Franchise/StarWars'', and Mark has confirmed that it was named after the [[Film/ANewHope film]]. He's been a fan of the franchise since his father brought him to the cinema watch ''A New Hope''.

** Mark has confirmed that "A New Hope" is named after the ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Film/ANewHope film]]. He's been a fan of the franchise since his father brought him to the cinema watch ''A New Hope''.

* LongestSongGoesLast: ''Dude Ranch'' ends with the "I'm Sorry", which at 5:38 is the only song on the album to surpass the 4-minute mark.

* LeadBassist: Mark Hoppus is one of the two frontmen, and was particularly dominant in the early days, as a Tom-led song only became a single the 11th time around with "All the Small Things".

--->''And I'm still more amused by TV shows''

* AdultChild: The singer of "What's My Age Again?" thinks he's too old to be doing prank phone calls but can't resist it.

* {{Manchild}}: "What's My Age Again?" is about a 23-year old who is about to get laid, but he gets distracted by the TV, so the girl leaves, and he prank calls her mother in retaliation.

*** The outro of "Easy Target" involves an electric riff that progressively becomes slower (accompanied by some electronic sounds) until it matches the rhythm of "All of This", whose main acoustic riff (which opens the song) shares the same melody.

** "Built This Pool" (0:16) and "Brohemian Rhapsody" (0:30) off ''California''.

** From "She's Out of Her Mind": "She got a black shirt, black skirt and Music/{{Bauhaus}} stuck in her head."

** From "San Diego": "Going back to San Diego, we bought a one-way ticket, so we can go see Music/TheCure."

-->-- "All The Small Things"

* SpringtimeForHitler: "The Rock Show" and "First Date" from ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'' were the result of a meeting with the band's then-manager, where he asked why the album didn't have a "feel good summer anthem". Furious, Mark and Tom set about writing "the cheesiest, catchiest, throwaway summertime single you've ever heard", with the former coming up with "The Rock Show" and the latter putting out "First Date." The two songs, in addition to becoming the album's most popular ones, ended up among the band's highest-charting singles.

* SpringtimeForHitler: "The Rock Show" and "First Date" were the result of a meeting with their manager about ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', where he asked why the album didn't have a feel good summer anthem. Furious, Mark and Tom set about writing "the cheesiest, catchiest, throwaway summertime single you've ever heard". Both were among the band's highest charting singles.

** The "Violence" screening also features the band's rabbit mascot dressed as [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]].

In October 2022, [=DeLonge=] rejoined the band, to which they began recording a new album with an unknown release date.

* TheColoredCross: After a request from the American Red Cross, the subsequent releases of ''Enema of the State'' removed the red cross from the hat of Janine Lindemulder's NaughtyNurseOutfit on the album's packaging. For the cover of ''The Mark, Tom and Travis Show'', the drawn nurse based on Lindemulder had a hat with a red heart.

* TheColoredCross: After a request from the American Red Cross, the subsequent releases of ''Enema of the State'' removed the red cross from the hat of Janine Lindemulder's NaughtyNurseOutfit on the album's packaging. For the cover of ''The Mark, Tom and Travis Show'', the drawn nurse based on her had a hat with a red heart.