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BIO
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Blink 182
Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Tom Delonge (guitar, vocals) and Scott Raynor (drums) met in 1995 at an annual Future Proctologists of America camping trip. Gathered around the campfire, these three found that they had the same love for songs involving girls, friends, and life. On that night, the punk rock band, Blink 182 was formed.
After a short-lived turn as "El Cuatro and the Cajones," a mariachi band available for weddings, and birthdays, Blink 182 put aside their sombreros and plugged in their amps, hoping to spread their goodwill, positive attitude and fondness for humor throughout the world.
Since those early days four years ago, Blink 182 has had the opportunity to tour extensively throughout the US, Canada, Japan and Australia with bands like Pennywise and NOFX. Heavily involved in the surf, skate and snowboarding scenes, Blink 182 has been included on Taylor Steele's surf video tours and on the '96 (and again in '97) Warped Tour. With the help of Billabong, Blink 182 always try to look their best, despite the difficulties of life on the road.
Over the years, Blink 182 has released a number of 7"s, and in 1995 they released their debut album, Cheshire Cat, on Grilled Cheese (a division of Cargo Music). Which includes the hit singles "Wasting Time" and "M+M's". In 1996, they signed a joint-venture record deal with Cargo Music and MCA Records.
In 1997 Blink 182 came out with their second full-length album Dude Ranch. This album included the hit singles "Dammit" ( which you can also find on The Can't Hardly Wait Soundtrack) and "Josie" ( which is a singal, you can find songs from Cheshire Cat and the unreleased single "I Won't Be Home for Christmas". For certain songs belonging to Dude Ranch Mark Trombino assisted with the keyboard.
In 1998 Blink 182 released their first demo tape ( from 1995) entitled Buddah as an album. It was remixed and remastered by "Kung Fu Records", and includes some songs found on Cheshire Cat and other songs never before released. Two additional songs of Blink 182 were released on Vagrant "Five Years on The Street", which also include other various punk rock artists.
UPDATE: Scott Raynor (drums) has left the band. It was said that their was a huge fight and Scott left, but the real reason was that he wanted to finish school. Travis Barker from the Aquabats replaced scott as Blink 182's new drummer.
All songs written by Marc Hoppus and Tom Delonge.
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