NINE - Blink 182: Review
Blink 182 is a California pop punk band who blew up in the late 90's with a breakout record Dude Ranch in 1997 before dropping a smash hit with their 1999 record Enema Of The State . After dropping two more commercial hits over the next four years the band took an extended hiatus in 2004 after Tom DeLonge left the band before they reunited in 2011 to release the commercial and critical bomb Neighborhoods . After this Tom once again left the band in 2015 and they replaced him with Matt Skiba of Blink's often maligned pop punk contemporaries Alkaline Trio. This is the groups second release with Skiba as a member. Review By Lavender: Despite the fact that I wasn't the right age to truly enjoy Blink 182 at my most emotionally potent I have to say that a lot of their tunes, particularly on Enema Of The State and Blink 182 , hold up incredibly well. Even tracks from some of their earlier releases such as Carousel and Damnit really hit right some days. Unfortunately si...