Blink-182是当今美国比较年轻一代的朋克乐队中,在商业上最为成功的乐队之一。Blink-182乐队最早组建于1993年,这只有三个人组成的乐队最初在美国加利福尼亚州南部的Poway成立,当时的名字叫做Blink,由歌手兼吉他手Tom Delonge首先创立,另外两名成员分别是他的朋友,贝斯手Mark Hoppus和鼓手Scott “Mad Dog” Raynor。
但是Blink乐队在成立不久之后,他们被告知自己乐队的名字和爱尔兰一支乐队相同,并且有可能因此受到法律方面的指控,Tom Delonge和其他两名成员被迫在乐队名字的后边加上了后缀数字182以示区别,于是就形成了乐队现有的名称Blink-182,至于数字182的含义,乐队成员表示这只是他们随机任意挑选的数字而已,并没有什么特别的含义。
Blink-182乐队成立之后,在1993年,乐队自行录制并发行了第一张EP唱片《Fly Swatter》,几个月之后这张专辑被重新定名为《Buddha》,在1994年正式发行,这张专辑的发行提升了乐队的地位,并且使他们的名字渐渐被更多的人们所知晓,他们的音乐也开始出现在一些滑冰,冲浪,滑雪板等刺激性很强的极限运动的电视节目中,这也使他们有机会和比较大一些的唱片公司签约。不久之后,Blink-182乐队正式和Grilled Cheese/Cargo唱片公司签约,并且在几个月以后发行了乐队的第二张专辑《Cheshire Cat》。在Blink-182乐队的名声渐渐扩大之后,他们也得到了更多的出场演出机会,其中最重要的就是获得了与另外两支已经名声在外的朋克乐队Pennywise乐队和NOFX乐队一起展开世界性范围的巡回演出的机会,这次名为Warped的世界性巡回演出在1996到1997年中,先后在美国,加拿大,日本和澳大利亚等国家和地区展开,同时,Blink-182乐队的音乐也开始更多的出现在那些极限运动的电视节目中作为背景音乐。同时在1997年,Blink-182乐队乐队发行了第三张专辑《Dude Ranch》,这张专辑第一次冲进了Billboard 200排行榜,这也让这支三人乐队拥有了更大的听众群体以及更大的知名度。不久之后,Blink-182乐队与MCA唱片公司签订合同。
1999年,Blink-182乐队在MCA唱片公司发行了乐队的第四张专辑《Enema of the State》,这张由大唱片公司发行的专辑在发行不久之后,就成功的进入了Billboard 200排行榜的前十名,并且最终销量突破了四百万张。在这张专辑把Blink-182乐队塑造成为了音乐明星之后,乐队发行了一张限量版专辑《The Mark,Tom,and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back)》。在这张专辑发行之前,Blink-182乐队的人员已经发生了变化,乐队的原鼓手Scott "Mad Dog" Raynor重新回到了学校去完成学业,取而代之的则是已经在多支乐队里担任过鼓手的Travis Landon Barker。
2001年,Blink-182乐队的第五张专辑《Take Off Your Pants and Jacket》正式发行,这张专辑在发行之后迅速成为了Billboard 200排行榜的冠军。随后的时间继续展开了巡回演出,他们和Green Day等朋克乐队一起在2002年的时候参加了Pop Disaster巡演活动。2003年11月18日,Blink-182乐队的第六张专辑《Blink-182》正式发行。
在经历了令广大歌迷痛苦的4年“无限期休息”后,2009年2月9日的第51届格莱美颁奖礼上,Blink-182三位成员重新站在一起担任颁奖嘉宾,鼓手Travis Barker戴石膏上场,三位成员的登场暗示,Blink 182真的回来了。Blink-182的成员说,他们已经结束了近四年的休眠期,如今又要重回歌坛了。“我们以前就以前玩音乐,现在我们决定再次启程了,”鼓手Travis Barker说。与此同时,他们的官网也同步更新。
The new-school punk trio blink-182 was formed in the suburbs of San Diego, California around guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Scott Raynor. Originally known as simply Blink, the band debuted in 1993 with a self-released EP, Fly Swatter. After releasing the album Buddha in 1994, the trio signed to Grilled Cheese/Cargo and released Cheshire Cat the following year. The threat of a lawsuit from a similarly named Irish band forced them to change their name to blink-182, but the group earned a higher profile touring the world with Pennywise and NOFX on the 1996-1997 Warped Tour, plus appearing on innumerable skate/surf/snowboarding videos.
The third blink-182 LP, Dude Ranch, was jointly released in 1997 by Cargo and MCA. Dude Ranch expanded the groups audience and went platinum by the end of 1998, due in part to the popularity of their infectious teen anthem, Dammit (Growing Up). The group also signed officially with MCA, which released the bands fourth album, Enema of the State, in the summer of 1999. The album, produced by Jerry Finn (Green Day, Rancid), also welcomed a new member into the trios ranks; Travis Barker, formerly with the Aquabats, settled in on drums after Raynor left midway through a 1998 U.S. tour. Enema was greeted with almost immediate success, and helped the band achieve the mainstream status of toilet-humored pop-punk kings that Dude Ranch had only hinted at. Driven by the commercially successful singles Whats My Age Again?, All The Small Things, and Adams Song, music videos for the three songs (whose clips included themes of streaking and boy band spoofs) were MTV smashes as well.
After selling over four million copies of Enema of the State, the trio played on with the limited-edition release The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) in fall 2000. The album featured the bands radio hits in a live setting, intertwined with their quirky sense of humor as well as the new song Man Overboard. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, issued in spring 2001, saw the band return to their SoCal punk rock roots. Maturity, of a sort, came with 2003s self-titled album, released on Geffen. Not only did the album sport a song (All of This) that featured Robert Smith of the Cure, but I Miss You also topped the modern rock charts in 2005.
In February 2005, however, popular as ever and seemingly indestructible, blink-182 unexpectedly announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus, supposedly to spend more time with their growing families. Asking fans for help in selecting tracks, the group issued Greatest Hits that November. Bandmembers also continued on with other projects: Barker — who had previously released an album with DeLonge as Boxcar Racer — continued playing with the Transplants and running his clothing company, Famous Stars and Straps. His family was also spotlighted in the MTV reality show Meet the Barkers. Hoppus carried on with his Atticus fashion venture, began producing — starting with Motion City Soundtracks Commit This to Memory — and hosting his own podcasts. He further began work with Barker in a new band, Plus 44. DeLonge also continued work with his lifestyle clothing company, Macbeth, and formally announced his new project, Angels and Airwaves, that fall.