Guest Blogger: Austin M1

Blink 182 has been around for many years. Since 1992 they’ve changed the music industry with their original sound and lyrics touching millions. In the beginning they were 3 punk kids making pop punk music to rock out to but also found a way to not just be a band being played out but they made songs that touched kids and adults alike. Their stardom came from their platinum selling album Enema of the State in 1999 and after that the group just took off. Singles from that album “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things” went on to reach number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Band was said to sound much like Good Charlotte, another pop punk band making its rise at the time. They grew up as a pop punk band to make catchy hits that people could connect to, with songs like “After Midnight” from their new album Neighborhoods that really put out about the connection between two people and how crazy for each other you can be with lyrics stating ‘I can’t find the best in all of this but I’m always looking out for you cause you’re the one I miss and its driving me crazy.’ The lyrics from the song are just showing how crazy in love and how much one may miss another but it isn’t a sad song, it’s a song that you listen to not to feel the pain of the words but to feel the happiness of missing another person knowing that’s how you feel for them. Another song that instead shows them more edgy side of the band from the same album would be “Up All Night” it’s a very upbeat song that state the problems faced in everyday life that many face and which many can’t come to terms with, so instead are haunted by their past. It shows how many people feel neglected and unwanted each day with lyrics like, ‘Let’s get this straight. Do you want me here? As I struggle through, each and every year. And all these demons, they keep me up all night.’ Their words are powerful and I agree with craveonline.com review that they always turned the worst of times into lyrics that stated the issue but also had a sense of humor behind it, just to show people in today’s world not everything is as bad as they come to believe. Although I must disagree with their statement about the new album, Blink 182 fans love them for the music they’ve always produced, even though the words and feelings may have never changed with the years their sound is something no one can forget or look past. They have stayed true to what they know how to do and what their fans love and their album is still another hit contender to make the band even that much more remember able.