{"id":12300,"date":"2015-01-28T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/feature-blink-182-time-to-break-up\/"},"modified":"2015-01-28T10:30:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T10:30:42","slug":"feature-blink-182-time-to-break-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/feature-blink-182-time-to-break-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Blink-182 – Time To Break Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the recent news of unrest in the Blink-182<\/b> camp<\/a>, Already Heard<\/b> Senior Editor and longtime fan Sean Reid explains why now is the best time for the pop punk legends to call it a day. <\/i><\/p>\n

For the best part of thirteen years I\u2019ve held Blink-182<\/b> in high regard. During my mid to late teen years, they were my favourite band. They were the first band that I went out of my way to buy every album; I once spent \u00a318 on a Australian import version of ‘The Mark, Tom and Travis Show’<\/i> because, at the time, it was a limited edition release on these shores. I remember playing ‘Take Off Your Pants and Jacket’<\/i> and ‘Untitled’<\/i> to death on my stereo. They were also the first band I ever saw live (on February 10th 2004 at Nottingham Arena) and, like many, I was in shock when they went on \u201cindefinite hiatus\u201d a year later. <\/p>\n

In the years that followed, I paid close attention to the bassist Mark Hoppus\u2019 and drummer Travis Barker\u2019s new band +44<\/b> and I gullibly fell for Tom DeLonge\u2019s proclamation that his new band, Angels and Airwaves<\/b> would change the music world; it didn\u2019t and still hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless I was over the moon to hear the trio would be reforming in February of 2009, yet 5 years on I\u2019ve had my fill of Blink-182<\/b> and I think its time to put this once great band to rest. <\/p>\n

Their \u201ccomeback\u201d album suffered greatly. First of all the making of the album was pushed back due to touring demands with DeLonge\u2019s continuing involvement with Angels and Airwaves<\/b> being a factor. Whilst the decision to self-produce the album in separate studios didn\u2019t help matters, and when ‘Neighborhoods’<\/i> finally arrived in September of 2011, the end result was a disjointed record that lacked consistency. Sure it was admirable that the trio, to an extent, picked up where they left off and not opted for the nostalgic route of uptempo, power chord songs of teenage lust. Nevertheless in hindsight ‘Neighborhoods’<\/i> wasn\u2019t Blink-182<\/b> at their finest.<\/p>\n

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Blink-182 – O2 Academy Brixton, London – 08\/08\/2014. Photos by Connie Taylor Photography<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n

In a live setting, the results were mixed. At Leeds Festival in 2010, they delivered a boisterous set of fan favourites and hit singles yet 4 years later at the same festival, their act prove to be tiresome with DeLonge especially going through the motions. Their performance was messy, at times incoherent and simply disappointing. It was at this point that I realised Blink-182<\/b> aren\u2019t the band I once loved.<\/p>\n

So with the news of the fragmented relationship between DeLonge and Hoppus and Barker, it is time for all those involved to cut their losses and move on to other projects. This is something DeLonge has done and I don\u2019t blame him. Why spend your time doing something you\u2019re simply not interested in? Last year\u2019s Leeds Festival performance showed he doesn\u2019t care. Sure it\u2019s a good payday but when you\u2019re in your 40\u2019s and you\u2019re having to sing about fucking dogs in the arse and perform scripted dick jokes, you have to question yourself. If your heart isn\u2019t in what you are doing, then why bother? <\/p>\n

As for Hoppus and Barker, their persistence that Blink-182<\/b> should (and needs to) continue isn\u2019t right. For me, and I\u2019m sure many others, Blink-182<\/b> has<\/i> to be Mark, Travis and Tom and no one else. The thought of Hoppus and Barker roping anyone that is noteworthy in the coming months and years just to continue the band\u2019s \u201clegacy\u201d comes off as desperate. How many times have we seen \u201cinfluential\u201d bands reform with different members just to squeeze out a last penny of that cash cow? The answer is plenty of times and it\u2019s sad to see each and every time. I don\u2019t want to see Mark and Travis with whoever on guitar in their 50\u2019s playing ‘Take Off Your Pants and Jacket’<\/i> for its 20th anniversary in front of a disappointed crowd for a pay day. It\u2019s simply a sad thought that would probably spoil my teenage memories.<\/p>\n

If Blink-182<\/b> is to go on without Tom DeLonge, they would become a shadow of their former selves and would tarnish their reputation along the way. It\u2019s sad to see the bands inner tensions become public knowledge but whatever happens in the coming weeks and months, it\u2019s for the best. Like a destructive divorce, the fall out of the trio\u2019s arguments will be messy and fans won\u2019t want to hear all the details, yet in this day and age of mass social media and widespread \u201cclickbait\u201d press it is inevitable. <\/p>\n

As a longtime fan, I can\u2019t blame DeLonge for wanting to focus on other projects. Blink-182<\/b> just isn\u2019t the band they once were and he clearly realises this. Whilst Travis Barker\u2019s questioning their 2009 reformation is thought provoking. Should of they have even reformed in the first place? I have no doubt that the financial gain was a key motive but it is clear the scars of their fall out from 10 years ago are still there, and now years of pent up frustration has been made public. It\u2019s not good to hear but why should they continue if they can\u2019t get along? It\u2019s simple – they shouldn\u2019t. There is simply no point dragging along this limping horse, just put it out of its misery and call it a day.<\/p>\n

All good things must come to an end and for Blink-182<\/b> now is the time to end. Otherwise we have a fragmented band who are clutching at straws to keep their reputation in tact, and no one wants to see that.<\/p>\n

Words by Already Heard<\/b> Founder & Senior Editor Sean Reid. You can follow Sean on Twitter: @SeanReid86<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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