Blink-182 - blink-182

2003 was the year that Blink 182 decided to turn all serious. Before this point they had never been anything but an energetic and fun Pop Punk band, but with their self-titled 2003 album they decided they were desperately in need of a change of direction. After the release of their album 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' in 2001, band members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker had gone on to form the band Box Car Racer as a serious side project to Blink 182. In 2002 Travis Barker also laid down the drumbeats for the self-titled Transplants album. Blink 182 was falling apart and something needed to be done in order to keep the band together, and thus this serious album was ...

Well, surprise surprise. I?m back. And I?m bad?at thinking of titles. My God, that was dreadful. Let?s move on before I start making jokes about curtains - it?s safest not to ask. But, more objectively, there is a surprising point about this review; it is the first review on Blink182?s latest album, which was actually released back in the realms of history. The sole reason I haven?t already bored you senseless with my opinions on this album was that I assumed there would be 500 million reviews on it already and one more would hardly be noticed, let alone be useful. This idea wasn?t too far fetched; there ...

Produced in 2003, Blink 182's self-titled album, which would result in being their last studio one, arrived with a huge, international fanbase - hungry from more from one of the world's biggest punk bands. Opening track and single 'Feeling This' can feel like a jumble of musical elements on first impressions, which is a shame as it is genuinely a cleverly layered piece of music - many of you will have definitely heard this, with it having been played on numerous music channels at it's time of release. 'Obvious' gives us some heavy guitar riffs, that build up the tempo as the song goes on, in a similar style to a number of Blink's earlier releases. ...