  Alternative rock trio Blink-182
hail from San Diego, California and formed in
1993. Blink-182 consists of Mark Hoppus on
bass, Tom DeLonge on guitar, and Travis
Barker on drums. Barker replaced original
drummer Scott Raynor in 1998.
Blink 182, originally known as
'Blink' released the EP Flyswatter.
 Blink-182 released Buddha.
Blink-182 released Cheshire
Cat - the band's first full-length
LP.
'Blink' changed their name to
Blink-182 after the threat of a lawsuit by
another band with a similar name.
 Blink-182 released Dude
Ranch with the track "Dammit
(Growing Up)" that began getting major
play on alternative radio. The success of the
LP helped landed a deal with a larger record
company - MCA Records.
Blink-182 could be heard on the Godmoney soundtrack with
"Voyeur."
Dude
Ranch was certified gold.
 # 41
Singles Artist of the Year
 Blink-182 released Enema
Of The State.
Enema
Of The State was certified gold.
Blink-182 hit the Top 40 with
"What's My Age Again?"
 Enema
Of The State was certified platinum.
Dude
Ranch was certified platinum and Enema
Of The State was certified 2x platinum.
Blink-182 hit the Top 10 with "What's My Age Again?"
 Blink-182 hit the Top 40 with
"All The Small Things."
Blink-182 topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 8 weeks with
"All The Small Things."
 # 60
Singles Artist of the Year
Enema
Of The State was certified 3x platinum.
Blink-182 hit the Top 10 with "All The Small Things."
Enema
Of The State was certified 4x platinum.
Blink-182 won a Blockbuster
Award for Favorite Group - New Artist.
Blink-182 appeared on the cover
of Rolling
Stone.
Blink-182 won a Teen Choice
Award for Choice Rock Group.
Blink-182 won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group Video ("All The Small Things") and were also
nominated for Video of the Year and Best Pop Video. The boys also
performed at the ceremony.
 Blink-182 released the live,
limited-edition LP, The
Mark, Tom, & Travis Show (The Enema
Strikes Back!).
Blink-182 had to cancel
performances in Australia when Barker became
ill.
Blink-182 won a MTV Europe Music
Award for Best New Act.
 # 91
Singles Artist of the Year
The
Mark, Tom, & Travis Show (The Enema
Strikes Back!) was certified gold.
Enema
Of The State was certified 5x platinum.
Blink-182 won a Kid's Choice
Award for Favorite Band.
 Blink-182 released Take
Off Your Pants & Jacket.
Take
Off Your Pants & Jacket topped the Billboard
200 LP chart for a week.
Blink-182 hit the Top 40 with
"The Rock Show."
Blink-182 won a Teen Choice
Award for Best Rock Group.
Take
Off Your Pants & Jacket was certified
platinum.
Blink-182 could be heard on the
holiday compilation MTV
TRL Christmas with "I Won't Be Home For
Christmas."
Blink-182 won a MTV Europe Music
Award for Best Rock Act.
The
Mark, Tom, & Travis Show (The Enema
Strikes Back!) was certified
platinum.
Blink-182 hit the Top 40 with
"Stay Together For The
Kids."
 # 86
Singles Artist of the Year
 Blink-182 hit the Top 40 with
"First Date."
Blink-182 started touring as
part of the 'Pop Disaster Tour' with Green
Day and Jimmy Eat World.
Take
Off Your Pants & Jacket was certified 2x
platinum.
 Blink-182 could be heard on the American
Pie 2 soundtrack with "Every
Time I Look For You."
Blink-182 were
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Group Video ("First Date").
 # 183
Singles Artist of the Year
 Blink-182
released a new LP, Blink-182.
Blink-182
topped the LP charts in Canada with Blink-182.
Blink-182 hit the Top 40 with
"Feeling This."
Blink-182 were featured on the
DVD Riding
In Vans With Boys.
 # 51
Singles Artist of the Year
Blink-182 was certified
platinum.
 Blink 182 had to cancel
some concert dates in Japan and Australia
after Barker broke his foot from a fall.
Blink-182 hit the Top 40 with
"I Miss You."
Blink-182 topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with
"I Miss You."
Barker launched his own record
label - La Salle Records.
Blink-182 hit the Top 10 with "I Miss You."
Blink 182 teamed up with No Doubt for a joint tour in
the summer.
At the Teen Choice Awards,
Blink-182 won for Choice Love Song ("I Miss You") and Choice Tour
of the Year (with No Doubt).
The single "I Miss You" was certified
gold.
Blink-182 was certified 2x
platinum.
# 261 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
It was announced that Blink-182
were "on indefinate hiatus" leading
many to speculate that the band may have
broken up.
 Travis Barker could be seen on
MTV in his own reality series with his
family.
The single "I Miss You" was certified
platinum.
Blink-182 released Greatest
Hits.
Barker was critically injured in
a plane crash in South Carolina. Barker had
been performing at a college with DJ AM (who
was also critically injured) prior to the
crash. The four others on the plane did not
survive the crash.
Blink-182 reformed for a summer
tour.
 Blink-182 released Neighborhoods.
Blink-182 topped the Billboard
Rock Albums chart and Alternative Albums
chart with Neighborhoods.
October: It was announced
that Blink-182 would be reunited with Tom
DeLonge for an upcoming world tour and
new LP.
October 29: Blink-182 topped
the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart
with "Edging."
November 5: Blink-182 topped
the Alternative Airplay chart with
"Edging."
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Flyswatter
Released: 1993
Tracks: "Reebok
Commercial" - "Time" -
"Red Skies" - "Alone"
- "Point Of View" -
"Marlboro Man" - "The
Longest Line" - "Freak
Scene" |
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Buddha
Released: 1994
Tracks:
"Carousel" - "TV" -
"Strings" -
"Fentoozler" - "Time"
- "Romeo And Rebecca" -
"21 Days" -
"Sometimes" - "Point Of
View" - "My Pet Sally" -
"Reebok Commercial" -
"Toast And Bananas" - "The
Girl Next Door" - "Don't" |
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Cheshire Cat
Released: 1995
Tracks:
"Carousel" - "M+M's"
- "Fentoozler" -
"Touchdown Boy" -
"Strings" - "Peggy
Sue" - "Sometimes" -
"Does My Breath Smell?" -
"Cacophony" - "TV" -
"Toast And Bananas" -
"Wasting Time" - "Romeo
And Rebecca" - "Ben Wah
Balls" - "Just About Done"
- "Depends" |
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Dude Ranch
Released: June, 1997
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 67
Tracks:
"Pathetic" - "Voyeur"
- "Dammit (Growing Up)" -
"Boring" - "Dick
Lips" - "Waggy" -
"Enthused" -
"Untitled" - "Apple
Shampoo" - "Emo" -
"Josie" - "A New
Hope" - "Degenerate" -
"Lemmings" - "I'm
Sorry" |
Amazon.mp3 |
Enema Of The State
Released: June, 1999
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks:
"Dumpweed" - "Don't Leave
Me" - "Aliens Exist" -
"Going Away To College" -
"What's My Age
Again?" - "Dysentery
Gary" - "Adam's Song" -
"All The Small
Things" - "The Party
Song" - "Mutt" -
"Wendy Clear" -
"Anthem" |
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The Mark, Tom, &
Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)
Released: November, 2000
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 8
Rolling Stone
review: 
Live Tracks:
"Dumpweed" - "Don't Leave
Me" - "Aliens Exist" -
"Family Reunion" - "Going
Away To College" - "What's My Age
Again?" - "Dick
Lips" - "Blow Job" -
"Untitled" - "Voyeur"
- "Pathetic" - "Adam's
Song" - "Peggy Sue" -
"Wendy Clear" -
"Carousel" - "All The Small
Things" - "Mutt" -
"The Country Song" -
"Dammit (Growing Up)" -
"Man Overboard" |
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Take Off Your Pants
& Jacket
Released: June, 2001
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Anthem Part
Two" - "Online Songs" -
"First Date" -
"Happy Holidays" - "Story
Of A Lonely Guy" - "The Rock Show" - "Stay Together For
The Kids" - "Roller
Coaster" - "Reckless
Abandon" - "Everytime I Look
For You" - "Give Me One Good
Reason" - "Shut Up" -
"Please Take Me Home" |
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Blink-182
Released: November, 2003
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Feeling This" -
"Obvious" - "I Miss You" -
"Violence" - "Stockholm
Syndrome" - "Down" -
"The Fallen Interlude" -
"Go" - "Asthenia" -
"Always" - "Easy
Target" - "All Of This" -
"Here's Your Letter" -
"I'm Lost Without You" |
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Greatest Hits
Released: November, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Tracks:
"Carousel" -
"M&Ms" - "Dammit"
- "Josie" - "What's My Age
Again?" - "All The Small
Things" - "Adam's
Song" - "Man Overboard" -
"The Rock Show" - "First Date" - "Stay Together For
The Kids" - "Feeling This" - "I Miss You" -
"Down" - "Always" -
"Not Now" - "Another Girl
Another Planet" |
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Neighborhoods
Released: September, 2011
Tracks: "Ghost On
The Dance Floor" -
"Natives" - "Up All
Night" - "After Midnight"
- "Heart's All Gone" -
"Wishing Well" -
"Kaleidoscope" - "This Is
Home" - "MH 4.18.2011" -
"Love Is Dangerous" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
California
Released: July 1, 2016
US: Gold
Tracks:
"Cynical" - "Bored To
Death" - "She's Out Of Her
Mind" - "Los Angeles" -
"Sober" - "Built This
Pool" - "No Future" -
"Home Is Such A Lonely Place" -
"Kings Of The Weekend" -
"Teenage Satellites" -
"Left Alone" - "Rabbit
Hole" - "San Diego" -
"The Only Thing That Matters" -
"California" - "Bohemian
Rhapsody" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Nine
Released: September 20,
2019
Tracks: "The First
Time" - "Happy Days" -
"Heaven" - "Darkside"
- "Blame It On My Youth" -
"Generational Divide" -
"Run Away" - "Black
Rain" - "I Really Wish I Hated
You" - "Pin The Grenade" -
"No Heart To Speak Of" -
"Ransom" - "On Some Emo
Sh**" - "Hungover You" -
"Remember To Forget Me" |
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One More Time...
Released: October 20, 2023
Tracks: "Anthem Part
3" - "Dance With Me" -
"Fell In Love" -
"Terrified" - "One More
Time" - "More Than You
Know" - "Turn This Off!" -
"When We Were Young" -
"Edging" - "You Don't Know
What You've Got" - "Blink
Wave" - "Bad News" -
"Hurt" (Interlude) -
"Turpentine" - "F***
Face" - "Other Side" -
"Childhood"
One More Time... Part-2
Released: September 6, 2024
Tracks: "No
Fun" - "All In My Head" -
"Can't Go Back" - "Every
Other Weekend" - "Everyone
Everywhere" - "If You Never
Left" - "One Night Stand"
- "Take Me In" |
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