| - Despite rumors that the "182"
in Blink 182 stands for the number of times
Paccino says a certain profane phrase in the
movie Scarface, the 182 in Blink 182 is just a
random number. |
| - The Band runs LoserKids.com, and online clothing
store that sells various different kinds of
clothing, mainly Hurley attire. |
| - Tom appears in the popular "Idle
Hands", he works as a fast food employee and
has one line, he did not receive any Oscar
nominations. |
| - All three of the band members, Tom,
Mark, Travis, appeared in the wildly popular
"American Pie", again they did not
receive any Oscar nominations. |
| - The drummer in Blink 182, Travis
Barker, originally was not the drummer.
Travis came from the band "The Aquabats"
and replaced Scott, who left the band on good
terms. |
| - Mark wrote the hugely popular song
"Dammit" in only five minutes.
The occurrences in the song never really happened. |
| - The tittle of the song "A New
Hope" was taken from the actual title of the
Stars Wars movie, in the opening credits "A
New Hope" is seen coming across the screen.
the song also has references to Princess Leia. |
| - Mark and Tom both have canine
friends, Mark has a beagle named "Ahi",
and Tom has a dog named "Grey", Travis
has no pets. |
| - Tom Delonge has a strong belief in
UFO's, as witnessed in the song "Alien's
Exist" |
| - The person on the cover of the
Blink 182 CD "Enema of the State" is a
real life porn star, wonder how the band decided
to ask her to be on the cover. |
| - An Irish band also called
Blink took Blink 182 to court. Blink 182
decided to add the numbers "182" to
their name, they have been known as Blink 182
ever since. The case was dropped. |
| - Blink 182 was once known as
"El Cuatro and the Cajones" |
| - The song Apple Shampoo is a
song about a girl Mark had a crush on, her hair
always smelled like Apple Shampoo. |
Blink 182
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