Hailing from my hometown of San Diego, Blink 182 has suddenly become huge.  Is this the same band I saw 8 billion times at Soma -- the band every obnoxious soma slut worshipped -- yep!  They sound the same, but fame has made their shows a bit more interesting.  Here's a review of the December 18th, 1998 show at Irving Plaza.

KROQ hosted yet another one of those really cheap shows that only industry people and twelve year-olds manage to get tickets for.  Which meant it was junior high in front and a

Blink did, however, ham it up for the crowd.  Tom became a spit target, Mark managed to get some little underage boys to strip.  They played their songs, ending with a live encore on KROQ.  As always they were fun, and DAMMIT made the crowd soar.  If nothing else, they love the crowd and the crowd loves them.

Backstage -- little punk boys had their arms signed!  My friend Charles interviewed them -- it will be on the page soon.  Mark was embarrassed by my nipple rings, and the hooter girls made an appearance.  I met tons of cool people that I'll never see again, talked about San Diego way too much, and actually had a half serious conversation with Mark.  Having not seen them in two years, it was cool, I guess. (Scott hates Gatorade -- Odd drummer)
Blink just got back from Warped Austrailia!

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A really cool Blink link -- it's got pics, sound, links, everything!!!

Another site with a link or two

The Official as you can get Blink 182 Site

Click here to start.