Playback: Later Chumps!

Chumps say, 'So long, sucker,' while Trent Reznor says hello to Explosions in the sky.

June 14, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Say Hello Again to His Little Friend

Scarface blasts its way back to the big screen

"...to everything from hip-hop (Scarface, ad nauseam) to punk (Blink-182 took its name from the number of times Al..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film

Daily reviews and interviews

"...pro skater Tony Hawk, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, et al. Despite their counterculture cred, these..."

March 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Ikiru

Japrocksampler

"...In the punk realm, Ketchup Mania provides proof of Blink-182's worldwide impact, while NYC-based trio Peelander-Z reveals what happens..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Corruption is King

"...surface grit, it's easy to transpose the lyrics of Blink-182's "All the Small Things" into the verses. This is..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

Rock & Roll Books

Punk love

"...the Mainstream. Hitting punk clichés while mingling Sublime and Blink-182 with early memories of the Clash, Diehl's first-person essay..."

June 1, 2007 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Saturday

"...shadow of the 405. Loud, emotive, and radio-ready like Blink-182 and Sum 41, their fourth album, Riot on the..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Punk: Attitude

Gift guide

"...the MC5 and the Velvets up through Nirvana and Blink-182. The bonus disc contains even more interview footage. The..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Cruiserweight Reviewed

"...tracks, like "Passible" or "Vermont," can't shake the late-Nineties Blink-182 influence, there's still time to grow. Cruiserweight has outlasted..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

Riddlin' Kids

Nov. 5, 2004 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Morrissey

Record review

"...has been lacking since 1992's Your Arsenal. Working with Blink-182 producer Jerry Finn, Morrissey's songs rattle and hum with..."

June 4, 2004 Music Review by Matt Dentler

Bad Religion

"...with the mainstream punkers they inspired, Green Day and Blink-182. Through it all, Bad Religion's articulate punk has remained..."

May 7, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Fabulous Disaster

SXSW Records

"...cherry-sweet California punk most prominently practiced by beachgoing brats Blink-182 and Face to Face, Panty Raid! never met a..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Sugar on the Asphalt

How Jimmy Eat World bleeds teen angst tunefully, responsibly

"...this year, reviewing their appearance with Green Day and Blink-182 in Dallas as part of the Pop Disaster tour,..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

100% Texan

Kevin Fowler is among the brightest of the Young Texas rising stars.

"...in my songwriting. I can write a song that Blink-182 can do as well as Sammy Kershaw. For some..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Riddlin' Kids Reviewed

"...plying that steel-bellied pop/punk that, even three years after Blink-182's Enema of the State set the genre's high-water mark,..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Another State of Mind

Back in 1984, when it was neither profitable, nor especially safe, to be a Mohawk-wearing punk rocker, the tour doc Another State of Mind showed a softer side of hardcore -- the positive, politically conscious one.

"...before the Offspring -- and currently Sum 41 and Blink-182 -- were all over MTV, and before Nirvana changed..."

April 26, 2002 Screens Review by Mark Fagan

Smells Like Preteen Spirit

Kid rockers Three Hourz Sleep confront their first major crisis when their drummer moves away.

"...Sam Shahin, 12, swears by "Travis Barker, Blink-182's drummer. He's always doing something interesting and unpredictable."..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beat Box

Holiday Platters

"...full honky-hop efizzect on "Rock the Party (RTP Remix);" Blink-182's fun-loving "I Won't Be Home for Christmas;" and Weekend..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Jimmy Eat World

"...captures the moment like the Smashing Pumpkins' "Today" or Blink-182's "All the Small Things." Here, it's "The Middle," a..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...ranging from the Roots to Merle Haggard. Green Day, Blink-182, the Foo Fighters, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Kid Rock,..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Joey Ramone is dead

"...He deserves so much more! If the listeners like Blink-182, Rancid, Bowling for Soup, Green Day, etc., then they..."

April 20, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...it's hard to imagine groups like Green Day and Blink-182 without the Descendents/All expedition. Having almost single-handedly defined the..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

The Black Halos

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...where the roughest-sounding thing on Top 40 radio is Blink-182, this won't be easy. The Halos' second album might..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Greg Beets

Schatzi

"...Spider Smells Disaster," combining tube-driven Weezer harmonies with a Blink-182-ish whine and a tight, perky rhythm section. These eight..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Cautiously Optimistic

Fifteen Hopefuls Make Up Austin's Musical Class of 2001

"...demo plus a handful of newer songs. Tom Lord-Alge (Blink-182, Hanson) may mix a trio of potential radio singles...."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Sleighed: The Other Side of Christmas (Hip-O/Universal)

Christmas Records

"...in a Manger" is fun and infectious in a Blink-182 sort of way, and Local "Keep Me Copacetic" H..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Lower Class Brats The Plot Sickens (Punkcore)

Texas Platters

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Dynamite Hack Superfast (Woppitzer/Universal)

Texas Platters

"...end cruisers. Superfast is supersheeny corporate punk, far more Blink-182 at the Frank Erwin Center than Streetwalkin' Cheetahs at..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

A bitch session about the plight of the Austin music scene is scheduled at Threadgill's; here's hoping Negativland's long-anticpated Austin appearance doesn't dissapoint a la SRL.

May 12, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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