Influence - Blink-182

Blink-182 is an American rock band formed in Poway, a suburb of San Diego, California in 1992. The trio consists of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker.

They are furthermore considered one of the key bands in the development of pop-punk, the combination of fast paced pop melodies punk rock created more radio friendly music than previous bands. The band can also be considered to be Alternative Rock, while their earlier music was more skate punk styled, their newer music more mainstream styled music became more 'pop' punk styled, while taking influences from indie punk, hip hop and arena punk.


The bands fashion would typically consist of t-shirts, shorts and typical spiked or slicked hair, while more recently it has became more modernised as the band members typically wear darker coloured shirts and jeans as opposed to bright colourful clothing.


They seem to have a lot of contact with their fan-base, often having group interviews, give a ways, and so on, on many social media websites such as Facebook. Many band members often feature on many music channels such as Kerrang as hosts, this further more empahsises their mainstream success and how they interact with their fans.


While the fans of Blink-182 react positively to this many fans from other punk bands would consider them "traitors" or ''sellouts'', to have sold their values, their punk roots for mainstream success.