Legacy Blink-182




—alternative press, 2015

blink-182 1 of popular bands @ turn of millennium, , spearheaded second wave of pop punk , journey mainstream. glossy production instantly set blink-182 apart other crossover punk acts of era, such green day. cheshire cat cited bands , fans iconic release , dude ranch has been called genuine modern punk classic. enema of state catapulted band stardom, creating new york described blanket immersion among america s twenty-some million teenagers. @ band s commercial peak, albums such take off pants , jacket , enema of state sold on 14 , 15 million copies worldwide, respectively. band featured alongside green day, rancid, bad religion, nofx, , offspring in 1 9 nine 4 (2009), documentary examining punk rock in california.


the band never received particularly glowing reviews, many reviewers dismissing them joke act based on humorous slant of music videos. british publication nme particularly critical of trio, begging them fuck right off, , comparing them sanitised, castrated, shrink-wrapped new wave crap major record companies pumped out circa 1981 in belated attempt jump on punk bandwagon. nevertheless, subsequent reviews of band s discography have been more positive. andy greenwald of blender wrote, quick transformation nudists near geniuses down-right astonishing. james montgomery of mtv called blink-182 1 of influential bands of past 20 years, writing, despite maturation, blink never took particularly seriously, reason accessible.


when comes having inestimable influence, blink-182 might contemporary punk s version of beatles , wrote scott heisel in 2009 alternative press cover story on band. same magazine later ranked blink fourth of 30 influential bands of past 30 years, behind radiohead, fugazi, , nirvana. new generation of pop punk , alternative rock fans found blink sound hugely influential, montgomery writing, ... without them, there d no fall out boy, no paramore, or no fueled ramen records. in 2011, new york times asserted no punk band of 1990s has been more influential blink-182, stating band receded after 2005 split, sound , style heard in muscular pop punk of fall out boy or in current wave of high-gloss warped tour punk bands, time low , maine. maria sherman of village voice took sentiment step further, writing s pretty simple: blink-182 important band of 90s, dick jokes , all. apart sound, blink s ideology has been popularized […] presence everywhere. according kelefa sanneh of new yorker, group emerged touchstone, spawning more imitators american rock band since nirvana. bands such panic! @ disco , time low originated covering blink-182 songs. in our genre lying if said weren t influenced blink-182, said joel madden of charlotte. bands such me @ 6 , 5 seconds of summer have named band influences.


the band s influence extends beyond pop punk groups well: band has been cited influence avril lavigne, best coast, diiv, fidlar, grimes,


male bonding, mumford & sons, owl city, posture & grizzly, tucker beathard, wavves, , chainsmokers; latter mentioned band in lyrics of number-one hit song closer . critics have noted traits of band s sound in music of japandroids.








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