Early releases and touring .281994.E2.80.9398.29 Blink-182

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blink-182 @ showcase theater in corona, california in 1995.


the heart of local independent music scene cargo records, offered sign band on trial basis, o, guitarist local punk band fluf, , brahm goodis, friend of band father president of label. hoppus member sign contract, delonge @ work @ time , raynor still minor. band recorded debut album in 3 days @ westbeach recorders in los angeles, fueled both new songs , re-recordings of songs previous demos. although cheshire cat, released in february 1995, made little impact commercially, cited fans , musicians iconic release. m+m s , band s first single, garnered local radio airplay 91x , cargo offered band small budget film music video it. meanwhile, record drew attention of irish band blink. unwilling engage in legal battle, band agreed change name. cargo gave band week, trio put off decision more 2 afterward. eventually, cargo called blink-182, demanding band change name or [we ll] change you, after band decided on random number, 182.


the band had manager, rick devoe, associated larger bands such nofx, pennywise , offspring. in addition, band crucially drew attention of rick , jean bonde of tahoe booking agency, responsible spreading name of band far , wide , getting group many gigs humanly possible. surf film director taylor steele, friend of devoe, preparing national tour promote new surf video goodtimes, , band signed on first national tour, extended far east coast. band members purchased own tour van , embarked on goodtimes tour unwritten law, sprung monkey , 7 seconds. goodtimes tour continued , band whisked away australia, pennywise paying band s plane tickets. fletcher dragge, guitarist of pennywise, believed in band strongly. demanded kevin lyman, founder of warped tour, sign band 1996 festival, telling him re gonna gigantic. australia receptive band , humorous stage shows , pranks gained them reputation, made them ostracized , considered joke.



the group playing whisky go go in los angeles in 1996.


by march 1996, trio began accumulate genuine buzz among major labels, resulting in bidding war between interscope, mca , epitaph. mca promised group complete artistic freedom , signed band, raynor held great affinity epitaph , began feel half-invested in band when passed on label. group, wary of purists attempting define punk , discouraged cargo s lack of distribution , faith in group, had no qualms signing major label fiercely criticized in punk community. after nonstop touring, trio began recording sophomore follow-up, dude ranch, on period of month in late 1996. record hit stores following summer , band headed out on 1997 warped tour. dammit , album s lead single, received heavy airplay on modern rock stations. dude ranch shipped gold 1998, exhaustive touring schedule brought tensions among trio. raynor had been drinking heavily offset personal issues, , fired delonge , hoppus in mid-1998 despite agreeing attend rehab , quit drinking. travis barker, drummer tour-mate aquabats, filled in raynor, learning 20-song setlist in 45 minutes before first show. july, joined band full-time , band entered studio producer jerry finn later year begin work on third album.








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