Blink 182 goes on "hiatus"

[Guest Vitamin X]

Blink-182 Goes on "Hiatus"

 

By Joal Ryan

 

Blink-182 is going on the blink.

 

In an announcement from its record label that stopped short of saying the punk-pop trio had disbanded, the group was described as being "on indefinite hiatus."

 

Television viewers may recognize "hiatus" as an old network term meaning "when your favorite show gets canceled, but nobody has the heart to tell you to your face."

 

Befitting Blink-182's newly murky status, Geffen Records said there was no timetable for the band to start being a band again.

 

"No one knows what tomorrow may bring," the label said in a statement.

 

Rumors of Blink-182's demise were sparked when the group was a last-minute scratch, along with Ozzy Osbourne, at a tsunami-relief benefit concert Friday in Anaheim, California. Osbourne's absence was explained as being prompted by a "family emergency"; Blink-182's was chalked up to "unforeseen circumstances."

 

A rep for Geffen confirmed that the "unforeseen circumstances" was the band's unraveling. There weren't details as to what went down, only that after rehearsals the word hiatus began being bandied about.

 

The official story is that guitarist/singer Tom DeLonge, 29, bassist Mark Hoppus, 32, and drummer Travis Barker, 29, want to spend time "enjoying the fruits of their labors with loved ones."

 

"For over a decade, Blink-182 has toured, recorded and promoted non-stop all while trying to balance relationships with family and friends," Geffen Records said.

 

Founded in San Diego in the early 1990s as Blink with original drummer Scott Raynor, the retitled band made its major label debut in 1999 with Enema of the State. The album was the unofficial soundtrack of skate parks everywhere, spawning the sometimes-jokey, always-catchy hit singles "All the Small Things," "Adam's Song" and "What's My Age Again."

 

Two more studio albums have followed for the tattooed trio: 2001's Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, and 2003's self-titled release. Last summer, the band headlined a tour with fellow Southern California rockers No Doubt.

 

Barker, who joined the band in 1998, already has a side project set. He'll debut in April in the new MTV reality series Meet the Barkers, about him, his beauty queen wife and their children.

 

If the show does well, don't expect the word hiatus to come up anytime soon.

Banky must be disappointed.

[Modern Man's Hustle 0]

I'm going to post in this thread because I like you better. Blink hasn't been any good since Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch was pushing it, and they've blown since then.

[The Czech Republic 0]

TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS AND JACKET HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

 

 

HE MEANS DICK

[Modern Man's Hustle 0]

I'll admit, before I liked music, I liked Blink 182.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Blink 182 goes on a hiatus

 

And I give a resounding "So?"

[1234-5678 0]

I prayed to God for a plane crash involving these guys. Instead, he gives me a much lighter solution. Still, I am happy.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Blink 182 goes on a hiatus

 

And I give a resounding "So?"

The funny part is that Korn's guitarist left today as well.

 

It's like all of 90's-early 00's suckdown is collapsing at the same time.

[Guest Failed Mascot]

It's like all of 90's-early 00's suckdown is collapsing at the same time.

I won't be happy until I wake up and turn on the news to find out that Uncle Kracker shot Fred Durst in the chest with a pump action shotgun before turning it on himself.

[CanadianChick 0]

Aw, I like Blink. Their new stuff is catchy as hell.

[Guest Failed Mascot]

I'll give CanadianChick a mulligan on this one because she's at a point in her life where hormones cloud her judgement.

[Guest Vitamin X]

She is?

 

Birthday 15 January 1987

 

Oh god she is. Hmmm.

[2GOLD 0]

I hate Madden 2004 for having that damn "Feeling this" song playing on the menu screens and infecting my brain with it.

 

I honestly can't remember one Blink 182 song past that one.

I mean, they are going on hiatus? I didn't even know they were still playing music.

[Guest Hybrid420]

Who's Blink 182?

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

I prayed to God for a plane crash involving these guys. Instead, he gives me a much lighter solution. Still, I am happy.

I'm hoping for something similar to happen to Maroon 5. I want a tour bus accident that doesn't kill enyone, but messes them up enough so they'll never have to record again. Or an "indefinite hiatus."

[Nighthawk 0]

Limp Bizkit really isn't bad at all, it's Fred Durst alone who is.

[Guest cosbywasmurdered]

I'll give CanadianChick a mulligan on this one because she's at a point in her life where hormones cloud her judgement.

when doesn't hormones cloud your judgement.

[Guest Failed Mascot]

I'll give CanadianChick a mulligan on this one because she's at a point in her life where hormones cloud her judgement.

when doesn't hormones cloud your judgement.

The first 5-10 seconds after I ejaculate.

[Kapoutman 0]

I liked a couple of their songs. I won't miss them, but I didn't hate them like some did.

[Garth 0]

Oh no, Blink on hiatus?! This means about half of the "alternative" kids at my college are going to be heartbroken, the poor little lambs.

[Skywarp! 0]

Limp Bizkit really isn't bad at all, it's Fred Durst alone who is.

This is true. I always thought they would have been an awesome band had their songs just stayed instrumental. Or had a competent lyricist. For example: the core of the band tore up the M:I theme. Why did it have pointless lyrics?

[nl5xsk1 0]

Didn't the drummer marry a PMOY? Hmmm, tough choice there, stay at home with my aesthetically talented wife or travel with two meatheads playing shows for frat guy douchebags?

 

(feel free to switch the placement of meatheads and douchebags in that sentence, either would work in either place)