Maybe if you've been in a musical coma since 2004, this won't be that shocking to you. Maybe if you were listening to or watching the last Grammy Award Show, then maybe this was all but expected. Maybe you're psychic... I don't think you are, and I mean, I know that one time you mentioned you were, but I won't really call you on it... Anyway, maybe if you're indeed telepathically endowed, this was just one of the millions of voices floating through your cerebellum. Maybe you learned from Twitter (everything's there these days, so much so it's a bit traumatizing). Who knows.
The fact is, I hadn't the faintest idea, but the truth was revealed on Jay Leno. Yes, blink-182, classics of pop-punk, have returned. "To put it simply, We're back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some." That's their official quote. It's a mere snippet, but for fans, there is nothing more that needs to be said. Three short sentences is all it takes.
Let's have a review. It was way back in the naïve years of the 90s when blink-182 had their humble beginnings to be the latest and greatest punk rockers to creep onto the scene. First the Cheshire Cat, then Dude Ranch, Enema of the State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, and their fifth eponymous studio album; like the band or not, these guys have more hits than most people care to count, more memorable music videos and on-stage antics than most can muster, and a more impressive fanbase than many contemporary artists could hope to achieve.
It was after the release of Blink-182 when tensions began pulling the trio apart. And without even so much as a bow-out, blink-182 completely disappeared off the scene. Sure, there was that Greatest Hits album, but that's nothing. These guys just left all their fans hanging because the record label didn't want to admit the bands break up/hiatus/exploration of other ventures, whatever you want to call it. Tom DeLonge had Angels & Airwaves, Mark Hoppus had +44, and... well, Travis Barker had that MTV reality show bit, but what the hell was that, right? It seemed that the tensions were too taught - that blink-182 may never be through with this indefinite, nearly unannounced hiatus - that these legends of modern rock, affixed firmly within our culture, may never return.
Well, as it turns out, they are indeed back. Not only are they in the studio working on a brand new as of now untitled, 6th studio album, but they are also launching on their 2009 Summer Tour beginning July 24th, which will quite nearly everywhere - to be entirely frank - and won't have a chance to rest until October. Talk about making up for lost time, eh?
So what now? Well, unfortunately, this is the part of the diatribe where Voilà! is forced to leave you hanging. As it happens, there has been no release of any new material in conjunction from blink-182 with this huge announcement; all musical material off the new albums remains a mystery! But, this leaves you the perfect opportunity to catch up on blink-182's tremendous repertoire of pop-punk hits. All three of the guys have Twitters, so you can mosey over to their official website for that. Or, if you want to be every bit as shocked as I was when I saw them on national television, catch Monday's episode of Jay Leno, where the intrepid trio performed "The Rock Show," straight from Hulu. By the time this is written, I'm willing to bet that their second performance for Tuesday night's episode of Jay Leno will be available on Hulu as well, where they played "All The Small Things."
Now excuse me while I continue to gasp in sheer amazement. Wow.
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