Blink 182 Live Engine Room, TX 1995 (2, 2)

Toured with 7 Seconds. The newschool punk trio blink182 was formed in the suburbs of San Diego, California around guitarist, vocalist Tom DeLonge, bassist, vocalist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Scott Raynor. Originally known as simply Blink, the band debuted in 1993 with a selfreleased EP, Fly Swatter. After releasing the album Buddha in 1994, the trio signed to Grilled Cheese, Cargo and released Cheshire Cat the following year. The threat of a lawsuit from a similarly named Irish band forced them to change their name to blink182, but the group earned a higher profile touring the world with Pennywise and NOFX on the 19961997 Warped Tour, plus appearing on innumerable skate, surf, snowboarding videos. The third blink182 LP, Dude Ranch, was jointly released in 1997 by Cargo and MCA. Dude Ranch expanded the group s audience and went platinum by the end of 1998, due in part to the popularity of their infectious teen anthem, Dammit (Growing The group also signed officially with MCA, whic br, br,