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Blink-182 was formed in August 1992 in Poway, California, a northern suburb of San Diego County. Guitarist Tom DeLonge was expelled from Poway High School for being drunk at a basketball game and was forced to attend another school, Rancho Bernardo High School, for one semester. There, he performed at a Battle of the Bands competition, where he was introduced to drummer Scott Raynor.{{cite news|last=Roos|first=John|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-21-ca-16336-story.html|title=OC LIVE : POP MUSIC : Punk Evolution: Blink-182 Adds Melody, Humor|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 21, 1995|access-date=May 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140526000530/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-12-21/entertainment/ca-16336_1_pop-music|archive-date=May 26, 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=With a wink to a sound that's fast, fun, Blink set to run for the tundra|first=Mikel|last=Toombs|work=San Diego Union Tribune|date=March 30, 1995}} He also befriended Kerry Key, who was also interested in punk rock music. Key was dating Anne Hoppus, sister of bassist Mark Hoppus, who had recently moved from Ridgecrest, California, to work at a record store and attend college. Both Hoppus and DeLonge grew up listening to punk rock music, with both particularly enamoured by bands like Screeching Weasel and the Descendents. Southern California had a large punk population in the early 1990s, aided by an active surfing, skating, and snowboarding scene. In contrast to East Coast punk music, the West Coast wave of groups typically introduced more melodic aspects. "New York is gloomy, dark and cold. It makes different music. The Californian middle-class suburbs have nothing to be that bummed about," said DeLonge.Shooman, 2010. pp. 18–19

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Anne introduced her brother to DeLonge on August 2, 1992.Hoppus, 2001. pp. 8–9 The pair instantly connected and played for hours in DeLonge's garage, exchanging lyrics and co-writing songs—one of which became fan favorite "Carousel". Hoppus, hoping to impress DeLonge, fell from a lamppost in front of DeLonge's home and cracked his ankles, putting him on crutches for three weeks.Shooman, 2010. pp. 10–11 The trio began to practice together in Raynor's bedroom, spending time writing music, seeing movies and punk concerts, and playing practical jokes.Hoppus, 2001. pp. 10–11 The trio first operated under a variety of names, including Duck Tape{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/on1080216036 |title=Rock chronicles: every legend, every line-up, every look |date=2019 |publisher=Firefly Books |isbn=978-0-2281-0159-8 |editor-last=Roberts |editor-first=David |edition=Third |location=Richmond Hill, Ontario |pages=72 |oclc=on1080216036}} and Figure 8, until DeLonge rechristened the band "Blink".Shooman, 2010. pp. 13–14 Hoppus' girlfriend of the time was annoyed by his constant attention to the band, and demanded he make a choice between the band and her, which resulted in Hoppus leaving the band not long after its formation.Hoppus, 2001. pp. 13–15 Shortly thereafter, DeLonge and Raynor borrowed a four-track recorder from friend and collaborator Cam Jones and were preparing to record a demo tape, with Jones on bass. Hoppus promptly broke up with his girlfriend and returned to the band. Flyswatter—a combination of original songs and punk covers—was recorded in Raynor's bedroom in May 1993.Hoppus, 2001. p. 16

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The band began booking shows, and were on stage nearly every weekend, even at Elks Lodges and YMCA centres. DeLonge constantly called clubs in San Diego asking for a spot to play, as well as local high schools, convincing them that Blink was a "motivational band with a strong antidrug message" in hopes to play at an assembly or lunch.Hoppus, 2001. p. 21-23 San Diego at this time was "hardly a hotbed of [musical] activity", according to journalist Joe Shooman and the band's popularity grew as did punk rock concurrently in the mainstream. They quickly became part of a circuit that also included bands such as Ten Foot Pole and Unwritten Law, and Blink soon found its way onto the bill as the opening band for acts performing at Soma, a local all-ages venue. "The biggest dreams we ever had when we started was to [headline] a show at Soma", Hoppus said later.{{cite magazine|title=Q&A: Mark Hoppus of Blink-182|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-mark-hoppus-of-blink-182-231197/|date=February 5, 2004|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Austin|last=Scaggs|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231055445/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-mark-hoppus-of-blink-182-231197/|url-status=live}} Meanwhile, Hoppus' manager at the record store, Patrick Secor, fronted the group money to properly record another demo at a local studio Doubletime.Hoppus, 2001. pp. 24–27 The result was Buddha (1994), which the members of the band viewed as the band's first legitimate release. That year, however, Raynor's family relocated to Reno, Nevada, and he was briefly replaced by musician Mike Krull.Shooman, 2010. p. 24 The band saved money and began flying Raynor out to shows, and he eventually moved back and in with Hoppus in mid-1995. During that time, the band would record its first album, first music video, and develop a larger following.Hoppus, 2001. p. 28

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The heart of the local independent music scene was Cargo Records, which offered to sign the band on a "trial basis", with help from O, guitarist for local punk band Fluf, and Brahm Goodis, a friend of the band whose father was president of the label.Hoppus, 2001. p. 29 Hoppus was the only member to sign the contract, as DeLonge was at work at the time and Raynor was still a minor.Hoppus, 2001. p. 30 The band recorded their debut album—Cheshire Cat, released in February 1995—in three days at Westbeach Recorders in Los Angeles, fueled by both new songs and re-recordings of songs from previous demos.Hoppus, 2001. p. 31 "M+M's", the band's first single, garnered local radio airplay from 91X, and Cargo offered the band a small budget to film a music video for it.Hoppus, 2001. pp. 35–36 Meanwhile, the record also drew the attention of Irish band Blink. Unwilling to engage in a legal battle, the band agreed to change their name. Cargo gave the band a week, but the trio put off the decision for more than two afterward. Eventually, Cargo called the trio, demanding that they "change the name or [we'll] change it for you", after which the band decided on a random number, 182.{{Cite episode |title=Episode 4–4–11 |series=Hoppus on Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJMUzMrFP0 |network=Fuse |airdate=April 14, 2011 |season=2 |access-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922171538/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPJMUzMrFP0 |archive-date=September 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-half-naked-truth-about-blink-182-20000803 |title=Blink-182: The Half-Naked Truth |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 3, 2000 |access-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203033034/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-half-naked-truth-about-blink-182-20000803 |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=live}}

The band soon hired a manager, Rick DeVoe, who had worked with larger bands such as NOFX, Pennywise and the Offspring.Hoppus, 2001. p. 39 In addition, the group drew the attention of Rick and Jean Bonde of the Tahoe booking agency, who were responsible for "spreading the name of the band far and wide".Shooman, 2010. pp. 32–33 In late 1995, the trio embarked on their first national tour, promoting the surf video Good Times with Unwritten Law, Sprung Monkey and 7 Seconds. Good Times was directed by filmmaker Taylor Steele, who was a friend of DeVoe. In preparation for the trek, the band members purchased their own tour van, which they nicknamed the Millennium Falcon.Hoppus, 2001. p. 44 The Good Times tour extended outside the States with a leg in Australia; the trio were financially unable to go, but Pennywise's members paid for their plane tickets.Hoppus, 2001. pp. 52–53 Fletcher Dragge, guitarist of Pennywise, believed in the band strongly. He demanded that Kevin Lyman, founder of the traveling rock-based Warped Tour, sign the band for its 1996 iteration, predicting they would become "gigantic".{{cite AV media | people=Al-Attas, Jai (Director) | year=2009 | title=One Nine Nine Four | medium=Motion picture | location=US| publisher=Robot Academy}} That year, the band toured heavily, with several domestic shows on and off the Warped Tour, trips to Canada and Japan, and more Australian dates. Australia was particularly receptive to the band and their humorous stage antics, which gained the band a reputation, but also made them ostracized and considered a joke.

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By March 1996, the trio began to accumulate a genuine buzz among major labels, resulting in a bidding war between Interscope, MCA and Epitaph.Shooman, 2010. p. 37 MCA promised the group complete artistic freedom and ultimately signed the band,Hoppus, 2001. p. 64 but Raynor held a great affinity for Epitaph and began to feel half-invested in the band when they chose MCA.Shooman, 2010. p. 55 The group, discouraged by Cargo's lack of distribution and faith in the group, held no qualms about signing to a major label but were fiercely criticized in the punk community.Footman, 2002. p. 44Hoppus, 2001. p. 61 After nonstop touring, the trio began recording their follow-up LP, Dude Ranch, over the period of a month in late 1996 with producer Mark Trombino.Hoppus, 2001. p. 69 The record was released the following June, and the band headed out on the 1997 Warped Tour. "Dammit", the album's second single, received heavy airplay on modern rock stations.{{cite news| last = Hochman| first = Steve| date = May 30, 1999| title = Psst... Blink-182 Is Growing Up| work = Los Angeles Times| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42373-story.html| access-date = February 1, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141230082410/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/30/entertainment/ca-42373| archive-date = December 30, 2014| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}} Dude Ranch shipped gold by 1998, but an exhaustive touring schedule brought tensions among the trio. Raynor had been drinking heavily to offset personal issues, and he was fired by DeLonge and Hoppus in mid-1998 despite agreeing to attend rehab and quit drinking.Shooman, 2010. p. 56{{cite web |title=Blink 182, Aquabats Play Musical Drummers |publisher=MTV News |date=July 14, 1998 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424999/19980714/aquabats.jhtml |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103132214/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424999/blink-182-aquabats-play-musical-drummers.jhtml |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |url-status=dead}} Although Hoppus claimed in his memoir that Raynor had chosen to quit voluntarily.{{Cite web |last=Tijerina |first=Daniela |date=2025-04-08 |title=Mark Hoppus on Blink-182 Magic, Beating Cancer, and Growing Up With Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/mark-hoppus-memoir-blink-182-magic-beating-cancer |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}} Travis Barker, drummer for tour-mate the Aquabats, filled in for Raynor, learning the 20-song setlist in 45 minutes before the first show.Hoppus, 2001. p. 85 By July, he joined the band full-time and later that year, the band entered the studio with producer Jerry Finn to begin work on their third album.

File:WMAA Blink.jpg" depicts the band running naked through the streets of Los Angeles in 1999.Hoppus, 2001. p. 97]]

At the onset of the millennium, the band became one of the biggest international rock acts with the release of their third album, the fast-paced, melodic Enema of the State (1999). It became an enormous worldwide success, moving over fifteen million copies.{{cite web | last=Adams | first=Matt | title=Blink-182 are getting the band back together with a new tour | website=NPR | date=October 11, 2022 | url=https://www.npr.org/2022/10/11/1128131250/blink-182-reunite-tour-tom-delonge-mark-hoppus-travis-barker | access-date=February 18, 2024}} Singles "What's My Age Again?", "All the Small Things", and "Adam's Song" became radio staples, with their music videos and relationship with MTV cementing their stardom.{{cite web |title=Blink-182 Spoofs Boy Bands With New Video |publisher=MTV News |date=August 11, 1999 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426201/blink-182-spoofs-boy-bands-with-new-video.jhtml |access-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195638/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426201/blink-182-spoofs-boy-bands-with-new-video.jhtml |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}}Hoppus, 2001. p. 98 It marked the beginning of their friendship with producer Jerry Finn, a key architect of their "polished" pop-punk rhythm; according to journalist James Montgomery, writing for MTV News, the veteran engineer "served as an invaluable member of the Blink team: part adviser, part impartial observer, he helped smooth out tensions and hone their multiplatinum sound."{{cite web |title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Talks Moving On Without Late Producer Jerry Finn |first=James |last=Montgomery |publisher=MTV News |date=April 8, 2011 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661627/mark-hoppus-blink-182.jhtml |access-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107211738/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661627/mark-hoppus-blink-182.jhtml |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead}} This style and sound made for an extensive impact on pop punk, igniting a new wave of the genre.{{cite book |last=Diehl |first=Matt|title=My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion – How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |date=April 17, 2007 |pages=75–76 |isbn=978-0-312-33781-0}}

It became a transitionary time for the group, adjusting to larger venues than before, including amphitheaters, arenas, and stadiums. At the beginning of the album's promotional cycle, the trio were driving from show to show in a van with a trailer attached for merchandise and equipment;{{sfn|Barker|Edwards|2015|p=122}} by its end, they were flying on private jets.{{sfn|Barker|Edwards|2015|p=140}} Hoppus recalled that "we had gone from playing small clubs and sleeping on people's floors to headlining amphitheaters and staying in five-star hotels."{{cite AV media notes | title=Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2013 Vinyl Reissue)| year=2013 | work=Blink-182 | type=liner notes | publisher=Geffen / Universal Music Special Markets | location=US | id=SRC025/SRC026/SRC027/SRC028|quote=This reference primarily cites the Mark Hoppus foreword.}} In the public eye, Blink became known for their juvenile antics, including running around nude;{{cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=February 25, 2000 |title=Nude Sensation |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=527 |issn=1049-0434 |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/02/25/blink-182-delivers-songs-and-laughs/ |access-date=January 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623140426/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275495,00.html |archive-date=June 23, 2013 |url-status=live}} the band made a cameo appearance in the similarly bawdy comedy American Pie (1999).{{cite web | last=Compton | first=Michael | title=American Pie Made Two Blink-182 Mistakes (Despite Their Cameo) | website=ScreenRant | date=January 16, 2022 | url=https://screenrant.com/american-pie-blink-182-cameo-travis-barker-mistakes/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}} This goofy branding, encompassing video documentaries and merchandise, "made fans feel like members of their extended social circle," according to music critic Kelefa Sanneh. While grateful for their success—which the trio parlayed into various business ventures, like Famous Stars and Straps, Atticus Clothing and Macbeth Footwear{{cite web | last=Quihuiz | first=Ariana | title=The Members of Blink-182: Where Are They Now? | website=Peoplemag | date=April 18, 2023 | url=https://people.com/music/blink-182-members-where-are-they-now/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}}—they gradually became unhappy with their public image. In one instance, the European arm of UMG had taken photos shot lampooning boy bands and distributed them at face value, making their basis for parody appear thin.{{cite web | title=Tom DeLonge: "People thought Blink-182 were a boy band" | website=Radio X | date=October 11, 2021 | url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/news/music/tom-delonge-people-thought-blink-182-were-a-boy-band/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}}

In response, a conscious effort was made to make the trio appear more authentic with their next album—the comically titled Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001). It became the first punk rock album to reach number one in the U.S.,{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/blink-182-took-punk-to-no-1-for-the-first-time-with-a-1798241295|title=Blink-182 took punk to No. 1 for the first time with a masturbation pun|author= Kyle Ryan |date= October 8, 2013|newspaper=The A.V. Club|access-date=October 8, 2013}} and spawned the singles "The Rock Show", "First Date", and "Stay Together for the Kids". The band supported the LP with the Pop Disaster Tour, a series of co-headlining dates with Green Day.{{cite magazine | last=Appleford | first=Steve | title=Tour Report: Green Day and Blink-182 | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=April 25, 2002 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tour-report-green-day-and-blink-182-181103/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}} The relentless pace began to wear on the group: they felt rushed into making a follow-up album, with record executives reportedly penalizing the group if they did not "make their quarterly revenue statements."{{cite news | title=Seriously, Blink-182 Is Growing Up (washingtonpost.com) | newspaper=Washington Post | date=June 11, 2004 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31210-2004Jun10_2.html | access-date=February 18, 2024}} Meanwhile, with time off from touring, DeLonge felt a desire to broaden his musical palette.Shooman, 2010. p. 92 He channelled his chronic back pain and resulting frustration into Box Car Racer (2002), a project emulating post-hardcore influences.{{cite web|first=Jennifer|last=Vineyard|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452089/20020131/blink_182.jhtml|title=Blink-182's Tom DeLonge salutes his roots on new album|publisher=MTV News|date=January 31, 2002|access-date=May 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213194538/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452089/20020131/blink_182.jhtml|archive-date=February 13, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first=Corey|last=Moss|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453328/20020408/box_car_racer.jhtml|title=Box Car Racer about end of the world, not end of Blink-182|publisher=MTV News|date=April 9, 2002|access-date=May 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814154225/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453328/20020408/box_car_racer.jhtml|archive-date=August 14, 2010|url-status=dead}} Finn naturally returned to produce and DeLonge invited Barker to record drums, leaving Hoppus the odd man out. It marked a major rift in their friendship: while DeLonge claimed that the omission was not intentional, Hoppus nonetheless felt betrayed.Shooman, 2010. p. 94 With A&R representatives from MCA eager to market a new band by the guitarist,{{cite news|title=Box Car Racer Tries Sophistication|author=Neil Baron|work= Reno Gazette-Journal|location=Reno, Nevada|date=November 22, 2002|page=82}} Box Car Racer quickly evolved into a full-fledged side project, launching two national tours throughout 2002.{{cite web|last=Wiederhorn|first=Jon|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1456931/20020808/box_car_racer.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811230838/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1456931/20020808/box_car_racer.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2002|title=Box Car Racer, The Used rev up for fall tour|publisher= MTV (Mtv.com)|date=August 8, 2002 |access-date=February 17, 2024}} In the meantime, Barker also extended his love of hip-hop into the rap rock outfit Transplants, a collaboration with Rancid's Tim Armstrong.

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The band regrouped in 2003 to record a fifth studio album. Inspired by lifestyle changes—all three band members became fathers before the album was released—the band infused experimental elements into its usual pop-punk sound. Its front cover emblazoned with a new "smiley face" logo for the band,{{cite news|url=http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Band%20Branding%20101_%20The%20Logo/ |title=Band Branding 101: The Logo |author=Jerry McCulley |date=January 16, 2008 |publisher=Gibson.com |access-date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818161356/http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Band%20Branding%20101_%20The%20Logo/ |archive-date=August 18, 2010 }} the new untitled album——was released in November 2003 through Geffen Records, which absorbed sister label MCA earlier that year.{{cite news|author=|url=http://www.ismsound.net/index/news/id.77|title=MCA & Geffen Merger|publisher=ISM Sound Network|date=May 20, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226220437/http://www.ismsound.net/index/news/id.77|archive-date=December 26, 2005|access-date=November 22, 2008|url-status=usurped|author-link=Billboard (magazine)}} Critics generally complimented the new, more emo direction taken for the album,{{cite web|title=Not Fade Away: Blink-182's Untitled Grows Up|author=Jon Blistein|publisher=Radio.com|date=November 15, 2013|url=http://news.radio.com/2013/11/15/not-fade-away-blink-182s-untitled/|access-date=November 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120192901/http://news.radio.com/2013/11/15/not-fade-away-blink-182s-untitled/|archive-date=November 20, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E3DC1638F931A25752C1A9659C8B63&scp=2&sq=blink%20182%20review&st=cse|title= MUSIC IN REVIEW: ROCK; From Punkers, Anguish And Slap-Happy Love Songs|author=Kelefa Sanneh|date=November 12, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 22, 2010}} and lead singles "Feeling This" and "I Miss You" were well received.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/2004-04-03/alternative-songs|title=Alternative Songs Chart – "I Miss You"|date=April 3, 2004|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820135732/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2004-04-03/alternative-songs|archive-date=August 20, 2014|url-status=live}} The global touring schedule, which saw the band travel to Japan and Australia, also found the three performing for troops stationed in the Persian Gulf during the first year of the Iraq War.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485744/20040315/blink_182.jhtml|title=Blink-182 Drummer Breaks Foot In Blunder Down Under|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|date=March 15, 2004|publisher=MTV News|access-date=September 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213194730/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485744/20040315/blink_182.jhtml|archive-date=February 13, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476576/20030811/blink_182.jhtml |title=Blink-182 Tone Down Pranks, Get Down to Real 'Action' on Next LP |first=Jon |last=Wiederhorn |date=August 11, 2003 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=September 22, 2010 |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213200357/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476576/20030811/blink_182.jhtml |url-status=dead }} The band came to regard this period as a "huge turning point" in their career, marking a change in the way they write and record music, as well as view themselves.{{cite web |title=Blink-182 Found Out About Untitled's 10th Anniversary On Twitter|author=James Montgomery|publisher=MTV News |date=October 24, 2013|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1716134/blink-182-untitled-album-10-year-anniversary-concert.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027220400/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1716134/blink-182-untitled-album-10-year-anniversary-concert.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2013|access-date=November 7, 2013}} As the aughts wore on however, unresolved tensions within the trio—stemming from the gruelling schedule, Box Car Racer, and DeLonge's desire to spend more time with his family—became evident.{{cite web |title=Tom DeLonge: No More Compromises |first=James |last=Montgomery |publisher=MTV News |date=October 28, 2005 |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/blink_182/qa_feature_103105/ |access-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815071849/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/blink_182/qa_feature_103105/ |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

In February 2005, a press statement announced the band's "indefinite hiatus";{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497320/blink182-announce-indefinite-hiatus.jhtml|title=Blink-182 Announce 'Indefinite Hiatus' As Breakup Rumors Swirl|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=February 22, 2005|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805072921/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497320/blink182-announce-indefinite-hiatus.jhtml|archive-date=August 5, 2011|url-status=dead}} the band had broken up after members' arguments regarding their future and recording process. DeLonge felt increasingly conflicted both about his creative freedom within the group and the toll touring was taking on his family life.{{cite magazine |first=Alex |last=Mar |title=Q&A: Blink-182 Man Launches Angels |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 9, 2006 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-blink-182-man-launches-angels-20060209 |access-date=February 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203125620/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-blink-182-man-launches-angels-20060209 |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |url-status=live}} He expressed his desire to take a half-year respite from touring; Hoppus and Barker felt that was overly long.{{cite web|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/746/746190p1.html|title=+44 Interview|author=Spence D.|date=April 8, 2005|website=IGN|access-date=April 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215200651/http://music.ign.com/articles/746/746190p1.html|archive-date=December 15, 2010}} Rehearsals for a benefit concert grew contentious, rooted in the trio's increasing bitterness toward one another;{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667481/blink-182-tom-delonge-split-really-stupid.jhtml|title=Blink-182's 'Indefinite Hiatus' Was 'Really Stupid,' Tom DeLonge Says|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=July 19, 2011|publisher=MTV News|access-date=May 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921103607/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667481/blink-182-tom-delonge-split-really-stupid.jhtml|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=dead}} DeLonge considered his bandmates' priorities incompatible, coming to the conclusion that they had simply grown apart. Instead, DeLonge quit the band and founded Angels & Airwaves, both a band and "multimedia project" composed of albums, films, and interactive services.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1569960/angels-amp-airwaves-revolution-has-begun-tom-delonge-insists.jhtml|title=Angels & Airwaves' Revolution Has Begun — Just Wait 29 Years, Tom DeLonge Insists|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=September 19, 2007|publisher=MTV News|access-date=February 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020093755/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1569960/angels-amp-airwaves-revolution-has-begun-tom-delonge-insists.jhtml|archive-date=October 20, 2013|url-status=dead}} Hoppus and Barker made one album with their next outfit, +44.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467426/blink-182-the-billboard-cover-story|title=Blink-182: The Billboard Cover Story|first=Jason|last=Lipshutz|date=September 16, 2011|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224090829/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/467426/blink-182-the-billboard-cover-story|archive-date=February 24, 2013|url-status=live}} Barker remained particularly famous; his rocky relationship with former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, chronicled in his MTV reality series Meet the Barkers, made them tabloid favorites.{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/morenews/6012948.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:5df1193c-c062-4fe8-9354-18e7cfd70ed9#ixzz1SEPhWsxu|title=Learjet crash in South Carolina kills 4|first=Jim|last=Davenport|date=September 20, 2008|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=July 15, 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

DeLonge and Hoppus did not speak from the band's breakup until 2008.{{cite web|last1=Montgomery|first1=James|title=Exclusive: Mark Hoppus Talks Blink-182 Reunion|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1602452/exclusive-mark-hoppus-talks-blink-182-reunion/|website=MTV.com|publisher=MTV|access-date=January 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923171501/http://www.mtv.com/news/1602452/exclusive-mark-hoppus-talks-blink-182-reunion/|archive-date=September 23, 2014|url-status=dead}} That August, former producer and mentor Jerry Finn suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044462/producer-jerry-finn-taken-off-life-support|title=Producer Jerry Finn Taken Off Life Support|date=August 13, 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530075829/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044462/producer-jerry-finn-taken-off-life-support|archive-date=May 30, 2013|url-status=live}} The following month, Barker and collaborator Adam Goldstein were involved in a plane crash that killed four people, leaving them the only two survivors.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-21-me-learcrash21-story.html|title=Four die in plane crash; rock star, DJ survive|first1=Geoff|last1=Boucher|first2=Jennifer|last2=Oldham|date=September 21, 2008|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815075016/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/21/local/me-learcrash21|archive-date=August 15, 2010|url-status=live}} Barker sustained second and third degree burns and developed post-traumatic stress disorder, and the accident resulted in sixteen surgeries and multiple blood transfusions.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-on-drugs-barkers-crash-human-life-trumps-everything-20090806|title=Blink-182 on Drugs, Barker's Crash: "Human Life Trumps Everything"|first=Erica|last=Futterman|date=August 6, 2009|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925044530/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-on-drugs-barkers-crash-human-life-trumps-everything-20090806|archive-date=September 25, 2011|url-status=live}} Goldstein's injuries were less severe, but less than a year later, he died from a drug overdose. Barker's brush with death prompted him, DeLonge and Hoppus to meet that October, laying the grounds for the band's reunion.{{cite magazine| date = June 16, 2010| title =It's Like The Last Five Years Never Happened ... |magazine= Kerrang!| issue = 1317| publisher = Bauer Media Group}} The three opened up, discussing the events of the hiatus and their break-up, and DeLonge was the first to approach the subject of reuniting. Hoppus remembered: "I remember [Tom] said, 'So, what do you guys think? Where are your heads at?' And I said, 'I think we should continue with what we've been doing for the past 17 years. I think we should get back on the road and back in the studio and do what we love doing.{{'"}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/qa_mark_hoppus/|title=A conversation with Blink-182's Mark Hoppus|first=Scott|last=Heisel|date=February 19, 2009|magazine=Alternative Press|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614230629/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/qa_mark_hoppus/|archive-date=June 14, 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0426-luis-20100426,0,1265805.story | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729165317/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0426-luis-20100426,0,1265805.story | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 29, 2012 | work=Chicago Tribune | title=Tom DeLonge glad he's back with Blink | first=Luis | last=Arroyave | date=April 26, 2010 }}

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After five years apart, the band appeared on stage together as presenters at the February 2009 Grammy Awards, and announced their reunion.{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Blink-182 Confirm Reunion on Grammy Stage |publisher=MTV News |date=February 8, 2009 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604564/20090208/blink_182.jhtml |access-date=June 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025192703/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604564/blink-182-confirm-reunion-on-grammy-stage.jhtml |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}} The trio embarked on a successful reunion tour of North America from July to October 2009,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/travis-barker-on-his-painful-recovery-solo-disc-new-blink-182-album-and-more-20110301|title=Travis Barker on His Painful Recovery, Solo Disc, New Blink-182 Album and More|first=Steve|last=Appleford|date=March 1, 2011|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705153134/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/travis-barker-on-his-painful-recovery-solo-disc-new-blink-182-album-and-more-20110301|archive-date=July 5, 2011|url-status=live}} with a European trek following from August to September 2010.{{cite web |title=Blink-182 Given July 31 Deadline to Finish Their New Album |publisher=NME |work=NME.com |date=May 26, 2011 |url=https://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/56904# |access-date=June 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529090231/http://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/56904 |archive-date=May 29, 2011 |url-status=live}} Barker, suffering from a fear of flying after his accident, travelled via bus domestically and in Canada, and by an ocean liner for overseas dates.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/news/blink-182-travis-barker-uk-tour-travel-boat-only/|title=Travis Barker On UK Tour Travel Plans: "There's Only One Way"|website=RadioX.com|date=November 9, 2016|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102211401/https://www.radiox.co.uk/news/blink-182-travis-barker-uk-tour-travel-boat-only/|url-status=live}} The recording process for Neighborhoods (2011), the band's sixth studio album, was stalled by its studio autonomy, tours, managers, and personal projects. DeLonge recorded at his studio in San Diego while Hoppus and Barker recorded in Los Angeles—an extension of their strained communication.{{cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422 |title=Tom DeLonge talks guitar tones, growing up and Blink |work=Total Guitar |publisher=MusicRadar |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234941/https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/tom-delonge-talks-guitar-tones-growing-up-and-blink-565422 |archive-date=April 3, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-ep-a-hundred-times-better-than-neighborhoods-says-travis-barker-20121113|title=Blink-182 EP 'A Hundred Times Better' Than Neighborhoods, Says Travis Barker|first=Dan|last=Hyman|date=November 13, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608222005/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-ep-a-hundred-times-better-than-neighborhoods-says-travis-barker-20121113|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=live}} The self-produced album—their first without Jerry Finn since Dude Ranch—was released in September 2011 and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200;{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=J. Cole Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200, Blink-182 Snags No. 2|magazine=Billboard|date=October 5, 2011|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/466817/j-cole-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-blink-182-snags-no-2|access-date=April 29, 2014|archive-date=June 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622212914/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/466817/j-cole-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-blink-182-snags-no-2|url-status=live}} its singles, "Up All Night" and "After Midnight", only attracted modest chart success. Pop punk was in a period of diminished commercial relevance,{{cite web | title=Pop-punk's not dead: why the genre is having a revival in 2021 | website=The Face | date=June 16, 2021 | url=https://theface.com/music/pop-punk-revival-history-come-back-tiktok-travis-barker-willow-lil-uzi-vert | access-date=February 18, 2024}} and label Interscope—now their home after a series of corporate mergers—was reportedly disappointed with album sales.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481418/blink-182-laughing-again-after-shaky-reunion-album|title=Blink-182 'Laughing' Again After Shaky Reunion Album|first=Sarah|last=Maloy|date=December 13, 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311120522/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481418/blink-182-laughing-again-after-shaky-reunion-album|archive-date=March 11, 2013|url-status=live}}

The band continued to tour in the early 2010s, "despite growing evidence of remaining friction" between the members, according to AllMusic biographer John Bush.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blink-182-mn0000757342/biography|title=Blink-182 {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 2, 2015|first=John|last=Bush|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113202012/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blink-182-mn0000757342/biography|archive-date=January 13, 2015|url-status=live}} They headlined the 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour in North America in 2011 with My Chemical Romance,{{cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/05/blink-182s-delonge-tour-my-chem/|title=Blink-182 to Tour with My Chemical Romance|first=Kevin|last=O'Donnell|date=May 23, 2011|work=Spin|access-date=May 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403103751/http://www.spin.com/2011/05/blink-182s-delonge-tour-my-chem/|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=live}} and launched a 20th Anniversary Tour the next year. For that tour, the band played in Europe twice,{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/63915 |title=Blink-182 announce two intimate July UK dates|date=May 22, 2012 |work=NME |access-date=September 17, 2012|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1347937252BIOEYOSKIP?url=http://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/63915 |archive-date=September 18, 2012}} North America,{{cite web|title=Blink-182 Rock Brooklyn At 9/11 Benefit Show|first=James|last=Montgomery|publisher=MTV News|date=September 12, 2013|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1713933/blink-182-9-11-benefit-concert.jhtml|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915072206/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1713933/blink-182-9-11-benefit-concert.jhtml|archive-date=September 15, 2013|url-status=dead}} and Australia; drummer Brooks Wackerman filled-in for Barker, as he was not yet ready to fly.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/travis-barker-will-miss-blink-182s-australia-tour-20130218|title=Travis Barker Will Miss Blink-182's Australia Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 18, 2013|access-date=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216102702/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/travis-barker-will-miss-blink-182s-australia-tour-20130218|archive-date=December 16, 2013|url-status=live}} Additionally, the trio pursued a tenth anniversary celebration of the untitled album with a series of shows,{{cite news|title=Blink-182 announces two additional L.A. performances|first=Chris|last=Lee|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 25, 2013|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ph-blink182-two-more-november-la-shows-20131025,0,648888.story|access-date=November 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030042923/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ph-blink182-two-more-november-la-shows-20131025,0,648888.story|archive-date=October 30, 2013|url-status=live}} and played the Reading and Leeds Festivals; it was the band's fourth appearance at the festival and second headlining slot.{{cite news|title=Blink 182 to headline Reading and Leeds Festival 2014|first=Alice|last=Vincent|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=December 4, 2013|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-festivals/10490639/Blink-182-to-headline-Reading-and-Leeds-Festival-2014.html|access-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204110928/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-festivals/10490639/Blink-182-to-headline-Reading-and-Leeds-Festival-2014.html|archive-date=December 4, 2013|url-status=live}} The band also parted ways with long-time label UMG,{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696172/blink-182-split-interscope.jhtml|title=Exclusive: Blink-182 Talk Split With Interscope Records|publisher=MTV News|date=October 24, 2012|access-date=November 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026232337/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696172/blink-182-split-interscope.jhtml|archive-date=October 26, 2012}} self-releasing their next project, Dogs Eating Dogs, an EP.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-ep-a-hundred-times-better-than-neighborhoods-says-travis-barker-20121113|title=Blink-182 EP 'A Hundred Times Better' Than Neighborhoods, Says Travis Barker|first=Dan|last=Hyman|date=November 13, 2012|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608222005/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-ep-a-hundred-times-better-than-neighborhoods-says-travis-barker-20121113|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=live}} DeLonge's final performance with the group was at the Wine Amplified Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 11, 2014.{{cite magazine|title=Flashback: Is This Blink-182's Final Performance With Tom DeLonge?|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 27, 2015|first=Andy|last=Greene|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-is-this-blink-182s-final-performance-with-tom-delonge-61692/|access-date=January 27, 2015|archive-date=March 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307054023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-is-this-blink-182s-final-performance-with-tom-delonge-61692/|url-status=live}}

This initial reunion of the band has been characterized as dysfunctional by both Barker and DeLonge.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-tom-delonges-ufo-obsession-blink-182-turmoil-20160427|title=Inside Tom DeLonge's UFO Obsession, Blink-182 Turmoil|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 27, 2016|author=Patrick Doyle|access-date=July 4, 2017|quote=The band has always been dysfunctional...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707080533/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-tom-delonges-ufo-obsession-blink-182-turmoil-20160427|archive-date=July 7, 2017|url-status=live}} Hoppus commented on this era of the band in a later interview: "Everything was always very contentious. There was always just a strange vibe. [...] I knew there was something wrong."{{cite magazine|title=The Pursuit of Happiness|author=Andy Biddulph|magazine=Rock Sound|date=June 21, 2016|pages=56–65|url=https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/how-one-of-the-most-important-bands-in-the-history-of-rock-got-great-again|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725110830/https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/how-one-of-the-most-important-bands-in-the-history-of-rock-got-great-again|archive-date=July 25, 2018|url-status=live}} In his memoir, Can I Say, Barker claims DeLonge's behavior on tour was "introverted" until "money started coming in," after which "he'd get excited about Blink." He states DeLonge abruptly quit sometime in mid-2014, and re-joined the following day.{{cite book|author=Barker, Travis |editor=Gavin Edwards |title=Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums|date=October 20, 2015|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0062319425|page=355 |ref={{sfnref|Barker|Edwards|2015}} }}

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The group planned to begin writing their seventh album in January 2015,{{cite magazine |date=August 27, 2014 |title=Well Ice Guess This Is Growing Up |url=http://www.kerrang.com/21969/k1532-blink182-mark-travis-tom-learned-love/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830010142/http://www.kerrang.com/21969/k1532-blink182-mark-travis-tom-learned-love/ |archive-date=August 30, 2014 |access-date=August 27, 2014 |magazine=Kerrang! |pages=18–23 |issue=1532}} which had continually seen delays.{{cite magazine |author=Jennyfer J. Walker |date=August 21, 2013 |title=Everybody Likes You When You're 21 |magazine=Kerrang! |page=7}} "I'd do interviews and I just felt awful for fans because they were promised albums for years and we couldn't do it," Barker later said. A record deal with independent service BMG was finalized and sessions were booked before DeLonge's manager informed the band he intended to spend more time on "non-musical activities" and indefinitely depart from the group.{{cite magazine |author=Jason Newman |date=January 26, 2015 |title=Blink-182's Hoppus, Barker Blast 'Ungrateful, Disingenuous' Tom DeLonge |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182s-hoppus-barker-blast-ungrateful-disingenuous-tom-delonge-20150126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127055857/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182s-hoppus-barker-blast-ungrateful-disingenuous-tom-delonge-20150126 |archive-date=January 27, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In his own statement, DeLonge remarked that he "Never planned on quitting, [I] just find it hard as hell to commit."{{cite magazine |author=Jason Newman |date=January 27, 2015 |title=Blink-182's Tom DeLonge Defends Himself Against Bandmates' Accusations |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182s-tom-delonge-defends-himself-against-bandmates-accusations-20150127 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128010257/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182s-tom-delonge-defends-himself-against-bandmates-accusations-20150127 |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |access-date=January 27, 2015 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} For the rest of the 2010s, DeLonge focused on his company To the Stars... Academy of Arts & Sciences full-time, devoted to investigating UFOs.{{cite web |last1=Rogan |first1=Joe |title=Travis Barker on Tom Delonge's UFO Fascination {{!}} Joe Rogan |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGbaD3xG2E |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101024941/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGbaD3xG2E |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=16 September 2020 |website=YouTube|date=February 5, 2019 }}

Hoppus and Barker decided to continue on without DeLonge, and enlisted Alkaline Trio vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba to "fill in" for three shows in March 2015.{{cite magazine|title=Tom DeLonge Is 'Totally Willing and Interested' in Playing With Former Blink-182 Bandmates Again|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6685076/tom-delonge-blink-182-split-angels-and-airwaves-poet-anderson-novel-album|date=September 1, 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 27, 2016|author=Graff, Gary|archive-date=May 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502002556/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6685076/tom-delonge-blink-182-split-angels-and-airwaves-poet-anderson-novel-album|url-status=live}} Hoppus and Skiba had been wanting to work together musically for several years, so he was the first and only person considered for the role.{{cite news|url=http://www.pnj.com/story/entertainment/events/gopensacola/music/2017/04/27/california-pensacola-blink-182-back/100950336/|title=From 'California' to Pensacola, Blink-182 is back|date=April 27, 2017|author=Julio Diaz|work=Pensacola News Journal|access-date=July 2, 2017|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809122831/https://www.pnj.com/story/entertainment/events/gopensacola/music/2017/04/27/california-pensacola-blink-182-back/100950336/|url-status=live}} After legal battles with DeLonge were worked out, Skiba joined Blink-182 as an official member and began preparations for new music.{{cite news|title=Blink 182 to hit studio in August with Matt Skiba|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/101782/blink-182-make-new-album-in-august-matt-skiba-replacing-tom-delonge|date=July 22, 2015|work=Gigwise|access-date=April 27, 2016|author=Butler, Will |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724033203/http://www.gigwise.com/news/101782/blink-182-make-new-album-in-august-matt-skiba-replacing-tom-delonge|archive-date=July 24, 2015}} The resulting album, California, was produced by John Feldmann, the group's first new producer since long-time collaborator Jerry Finn.{{cite news|title=John Feldmann On Blink-182: Travis Barker Is 'The Best Drummer To Have Ever Lived'|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2016/02/john-feldmann-blink-182-album|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324191042/http://www.fuse.tv/2016/02/john-feldmann-blink-182-album|publisher=Fuse.com|access-date=April 27, 2016|author=Sherman, Maria |date=February 29, 2016}} Upon its July 2016 release though BMG, California became the band's second number-one album on the Billboard 200, and first in 15 years;{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7431229/blink-182-california-drake-views-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart|title=Blink-182 Bumps Drake from No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2016|date=July 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711233538/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7431229/blink-182-california-drake-views-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart|archive-date=July 11, 2016|url-status=live}} it also topped the charts for the first time in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/blink-182-score-first-uk-number-1-album-we-re-so-excited-and-thankful-__15609/|title=Blink-182 score first UK Number 1 album: "We're so excited and thankful"|author=Rob Copsey|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=July 8, 2016|access-date=July 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160710055851/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/blink-182-score-first-uk-number-1-album-we-re-so-excited-and-thankful-__15609/|archive-date=July 10, 2016|url-status=live}} Its lead single, "Bored to Death", became their biggest hit in years, marking their third domestic chart-topper on the Alternative Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7423143/blink-182-tops-alternative-songs-chart-for-first-time-12-years|title=Blink-182 Tops Alternative Songs Chart for First Time in 12 Years|date=June 28, 2016|access-date=July 3, 2017|magazine=Billboard|author=Kevin Rutherford|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217043725/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7423143/blink-182-tops-alternative-songs-chart-for-first-time-12-years|archive-date=February 17, 2017|url-status=live}} Both the single and album became their first gold-certified releases in over a decade, with the LP earning the band their first Grammy Award nomination.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017 |title=Here Is the Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys |date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=December 6, 2016 |author=Andrew Unterberger |magazine=Billboard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206151125/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7597556/grammys-nominees-complete-list-2017 |archive-date=December 6, 2016 }} The band supported the album with a large headlining tour across North America between July and October 2016,{{cite web|url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2016/04/27/blink-182-to-tour-with-a-day-to-remember-all-time-low/|title=Blink-182 to Tour with A Day To Remember & All Time Low|publisher=Radio.com|date=April 27, 2016|access-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428074305/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2016/04/27/blink-182-to-tour-with-a-day-to-remember-all-time-low/|archive-date=April 28, 2016|author=}} and a European leg in June and July 2017.{{cite news|title=blink-182 Announce Huge UK Headline Tour|url=http://www.kerrang.com/46068/blink-182-announce-huge-uk-headline-tour/|author=Emily Carter|work=Kerrang!|date=November 6, 2016|access-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110063038/http://www.kerrang.com/46068/blink-182-announce-huge-uk-headline-tour/|archive-date=November 10, 2016|url-status=live}} A double-disc deluxe edition of California was issued in 2017.{{cite magazine|title=California Screaming!|date=April 8, 2017|issue=1665|magazine=Kerrang!}}{{cite magazine|title=Blink-182 Breaks Down Forthcoming Deluxe Edition of 'California': 'It's Like a Whole Other Album' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7632325/blink-182-interview-california-deluxe-grammy-2017-travis-barker-mark-hoppus |date=December 20, 2016 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 13, 2017 |author=Baltin, Steve |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118191738/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7632325/blink-182-interview-california-deluxe-grammy-2017-travis-barker-mark-hoppus |archive-date=January 18, 2017 }}

During these years, the band was active in collaborating with a variety of outside artists, sometimes without Skiba's involvement; the group jointly issued singles with XXXTentacion,{{cite news|url=https://people.com/music/blink-182-christmas-song-xxx-tentacion-chainsmokers-collaborations/|title=Blink-182 Releases New Christmas Song, Collaborations with XXXTentacion and The Chainsmokers|work=People|date=December 6, 2019|first=Brianne|last=Tracy|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231222616/https://people.com/music/blink-182-christmas-song-xxx-tentacion-chainsmokers-collaborations/|url-status=live}} Lil Wayne,{{cite magazine|title=Hear Blink-182, Lil Wayne Mash Up 'What's My Age Again' and 'A Milli'|first=Emily|last=Zemler|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/blink-182-lil-wayne-whats-my-age-again-a-milli-875588/|date=August 23, 2019|access-date=December 31, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=December 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202143912/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/blink-182-lil-wayne-whats-my-age-again-a-milli-875588/|url-status=live}} Goody Grace,{{cite magazine|title=Goody Grace Enlists Blink-182 For Somber 'Scumbag' Song and Video: Watch|first=Glenn|last=Rowley|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8541535/goody-grace-blink-182-scumbag-video|date=October 30, 2019|access-date=December 31, 2019|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105022303/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8541535/goody-grace-blink-182-scumbag-video|url-status=live}} Steve Aoki,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8484128/steve-aoki-blink-182-why-are-we-so-broken|title=Steve Aoki and Blink-182 Team Up For 'Why Are We So Broken': Listen|magazine=Billboard|first= Marina|last=Pedrosa|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621193836/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8484128/steve-aoki-blink-182-why-are-we-so-broken|archive-date=June 21, 2019}} Powfu,{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/blink-182-appear-on-new-remix-of-powfu-and-beabadoobee-collab-2678718%3famp|title=Blink-182 appear on new remix of Powfu and Beabadoobee collab|work=NME|last=Daly|first=Rhian|access-date=July 24, 2020|date=May 29, 2020|archive-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901083047/https://www.nme.com/news/music/blink-182-appear-on-new-remix-of-powfu-and-beabadoobee-collab-2678718?amp|url-status=live}} Oliver Tree,{{Cite news|url=https://loudwire.com/blink-182-oliver-tree-let-me-down/|work=Loudwire|title=Blink-182 Collaborate With 'Living Meme' Oliver Tree on 'Let Me Down' Remix|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|access-date=July 24, 2020|date=July 24, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724154803/https://loudwire.com/blink-182-oliver-tree-let-me-down/|url-status=live}} and the Chainsmokers.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8545173/chainsmokers-announce-ps-hope-youre-happy-blink-182|title=The Chainsmokers Announce New Collab With Blink-182|magazine=Billboard|first= Kat|last=Bein|date=December 2, 2019|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203154908/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8545173/chainsmokers-announce-ps-hope-youre-happy-blink-182|archive-date=December 3, 2019}} In 2018, after the tour supporting California, Hoppus formed the spin-off project Simple Creatures with All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth.{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Matt |date=April 1, 2019 |title=How Simple Creatures Saved Mark Hoppus' Life |url=https://www.kerrang.com/simple-creatures-why-alex-gaskarth-and-mark-hoppus-are-joining-forces |access-date=April 19, 2025 |website=Kerrang!}} Blink-182 moved back to a major label, Columbia, for their eighth studio effort, Nine (2019).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8510620/blink-182-blame-it-on-my-youth|title=Blink-182 Release Nostalgic New Track 'Blame It On My Youth': Listen|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|magazine=Billboard|date=May 8, 2019|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-date=August 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803232007/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8510620/blink-182-blame-it-on-my-youth|url-status=live}} While Nine builds upon their partnership with Feldmann, it also utilizes additional outside producers and songwriters.{{cite magazine| last =Allen | first =Matt | date = August 28, 2019| title = Nine Lives|magazine= Kerrang!| issue = 1788|pages=24–31| publisher = Wasted Talent Ltd.| location =London | issn = 0262-6624}} Musically, the LP augments the band's pop punk sound with hip hop-inspired programming, as well as electronics.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-09-11/blink-182-nine-album-20th-anniversary|title=Blink-182 were goof-punks with cute videos. Twenty years later, they're having the last laugh|first=Steve|last=Appleford|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912044835/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-09-11/blink-182-nine-album-20th-anniversary|archive-date=September 12, 2019}} The promotional cycle for NINE was stunted by the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020; a planned tour with the Used was shelved, with live concerts considered unsafe. The band responded with the release of "Quarantine", though the track–credited only to Barker, Hoppus, and other songwriters–raised questions about Skiba's continued involvement in the band.{{cite magazine | last=Blistein | first=Jon | title=Blink-182 Curse Lockdown and COVID in New Song 'Quarantine' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=August 7, 2020 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/blink-182-new-song-quarantine-1040931/ | access-date=April 21, 2023}} A partially-completed EP did not see release,{{cite web | title=Matt Skiba wrote "almost a whole album" with Blink-182 before exit | website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar | date=October 24, 2022 | url=https://guitar.com/news/music-news/matt-skiba-wrote-almost-whole-album-of-new-music-before-blink-182-exit/ | access-date=April 21, 2023}} and the band's last performance with Skiba, a pre-pandemic gig at iHeartRadio's 2020 ALTer EGO, took place in Los Angeles on January 18, 2020.{{cite magazine | last=Baltin | first=Steve| title=Billie Eilish, Coldplay & More Highlights from iHeartRadio's 2020 ALTer EGO | magazine=Billboard | date=January 19, 2020 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/billie-eilish-coldplay-blink-182-black-keys-iheartradio-alter-ego-2020-8548432/ | access-date=April 21, 2023}}

On June 23, 2021, Hoppus confirmed that he had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and had been receiving treatment in secret for the last three months.{{Cite web |last=Neale |first=Matthew |date=2021-06-23 |title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus confirms cancer diagnosis: "I'm trying to remain hopeful and positive" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mark-hoppus-appears-to-confirm-cancer-diagnosis-via-instagram-2976542 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} After his cancer diagnosis, it was reported by sources that Hoppus had met with DeLonge and Barker together at his home to discuss old problems, personal issues, and Hoppus' cancer diagnosis.{{Cite web |last=Crumlish |first=Callum |date=2021-12-08 |title=Mark Hoppus reunited with Blink-182 line-up after cancer diagnosis |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1532272/mark-hoppus-cancer-blink-182-tom-delonge |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}} Hoppus was declared cancer-free later that year, but would continue screening every six months.{{Cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=2021-09-29 |title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus Says He's Been Declared 'Cancer Free': 'Today Is an Amazing Day' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blink-182-mark-hoppus-cancer-free-9638274/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Soon after, the three decided that the time was right for DeLonge to make his return to the band.

News of DeLonge's return to the band had been speculated about since his departure, but came to their peak in October 2022, when the band began posting cryptic messages on their social media accounts and deleted all posts made prior to that point. DeLonge's official return was announced on October 11, 2022, alongside a world tour for the next two years, and that they were working on a new album.{{Cite web |title=Blink-182 Reunites with Tom DeLonge for Massive 2023 World Tour, New Album and 'Edging' Single |url=https://people.com/music/blink-182-reunites-with-tom-delonge-for-2023-world-tour-new-album-edging-single/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=People.com |language=en}} Following his return, DeLonge messaged Skiba on Instagram to thank him for his time with the band, and later shared the post publicly on his account.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2022-10-13 |title=Tom DeLonge Thanks Matt Skiba for Keeping Blink-182 Alive During His Absence |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-delonge-thanks-matt-skiba-blink-182-1234610825/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Skiba had known an announcement was going to happen, but was unaware that it was regarding DeLonge's return. In the months prior, he had also begun to question his status in the band when a fan asked him if he was still a part of recording.{{Cite web |last=Blum |first=Jordan|date=2022-07-17 |title=Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba Isn't Sure if He's Still in Blink-182 |url=https://loudwire.com/alkaline-trio-matt-skiba-isnt-sure-he-in-blink-182/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Loudwire |language=en}} When the announcement was made though, he congratulated the other members, and thanked fans for his time with the band.{{Cite web |last=Curto |first=Justin |date=2022-10-17 |title=Matt Skiba Is As Excited As You Are About the Blink-182 Reunion |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/10/blink-182-reunion-matt-skiba-tom-delonge.html |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Vulture |language=en}}

The announcement of DeLonge's return was also accompanied by a new single, "Edging" later that week.{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=2022-10-11 |title=Blink-182's Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus Reunite for Worldwide Tour, New Music |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/blink-182-tour-music-1235398989/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} The song performed well in the US, becoming their fourth and longest-running number one hit on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart, and their highest-charting single on the Hot 100 in eighteen years.{{Cite magazine |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |date=2022-11-02 |title=Blink-182's 'Edging' Completes Blistering Climb to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/blink-182-edging-number-one-alternative-airplay/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The following year, the band's ninth studio album, One More Time..., was released on October 20, 2023. The album proved successful both commercially and critically, becoming their third number-one album on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.,{{cite magazine | last=Caulfield | first=Keith | title=Blink-182 Reunion Album 'One More Time' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 | magazine=Billboard | date=October 29, 2023 | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/blink-182-one-more-time-album-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235457561/ | access-date=February 17, 2024}} and critics celebrating the band's back-to-basics approach. Many of the singles and other songs also saw similar success, such as the title track becoming the band's longest-running number one single on the Alternative Airplay chart domestically.{{Citation |title=One More Time... by blink-182 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/one-more-time/blink-182 |access-date=2023-10-21 |language=en}}{{cite magazine | title=Alternative Airplay | magazine=Billboard | date=2013-01-02 | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/2024-02-10/# | access-date=2024-02-06}} A year later, the band released a deluxe edition of the album called One More Time... Part-2 on September 6, 2024.{{cite web |last=Chelosky |first=Danielle |date=2024-08-23 |access-date=2024-08-23 |title=Blink-182 – "All In My Head" & "No Fun" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2277354/blink-182-all-in-my-head/music/ |website=stereo gum.com |language=en-US}}

In August 2024, DeLonge stated that while they intended to take a break once the tour concluded, the band will "be the priority forever [...] Honestly, I think this is a whole new beginning for the band. With what we’re planning on doing, who we’ve become, and how we’re doing it now I think it’s really, really exciting."{{cite web |last=Chesler |first=Josh |date=August 29, 2024 |title=Tom DeLonge Says Blink-182 Won't Stop Bringing Dick Jokes to Arenas Near You |url=https://www.spin.com/2024/08/tom-delonge-blink-182-interview/ |access-date=August 31, 2024 |website=SPIN}}

On February 13, 2025, during a Los Angeles wildfire benefit show at the Los Angeles' Hollywood Palladium, Skiba joined the band on stage to perform "Bored to Death."{{Cite web |title=🚨 IT HAPPENED!!! 🚨 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGCtGEANdai/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite web |title=Blink-182 Announce Intimate One-Off Show With Alkaline Trio |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2025-01-27-blink-182-announce-intimate-one-off-show-with-alkaline-trio/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=iHeart |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2025/02/blink-182-matt-skiba-la-wildfire-benefit-show/|title=blink-182 Reunite with Matt Skiba at LA Wildfire Benefit Show: Watch|last=Kaufman|first=Spencer|date=February 14, 2025|accessdate=February 16, 2025|publisher=Consequence of Sound}} In March and April 2025, both DeLonge and Hoppus stated that the band was working on new material for an upcoming album.{{Cite web |last=Marrero |first=Ariana |date=2025-04-09 |title=Glitter Magazine {{!}} Blink-182 Announces New 'Missionary Impossible' Tour |url=https://glittermagazine.co/2025/04/09/blink-182-announces-new-missionary-impossible-tour/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=glittermagazine.co |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=🚨BLINK-182 TO START DEMOING THIS SUMMER🚨 |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH3RyqcNDPe/?igsh=MTFnemtzN2E4czluYg== |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIMy57mtvbN/?igsh=MXA3cWc4ZTc0NWV2MA== |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.instagram.com}}

Blink-182's musical style is mainly considered pop-punk,{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-blink-182-tom-delonge-quit-breakup-denial-20150126-story.html |title='I never quit the band,' says Blink-182's Tom DeLonge |work=Los Angeles Times |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=January 26, 2015 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212014/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-blink-182-tom-delonge-quit-breakup-denial-20150126-story.html |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/arts/music/blink-182-california-review.html |title=In Blink-182's 'California,' a Melancholy Nostalgia |work=The New York Times |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |date=June 29, 2016 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629233755/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/arts/music/blink-182-california-review.html |archive-date=June 29, 2016 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31210-2004Jun10.html |title=Seriously, Blink-182 Is Growing Up |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 11, 2004 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |last=Harrington |first=Richard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212349/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31210-2004Jun10.html |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |url-status=live}} a genre that combines influences of pop music with traditional punk rock. Throughout the band's career, though their sound has diversified, a large component of the band's music favors fast tempos, catchy melodies, prominent electric guitar with distortion, and power chord changes.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/punk-pop-ma0000004449 |title=Punk-Pop Music Genre Overview |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221141206/https://www.allmusic.com/style/punk-pop-ma0000004449 |url-status=live }} Earlier albums by the band have also been considered as skate punk and punk rock,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/09/18/marilyn-manson-as-jfk-metaphor-or-mockery/f1492814-2507-41eb-aede-91ae22c46332/ |title=Marilyn Manson as JFK: Metaphor or Mockery? |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Wartofsky |first=Alona |date=September 18, 1999 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227122405/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/09/18/marilyn-manson-as-jfk-metaphor-or-mockery/f1492814-2507-41eb-aede-91ae22c46332/ |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/82003204/blink182-knocks-drake-off-billboard-200-perch |title=Blink-182 knocks Drake off Billboard 200 perch |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=July 12, 2016 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211658/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/82003204/blink182-knocks-drake-off-billboard-200-perch |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/sep/16/artsfeatures5 |title=Blink 182 |work=The Guardian |last=Phillips |first=Dom |date=September 15, 1999 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212514/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/sep/16/artsfeatures5 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |url-status=live}} owing to the genre's most representative bands which they were influenced by and toured with. In addition, the band has also been classified under the umbrella of alternative rock as a whole.{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/706450/Vans-Warped-Tour.html?pg=all|title=Vans Warped Tour
Blink 182 returns to rock festival; band is loud scream of today's punk-rock youth|date=July 9, 1999|work=DeseretNews.com|access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402194634/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/706450/Vans-Warped-Tour.html?pg=all|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2011/09/stream-the-entire-blink-182-album-neighborhoods-now|title=Stream The Entire blink-182 Album 'Neighborhoods' Now|work=Complex|access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402191052/http://www.complex.com/music/2011/09/stream-the-entire-blink-182-album-neighborhoods-now|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/2001/03/09/allentown-fair-lists-grandstand-attractions-shows-range-from-pop-rock-to-country-to-demolition-derby-ticket-sales-to-start-march-24/|title=Allentown Fair lists grandstand attractions|work=tribunedigital-mcall|date=March 9, 2001 |access-date=March 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144434/http://articles.mcall.com/2001-03-09/news/3342096_1_grandstand-concert-lineup-fair-marketing-director-fair-s-web-site|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=live}} The band have claimed punk rock group the Descendents to be their greatest influence on a number of occasions.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114110451/http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/Tom-DeLonge-from-Blink-182-Lists-Top-5-Most-Influential-Bands-021243098729859 |url=http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/Tom-DeLonge-from-Blink-182-Lists-Top-5-Most-Influential-Bands-021243098729859 |title=Tom Delonge's Top 5 Most Influential Bands |publisher=Red Bull |last=Frazer |first=Bear |date=October 7, 2011 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=January 14, 2015}} They have also named the Beatles,{{cite web |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/blink-182-tell-owe-beatles-3348823 |title=Blink 182 tell why they owe it all to The Beatles ahead of ECHO arena show |work=Liverpool Echo |last=Wright |first=Jade |date=March 2, 2012 |access-date=April 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403174951/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/blink-182-tell-owe-beatles-3348823 |archive-date=April 3, 2018 |url-status=live}} the Ramones,{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1442863/members-of-blink-182-go-gos-remember-joey-ramone/ |title=Members Of Blink-182, Go-Go's Remember Joey Ramone |publisher=MTV |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=April 16, 2001 |access-date=April 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726011730/http://www.mtv.com/news/1442863/members-of-blink-182-go-gos-remember-joey-ramone/ |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |url-status=dead}} the Beach Boys,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv9axak91G0 |title=Blink 182 Answer Their Most Googled Questions | According To Google | Radio X |publisher=YouTube |date= October 24, 2019|access-date=2021-02-23 |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525044132/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv9axak91G0&feature=applinks |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxgDibGEtx8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/kxgDibGEtx8 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Kerrang! Radio: Matt Stocks Meets Mark Hoppus From Blink-182 (Part 2) |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-10-28 |access-date=2021-02-23}}{{cbignore}} the Cure,{{cite magazine|title=Mark Hoppus on the Cure|magazine=Alternative Press|page=108|issue=252|date=July 1, 2009}} Depeche Mode,{{cite web|date=2019-06-10|title=Tom DeLonge on the return of Angels & Airwaves, his declassified UFO videos and Blink-182|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/tom-delonge-angels-and-airwaves-new-music-ufo-videos-blink-182-2505687|access-date=2020-07-20|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720032610/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/tom-delonge-angels-and-airwaves-new-music-ufo-videos-blink-182-2505687|url-status=live}} U2, Stiff Little Fingers, All,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blink-182-mn0000757342/related|title=Blink-182 – Similar Artists|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101154203/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blink-182-mn0000757342/related|url-status=live}} Dinosaur Jr.,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/punk-guitar-fart-jokes-blink-182-63042/|title=Punk Guitar + Fart Jokes = Blink-182|first=Gavin|last=Edwards|date=January 20, 2000|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629060955/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/punk-guitar-fart-jokes-blink-182-63042/|url-status=live}} NOFX, Bad Religion,{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index3.jhtml |title=MTV Music – Blink–182: Enema of the Stage |publisher=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021230040315/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index3.jhtml |archive-date=December 30, 2002 |access-date=March 30, 2018}} Refused, Fugazi, Screeching Weasel,{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/dont-listen-to-me-i-have-screeching-weasel-tattooed-on-my-arm-but.html |title=Don't listen to me, I have Screeching Weasel tattooed on my arm, but ... |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 17, 2010 |last=Martens |first=Todd |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211742/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/dont-listen-to-me-i-have-screeching-weasel-tattooed-on-my-arm-but.html |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |url-status=live}} the Vandals,{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-21-ca-16336-story.html |title=OC LIVE : POP MUSIC : Punk Evolution: Blink-182 Adds Melody, Humor |work=Los Angeles Times |last=Roos |first=John |date=December 21, 1995 |access-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806011409/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-21-ca-16336-story.html |url-status=live }} the Queers,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-delonge-strange-times-tv-series-766982/ |title=Tom DeLonge Producing Paranormal Series 'Strange Times' for TBS |magazine=Rolling Stone |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=December 10, 2018 |access-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-date=December 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205003808/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tom-delonge-strange-times-tv-series-766982/ |url-status=live }} and Jimmy Eat World as inspirations.{{cite book|last =Greenwald|first =Andy|author-link =Andy Greenwald|title =Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo|publisher =St. Martin's Griffin|year =2003|location =New York|isbn =0-312-30863-9|page=2}}

Blink-182 were considered more radio-friendly than their predecessors. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times writes that the band "[took] punk's already playful core and [gave] it a shiny, accessible polish."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/music/blink-182-returns-with-new-album-neighborhoods.html?_r=1|title=Not Quite Gone, A Punk Band Is Coming Back|author=Jon Caramanica|date=September 16, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=September 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002232911/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/arts/music/blink-182-returns-with-new-album-neighborhoods.html?_r=1|archive-date=October 2, 2013|url-status=live}} Luke Lewis, writing for Total Guitar in 2003, summarized it aptly: "They wrote catchy songs, radio stations played them." The band's biggest hit, "All the Small Things", was written partially because DeLonge figured the label might want a song for radio. "It was obvious from the beginning it would fit that format," he told Lewis. "There's nothing wrong with that. We don't want obstacles between us and our audience." DeLonge commented on the band's mainstream appeal in an interview in 2014:

{{blockquote|Punk rock was becoming polished. NOFX [was] a punk band we grew up listening to, and they had a record called Punk in Drublic, and it was awesome. It was game-changing; it sounded good. We wanted to take it to the next level. [...] There had never been a pop punk band that sounded like nursery rhymes on steroids, on the mainstream level at least. And that's what I used to have daydreams of. I used to think the radio could use that, could use a band that was really powerful and catchy and fast and youthful and angsty.{{cite news |url=http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/tom-delonge-blink-182-enema-of-the-state-interview/ |title=Record Club: How 'Enema of the State' Changed Tom Delonge's Life |first=Laura |last=Leebove |date=October 17, 2014 |publisher=Wondering Sound |access-date=October 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018041721/http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/tom-delonge-blink-182-enema-of-the-state-interview/ |archive-date=October 18, 2014 }}}}

Tom DeLonge's guitar style, which trades solos for riffs,{{cite magazine|pages=44–49|issn= 1355-5049|issue=116|title=Blink-182|first=Luke|last=Lewis |date=November 1, 2003|magazine=Total Guitar}} is often down-stroked and power chord heavy, with large amounts of palm muting. His later guitar work heavily delves into effects, exploring ambience and delay prominently.{{cite web|url=https://www.ernieball.com/thepursuitoftone/tom-delonge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129203327/https://www.ernieball.com/thepursuitoftone/tom-delonge|title=Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone|website=ErnieBall.com|archive-date=January 29, 2017|access-date=July 16, 2019|url-status=live}} Many Blink songs centre on the I–V–vi–IV progression.Bennett, Dan (2008). The Total Rock Bassist, p.63. Alfred. {{ISBN|0-7390-5269-1}}. As a bassist, Hoppus is known for his well-defined midrange tone. Since the band is a trio, he approaches his role as a combination of being a rhythm guitarist and bassist.{{cite news|url=https://bassmagazine.com/artists/mark-hoppus-whats-my-age-again|title=Mark Hoppus: What's My Age Again?|first=Jon|last=D'Auria|date=May 30, 2019|work=Bass Magazine|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708134220/https://bassmagazine.com/artists/mark-hoppus-whats-my-age-again|archive-date=July 8, 2019|url-status=live}} Early albums, such as Cheshire Cat (1995) and Dude Ranch (1997), were recorded with original drummer Scott Raynor, and consist of fast-paced, double-time songs. Drummer Travis Barker diversified the band's sound rhythmically when he joined in 1998. Throughout their discography, Barker's drumming references myriad musical genres, including Afro-Cuban music,{{cite magazine| last = Heller| first = Greg| date = June 2001| title = All the Big Things|magazine= Alternative Press| issue = 155|pages=56–64| issn = 1065-1667}} bossa nova,{{cite news|url=https://drummagazine.com/travis-barker-in-2000-punk-drumming-grows-up/|title=Punk Drumming Grows Up|work=Drum!|first=Andy|last=Doerschuk|date=April 18, 2011|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617073317/http://drummagazine.com/travis-barker-in-2000-punk-drumming-grows-up|url-status=live}} reggae,{{cite news|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/travis-barker-talks-pushing-boundaries-with-blink-studio-sessions-galore-and-following-up-his-stunning-solo-album|title=Travis Barker: "I would love to do a jazz project. That would be so much fun."|first=Rich|last=Chamberlain|date=September 25, 2017|publisher=MusicRadar|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927024423/https://www.musicradar.com/news/travis-barker-talks-pushing-boundaries-with-blink-studio-sessions-galore-and-following-up-his-stunning-solo-album|archive-date=September 27, 2017|url-status=live}} and hip hop. Barker grew up playing in marching band, and it still influences his drum fills and kit setup.{{cite magazine|title=Interview: Travis Barker|first=Chris|last=Barnes|magazine=Rhythm|pages=42–47|date=November 1, 2006|issn= 0957-6592|issue=131}}

Common lyrical themes for the band involve relationships, suburbia,{{cite magazine|title=Blink-182: Inside Enema|pages=24–25|date=September 16, 2015|magazine=Kerrang!|issue=1586}} toilet humor, and teen angst.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-celebrate-rebirth-at-goofy-l-a-karaoke-bash-20160429|title=Blink-182 Celebrate Rebirth at Goofy L.A. Karaoke Bash|date=April 29, 2016|access-date=April 29, 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Appleford, Steve |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429164405/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blink-182-celebrate-rebirth-at-goofy-l-a-karaoke-bash-20160429|archive-date=April 29, 2016}} Hoppus and DeLonge, and later Skiba, split songwriting duty, and much of their lyrics tend toward autobiography.{{cite magazine| date =September 1999| title =Blink-182 Article| magazine = Alternative Press| issue = 134| location =Cleveland, Ohio | issn =1065-1667}} According to Nitsuh Abebe, of New York, the band's biggest recurring topic is maturity—"more specifically, their lack of it, their attitude toward their lack of it, or their eventual wide-eyed exploration of it".{{cite magazine|title=Sentimental Education |first=Nitsuh |last=Abebe |magazine=New York |date=September 25, 2011 |url=https://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/blink-182-abebe-2011-10/ |access-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212060841/http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/blink-182-abebe-2011-10/ |archive-date=December 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }} One of the band's biggest singles, "What's My Age Again?", specifically addresses the Peter Pan syndrome,{{cite book |last=Hoppus |first=Mark |title=Blink-182: The Mark Tom and Travis Show 2000 Official Program|year=2000 |publisher=MCA Records |page = 17}} while "Dammit", the band's first mainstream hit single, contains the hook "Well, I guess this is growing up."{{Cite book| last = Footman| first = Tim| title = Blink-182: The Unauthorised Biography in Words and Pictures| date = September 1, 2002|page=42| publisher = Chrome Dreams| isbn = 978-1-84240-168-2}} Albums such as Take Off Your Pants and Jacket near-exclusively deal in toilet humor and teen-cantered lyrics, leading Rolling Stone to dub it a concept album chronicling adolescence.Nathan Brackett. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Fireside, 904 pp. First edition, 2004. For Hoppus, these themes were not exclusively adolescent: "The things that happen to you in high school are the same things that happen your entire life. You can fall in love at sixty; you can get rejected at eighty."Shooman, 2010. p. 85 Mid-career albums, such as Neighborhoods (2011), explore darker territory, such as depression and loss.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670796/blink-182-neighborhoods-album-review.jhtml|title=Blink-182's Neighborhoods: Death And All His Friends|first=James|last=Montgomery|date=September 15, 2011|publisher=MTV News|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923175824/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670796/blink-182-neighborhoods-album-review.jhtml|url-status=dead}} More recent efforts, like California (2016), aim for universality but also focus on miscommunication and loss of identity.{{cite news|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2016/04/blink-182-california-interview |title=Blink-182 Q&A: Why Their New 'California' Album 'Feels Like Home' |date=April 29, 2016 |author=Hughes, Hilary |publisher=Fuse.com |access-date=July 16, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501095405/http://www.fuse.tv/2016/04/blink-182-california-interview |archive-date=May 1, 2016 }}

Over the band's career, the public image of Blink-182 has evolved with their sound. Whereas other punk acts emerged from sometimes dangerous urban environments, Blink-182 professed a love for their upbringing in the suburbs—"beige little boxes in a row", Hoppus extolled in one song.{{cite web | last=Mathews | first=Joe | title=Blink-182, Jerry Brown sing different California songs | website=San Diego Union-Tribune | date=July 22, 2016 | url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sdut-california-blink182-politicians-2016jul22-story.html | access-date=February 18, 2024}} "They weren't selling out; they were buying in," observed Pitchfork critic Jeremy Gordon. "Part of that was Hoppus and Delonge's exurban SoCal upbringing, which encouraged a sunny prankishness at odds with urban despair."{{cite web | last=Gordon | first=Jeremy | title=Blink-182: Enema of the State | website=Pitchfork | date=January 12, 2020 | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/blink-182-enema-of-the-state/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}} The band attracted criticism for their simplified arrangements and clean sound. British publication NME was particularly critical, with reviewer Steven Wells comparing them to "that sanitized, castrated, shrink-wrapped 'new wave' crap that the major US record companies pumped out circa 1981 in their belated attempt to jump on the 'punk' bandwagon."{{cite magazine |last=Wells |first=Steven |date=June 18, 2001 |title=Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: Review |magazine=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/5230 |location=London |issn=1049-0434 |access-date=February 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202233519/http://www.nme.com/reviews/5230 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead}} A 2001 Federal Trade Commission report condemned the entertainment industry for marketing lewd lyrics to American youth, specifically naming Blink-182 as among the most explicit acts.{{cite magazine | last=Burr | first=Ty | title=The FTC raps the music industry's knuckles | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | date=April 30, 2001 | url=https://ew.com/article/2001/04/30/ftc-raps-music-industrys-knuckles/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}}{{cite web | title=Adult Music Pitched To Kids: FTC | website=Adweek | date=April 25, 2001 | url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/adult-music-pitched-kids-ftc-48258/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}} Their goofy public image and juvenilia also found detractors. Original punk veterans like John Lydon dismissed them as a "comedy act",{{cite magazine |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |date=March 3, 2000 |title=Rotten Egged |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=528 |issn=1049-0434 |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/02/25/blink-182-delivers-songs-and-laughs/ |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623140426/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275495,00.html |archive-date=June 23, 2013}}{{harvnb|Shooman|2010|p=70}} and forebears like Green Day openly critiqued their stage presence.{{cite magazine|author=Ian Winwood| date = February 1, 2006| title = Blink-182 vs. Green Day| magazine=Kerrang!| issue = 1090| pages =44–45| location =London | issn =0262-6624 }} NOFX, progenitors of this clownish camaraderie, felt they had copied their act; Fat Mike, its frontman, was known to jokingly sing "fuck fans of Blink-182" at shows. NOFX also stated in their autobiography, that while they were irritated how Blink-182 seemed to copy their humorous stage presence, they did not dislike the band members personally (they did however refuse a seven figure offer to open for Blink-182 in the early 2000s).

The band's conventional appeal, as well as partnerships with MTV, boardsport companies, and clothing brands, led to accusations that they were betraying the independent spirit of punk rock.{{cite book|last=Rotter|first=Jeffery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjh_OmCmm-0C&q=blink+182&pg=PA118|title=Naughty by Nature|publisher=Spin|date=November 1999|access-date=September 7, 2012|archive-date=August 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828052327/https://books.google.com/books?id=yjh_OmCmm-0C&q=blink+182&pg=PA118|url-status=live}} The band were considered sellouts from the underground punk scene as early as 1996, when they first partnered with music conglomerate UMG. A segment of the scene decried their fixation on female fans flashing them at concerts, in addition to lyrics considered sexist or misogynistic.{{cite web | title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; A Surge of Sexism On the Rock Scene | website=The New York Times | date=August 2, 1999 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/02/arts/critic-s-notebook-a-surge-of-sexism-on-the-rock-scene.html | access-date=February 18, 2024}} Some writers have called their stage banter—juvenile, occasionally homophobic or sexist for shock value—an accurate reflection of millennial male conversation in its era.{{cite web | last=Zoladz | first=Lindsay | title=Blink-182, Olivia Rodrigo, 100 gecs: Who Gets to Make Pop-Punk Fun? | website=The New York Times | date=December 21, 2023 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/arts/music/pop-punk-blink-182-olivia-rodrigo-100-gecs.html | access-date=February 18, 2024}} Others have considered them among the least offensive of the aughts pop-punk wave and its common disdain for women. "Many of Blink's best songs endure because they turn inward: the lovelorn boy has sense enough to wonder what's wrong with him," observed Kelefa Sanneh. To this end, the band has also been examined through a homosocial lens, with the band's internal drama and the friendship between DeLonge and Hoppus scrutinized in this light: "A queer reading of Blink-182 may almost be too obvious to make," admitted Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic, "but playing with and panicking at the idea of being gay was actually vital to the band's identity [...] the guys' [brotherhood] is part of what inspires "shipping" blogs and slash fanfiction."{{cite web | last=Kornhaber | first=Spencer | title=Blink-182's Beautiful, Twisted, Kind of Gay Romance | website=The Atlantic | date=January 29, 2015 | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/01/blink-182/384936/ | access-date=February 18, 2024}}

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Blink-182 was one of the most popular rock bands at the turn of the millennium, and spearheaded the second wave of pop-punk and its journey into the mainstream.Romanowski, Patricia. George-Warren, Holly. Pareles, Jon. (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Revised and Updated for the 21st Century). New York: Touchstone, 1136 pp. First edition, 2001. Richard Blenkinsop of Reverb.com wrote that "no discussion of pop punk can take place without mention of blink-182."{{Cite web |date=2021-04-22 |title=The Guitarists and Gear of 2000s Pop Punk |url=https://reverb.com/news/the-guitarists-and-gear-of-2000s-pop-punk |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=reverb.com |language=en}}

The band's glossy production instantly set them apart from the other crossover punk acts of the era, such as Green Day. Its third LP Enema of the State catapulted the band to stardom, creating what New York{{'s}} Abebe described as a "blanket immersion among America's twenty-some million teenagers." At the band's commercial peak, albums such as Take Off Your Pants and Jacket and Enema sold over 14 and 15 million copies worldwide, respectively.{{cite news |last=Leighton |first=Ken |date=September 14, 2011 |title=Naming Rights |newspaper=San Diego Reader |url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2011/sep/14/blurt1/ |access-date=February 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074908/http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2011/sep/14/blurt1/ |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}} According to Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker, Blink-182 "spawned more imitators than any American rock band since Nirvana. Their seeming ordinariness convinced a generation of goofy punks that maybe they, too, could turn out deceptively simple songs as well constructed as anything on the pop chart."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/blink-182s-california|title=Good Clean Punk|first=Kelefa|last=Sanneh|date=July 17, 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=July 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721032658/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/blink-182s-california|archive-date=July 21, 2016|url-status=live}} Most Blink-182 songs are considered straightforward and easy to play on guitar, making them a popular choice of practice for beginner musicians. Lewis of Total Guitar notes that this was key in influencing a generation of kids to "pick up the guitar and form bands of their own." Cameron Hurley of We Are the In Crowd was quoted saying: "For many, ["Dammit"] was the introduction to pop punk guitar playing. It's not the most advanced riff to play, but you just had to learn it.{{Cite web |last=Guitars |last2=Expo 2014 |first2=Amps |last3=published |first3=Claire Davies |date=2014-05-13 |title=7 iconic pop punk guitar riffs |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/7-iconic-pop-punk-guitar-riffs-599696 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=MusicRadar |language=en}}

Despite this, the band never received particularly glowing reviews, with many reviewers dismissing them as a joke. Nevertheless, subsequent reviews of the band's discography have been more positive. Andy Greenwald of Blender wrote, "the quick transformation from nudists to near geniuses is down-right astonishing."{{cite magazine| last =Greenwald| first =Andy| date =November 2005| title =Mile-High Club|magazine=Blender| page =163 | publisher = Alpha Media Group}} James Montgomery of MTV said that "despite their maturation, Blink never took themselves particularly seriously, which was another reason they were so accessible." A new generation of rock fans found the Blink sound "hugely influential," according to Nicole Frehsée of Rolling Stone.{{cite magazine| last =Frehsée| first =Nicole| date =March 5, 2009| title =Pop-Punk Kings Blink-182: Reunited and Ready to Party Like It's 1999| magazine =Rolling Stone| issue =1073| page =20| location =New York City| issn =0035-791X| url =http://www.nicolefrehsee.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/R1073Blink182.pdf| access-date =January 11, 2013| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131013023818/http://www.nicolefrehsee.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/R1073Blink182.pdf| archive-date =October 13, 2013| url-status=dead| df =mdy-all}} Sanneh concurred: in his 2021 book Major Labels, he calls the band a "generational touchstone", arguing their sound and humor aged gracefully.{{cite book|title=Major Labels, A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres|first=Kelefa|last=Sanneh|year=2021|publisher=Penguin Press|isbn=978-0525559597|page=450}}

In 2011, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times asserted that "no punk band of the 1990s has been more influential than Blink-182," stating that even as the band receded after their initial 2005 split, "its sound and style could be heard in the muscular pop punk of Fall Out Boy or in the current wave of high-gloss Warped Tour punk bands, like All Time Low and the Maine." Montgomery agrees: "...without them, there'd be no Fall Out Boy, no Paramore, or no Fueled by Ramen Records."{{cite web |title=How Did Blink-182 Become So Influential? |first=James |last=Montgomery |publisher=MTV News |date=February 9, 2009 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/20090209/blink_182.jhtml |access-date=February 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025200846/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604639/how-did-blink-182-become-so-influential.jhtml |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}} Maria Sherman of The Village Voice took this a step further, writing "Apart from the sound, Blink's ideology has been popularized [...] their presence is everywhere."{{cite news|title=I Was in an All-Girl Blink-182 Cover Band Called Dumpweed|first=Maria|last=Sherman|newspaper=The Village Voice|date=September 11, 2013|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/09/blink_182_most_important_90s_band.php|access-date=September 12, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913095543/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/09/blink_182_most_important_90s_band.php|archive-date=September 13, 2013}} "When it comes to having inestimable influence, blink-182 might well be contemporary punk's version of the Beatles", wrote Scott Heisel in a 2009 Alternative Press cover story on the band.{{cite magazine|title=Back Together for the Kids|first=Scott|last=Heisel|pages=110–118|date=July 2009 |magazine=Alternative Press}} The same magazine later ranked Blink the fourth of the "30 Most Influential Bands of the Past 30 Years," just behind Radiohead, Fugazi, and Nirvana.{{cite magazine|title=30 Most Influential Bands of the Past 30 Years|pages=87–89|date=May 2015|magazine=Alternative Press}} Bands such as Panic! at the Disco and All Time Low originated covering Blink-182 songs,{{cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2005/10/panic-disco/|title=Artist of the Day: Panic! at the Disco|first=Emily|last=Zemler|date=October 3, 2005|work=Spin|access-date=March 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002142426/http://www.spin.com/2005/10/panic-disco/|archive-date=October 2, 2015|url-status=live}} while You Me at Six and 5 Seconds of Summer have also named the band as influences. "Anyone in our genre would be lying if they said they weren't influenced by Blink-182," said Joel Madden of Good Charlotte.{{cite magazine| last =Browne | first =Nichola | date = November 20, 2005| title = Punk Rock! Nudity! Filthy Sex! Tom DeLonge Looks Back On Blink-182's Greatest Moments|magazine= Kerrang!| issue = 1083| publisher = Bauer Media Group| location =London | issn =0262-6624 }} The band's influence extends beyond punk and pop-punk groups as well: the band has been cited as an influence by Avril Lavigne,[https://www.allmusic.com/album/influences-avril-lavigne-mw0001588701] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502180502/http://www.allmusic.com/album/influences-avril-lavigne-mw0001588701|date=May 2, 2016}} Influences: Avril Lavigne[http://www.herworldplus.com/celebs-men-sex/celebs/avril-lavigne-talks-about-black-eyeliner-and-frank-sinatra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805174923/http://www.herworldplus.com/celebs-men-sex/celebs/avril-lavigne-talks-about-black-eyeliner-and-frank-sinatra|date=August 5, 2016}} "...In high school I listened to Pennywise, Blink 182 and the Dixie Chicks." Best Coast, Juice Wrld,{{Citation |title=Juice Wrld Shares Some Of His Biggest Influences In Music & His Name Before He Was Juice Wrld. | date=July 18, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Fl4hMIrso |access-date=2024-02-02 |language=en}} Lil Peep,{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Alternative Press |date=2021-07-14 |title=8 Lil Peep tracks that nod to some of the scene's most prominent artists |url=https://www.altpress.com/lil-peep-samples/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}} DIIV,{{cite web|title=What's Their Age Again? Blink-182's Songs Prove Timeless at Brooklyn Charity Gig|first=Mischa|last=Pearlman|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 12, 2013|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/whats-age-again-blink-182s-628368|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227095503/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/whats-age-again-blink-182s-628368|archive-date=February 27, 2014|url-status=live}} FIDLAR,{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2698071/fidlar-album-influences/ |title=Five Albums That Influenced FIDLAR's Debut |publisher=MTV |last=Muller |first=Marissa G. |date=January 25, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065603/http://www.mtv.com/news/2698071/fidlar-album-influences/ |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |url-status=dead}} Grimes, Male Bonding, Neck Deep,{{cite tweet|number=1125433678438576128|user=NeckDeepUK|date=May 6, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2021|title=This is really, truly a thing that is happening.}} Mumford & Sons,{{cite web |title=Mumford & Sons Discuss Their Love for Blink 182 |publisher=MTV News |date=August 31, 2012 |url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/08/31/hivecast-mumford-and-sons-matt-pinfield-interview/ |access-date=September 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901082849/http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/08/31/hivecast-mumford-and-sons-matt-pinfield-interview/ |archive-date=September 1, 2012 |url-status=dead}} A Day to Remember,{{cite web|title=A Day To Remember Talk Life On The Road With Blink-182, Aussie Tour Plans & How Their New Album Saved The Band|first=Emily|last=Mack|publisher=MusicFeeds|date=August 31, 2016|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/day-remember-talk-life-road-blink-182-aussie-tour-plans-new-album-saved-band/|access-date=May 6, 2020|archive-date=August 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810024836/https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/day-remember-talk-life-road-blink-182-aussie-tour-plans-new-album-saved-band/|url-status=live}} Machine Gun Kelly, Owl City,{{cite web|title=Owl City Says Mark Hoppus Collaboration Is Like A 'Rarity Blink Track'|publisher=MTV News|date=July 11, 2012|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1689388/owl-city-mark-hoppus-blink-182-collaboration.jhtml|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116132349/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1689388/owl-city-mark-hoppus-blink-182-collaboration.jhtml|archive-date=January 16, 2014|url-status=dead}} Charly Bliss,{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/03/13/charly-bliss-guppy-interview|title=Meet Charly Bliss, Pop-Punk Idols In Training|first=Leah|last=Mandel|website=The Fader|date=March 13, 2017|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716183700/https://www.thefader.com/2017/03/13/charly-bliss-guppy-interview|url-status=live}} Tucker Beathard,{{cite web|title=Why Pop-Punk Is Country Music's Next Frontier|first=Nick|last=Murray|work=Pitchfork Media|date=June 7, 2017|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1536-why-pop-punk-is-country-musics-next-frontier/|access-date=June 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608015201/http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1536-why-pop-punk-is-country-musics-next-frontier/|archive-date=June 8, 2017|url-status=live}} Joyce Manor,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8476310/joyce-manor-interview-million-dollars-to-kill-me|title=This Is Post-Growing Up: Joyce Manor's Story Gets Boring So Their Songs and Crowds Don't Have To|date=September 21, 2018|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 16, 2019|archive-date=July 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716230925/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8476310/joyce-manor-interview-million-dollars-to-kill-me|url-status=live}} Wavves,{{cite magazine|last=Doyle|first=Patrick|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-blink-182-on-their-next-album-and-keeping-their-toilet-humor-20130913|title=Q&A: Blink-182 on Their Next Album and Keeping Their Bathroom Humor|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 13, 2013|access-date=September 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914173547/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-blink-182-on-their-next-album-and-keeping-their-toilet-humor-20130913|archive-date=September 14, 2013|url-status=live}} Taylor Swift{{Cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=LTSh48b1uXo&pp=ygUWYmFuZCBoZXJvIHJpdmVycyBjdW9tbw%3D%3D|title=Making of Band Hero: Taylor Swift, Rivers Cuomo, Pete Wentz, Travis Barker|website=YouTube|date=November 2, 2009 |access-date=October 8, 2023|archive-date=October 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015091331/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTSh48b1uXo&pp=ygUWYmFuZCBoZXJvIHJpdmVycyBjdW9tbw%3D%3D|url-status=live}} and the Chainsmokers;{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/a/how-blink-182-s-i-miss-you-inspired-the-chainsmokers-and-halsey-s-closer|title=How Blink 182's "I Miss You" Inspired The Chainsmokers And Halsey's "Closer"|first=Lauren|last=Nostro|date=August 8, 2016|publisher=Genius|access-date=August 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811173218/http://genius.com/a/how-blink-182-s-i-miss-you-inspired-the-chainsmokers-and-halsey-s-closer|archive-date=August 11, 2016|url-status=live}} the latter even mentioned the band in the lyrics of their number-one hit song "Closer".

In 2019, Blink-182's song "All the Small Things" became the theme song of the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche.{{cite web|title='All the Small Things' explained: How the blink-182 song became an Avalanche tradition|first=Brian|last=Murphy|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/all-small-things-blink-182-song-avalanche-tradition/kpinbyjfq9bryg2gdrzj1oqm|publisher=Sporting News|date=October 12, 2022|access-date=December 30, 2022|archive-date=December 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230093510/https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/all-small-things-blink-182-song-avalanche-tradition/kpinbyjfq9bryg2gdrzj1oqm|url-status=live}}

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Current members

• Mark Hoppus – bass, vocals {{small|(1992–2005, 2009–present)}}; guitars {{small|(2020)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VFvVnB7Veo|title=Quarantine|via=YouTube|date=August 7, 2020|access-date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=October 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011014544/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VFvVnB7Veo&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live}}
• Tom DeLonge – guitars, vocals {{small|(1992–2005, 2009–2015, 2022–present)}}; keyboards {{small|(2012)}}
• Travis Barker – drums {{small|(1998–2005, 2009–present; touring member 1998)}}; occasional vocals {{small|(2003, 2016, 2023–present)}}, keyboards, piano {{small|(2012, 2018–2019)}}

Former members

• Scott Raynor – drums {{small|(1992–1998)}}
• Matt Skiba – guitars, vocals {{small|(2015–2022; touring member 2015; guest 2025)}}

Former touring musicians

• Cam Jones – bass {{small|(1993)}}
• Mike Krull – drums {{small|(1994)}}
• Byron McMackin – drums {{small|(1999)}}{{efn|Filled-in for Barker at Warped Tour in 1999.|name="ReferenceA"}}
• Josh Freese – drums {{small|(1999)}}{{efn|name="ReferenceA"}}
• Damon DeLaPaz – drums {{small|(1999, 2000)}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index.jhtml |title=Blink-182: Enema of the Stage |publisher=MTV News |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104195646/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink00/index.jhtml |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}
• Brooks Wackerman – drums {{small|(1999, 2013)}}{{efn|Filled-in for Barker for a few shows when he couldn't make it including Warped Tour in 1999, as well as on the Australian Tour from February 20 until March 4, 2013, as Barker still had a fear of flying after a 2008 plane crash.}}
• Kevin Gruft – guitars, backing vocals {{small|(2021)}}{{efn|Filled-in for Skiba at House of Horrors 2021.}}

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{{Main|Blink-182 discography|List of songs recorded by Blink-182}}

;Studio albums

• Cheshire Cat (1995)
• Dude Ranch (1997)
• Enema of the State (1999)
• Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)
• Blink-182 (2003)
• Neighborhoods (2011)
• California (2016)
• Nine (2019)
• One More Time... (2023)

;Headlining

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• PooPoo PeePee Tour (1998)
• Loserkids Tour (1999)
• The Mark, Tom and Travis Show Tour (2000–2001)
• Take Off Your Pants and Jacket Tour (2001)
• DollaBill Tour (2003)
• untitled Tour (2003–2004)
• blink-182 in Concert (2009–2010)
• 20th Anniversary Tour (2011–2014)
• We Are Pirates Tour (2016)
• California Tour (2016–2017)
• Kings of the Weekend Tour (2018)
• World Tour 2023/2024 (2023–2024)
• One More Time Tour (2024)
• Missionary Impossible (2025)

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• Pop Disaster Tour (with Green Day) (2002)
• Summer Tour 2004 (with No Doubt) (2004)
• 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour (with My Chemical Romance) (2011)
• blink-182 and Lil Wayne Tour (with Lil Wayne) (2019)

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{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Blink-182}}

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| last = Hoppus

| first = Anne

| title = Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom

| date = October 1, 2001

| publisher = MTV Books / Pocket Books

| isbn = 9780743422079

}}

• {{Cite book

| last = Shooman

| first = Joe

| title = Blink-182: The Bands, the Breakdown & the Return

| date = June 24, 2010

| publisher = Independent Music Press

| isbn = 978-1-906191-10-8

}}

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