BLINK 182 FORMED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 1992 AND THEY ROCKED IT OUT IN THEIR VERY OWN PUNK STYLE WITH TOM DELONGE ON GUITAR & VOCALS, MARK HOPPUS ON BASS AND VOCALS & SCOTT RAYNOR ON DRUMS…RAYNOR WAS FIRED IN 98 AND REPLACED WITH THE AQUABATS DRUMMER TRAVIS BARKER.
AS FAME AND AGE SET IN, THE TRIO GREW APART AND BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION LED TO ARGUMENTS AND THE BAND WENT ON HIATUS…THEY DIDN’T SPEAK AGAIN UNTIL 2008 AFTER BARKER SURVIVED A PLANE CRASH THAT TOOK 4 LIVES…HIS BRUSH WITH DEATH PROMPTED THE TRIO TO MEET UP AND TALK IT OUT AND THEY DECIDED TO GIVE IT ANOTHER GO EMBARKING ON A REUNION TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA THAT KICKED OFF WITH A SOLD OUT 2 NIGHT STINT ON JULY 23RD IN FABULOUS LAS VEGAS AT THE JOINT IN THE HARD ROCK CAFE HOTEL…ON THIS DAY IN ROCK HISTORY, BLINK 182 PLAYED NIGHT 2 OF THE REUNION TOUR IN VEGAS…IF YOUV’E EVER BEEN TO A BLINK CONCERT, YOU KNOW IT IS ONE HELL OF A ROCK SHOW! FROM THEIR 2009 REUNION TOUR SETLIST, IT’S THE ROCK SHOW, TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X…TURN IT UP!
