I'm always behind and a little out of the loop, but catching up...
I just found out today that two months ago Blink 182 broke up. Or went on "indefinite hiatus" (read infinite). To most people who read this, that won't meant much.
But some people relate to me as to what this really means. Emo, pop-punk,and there are more, all genres that owe their popularity to these guys. They'd tour with little known bands like Finch, and stayed on the Warped Tour for seven forevers. They were the underdogs who went big and then pulled everybody up with them.
You know what else? All the people who insult them the most have had at least one of their cds playing constantly in the player for a few days. Their harshest critics have all of them. Why, you ask?
Let's face it. Blink has made adolescent music since they were themselves adolescents. Their original fans have outgrown all of this angst and juvenilia, and honestly, so have they. The trio tried to remake themselves with 2003's self titled album, but it's just too late. No matter what, Blink 182 will always say "teenage years".
And there is the saddest part. Truthfully their hiatus says the same thing about my own generation's adolescence: that it also is on "indefinite hiatus" (read infinite).
They've known the end from the beginning, though...
"I guess this is growing up"