BLINK 182BY: BRITTANY MURDOCK, ALEXA CORSEY, PRESTON BARLOW,

COLLIN NIXON

BLINK 182- THE BAND MEMBERSBRITTANY

• TRAVIS BARKER: DRUMMER• TOM DELONGE: GUITAR & VOCALIST• MARK HOPPUS: BASSIST & VOCALIST

BLINK 182 HISTORYBRITTANY

• THEY ARE A POP-PUNK GROUP THAT CAME TOGETHER IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA IN 1991.• THE BAND IS A TRIO.• AFTER THE BAND LANDED THEIR FIRST

RECORD LABEL THEY FIRED THEIR DRUMMER SCOTT RAYNOR AND HIRED TRAVIS BARKER.

• Throughout the 1990s through the millennium Blink 182 began to rise in the music industry with their catchy lyrics and beats.

• They band has released six records and sold millions of copies.

• During the early millennium Travis Barker and Tom Delonge went to go play with other bands in the meantime, but were still in the band Blink 182.

• A few years later, the band did have a minor break due to Travis Barker and Tom Delonge playing and touring with other bands.

• In 2009 the band did reunite and announced it at the Grammy Awards.

HISTORY CONTINUED…

ADAM’S SONGALEXA

• FROM THE ALBUM ENEMA OF THE STATE.• IT WAS INSPIRED FROM A SUICIDE NOTE WRITTEN BY A DIE-HARD FAN IN

2000.• THEY SAW HOW TROUBLED THE YOUNG BOY WAS AND WROTE THE SONG TO

EDUCATE THE PUBLIC.

LISTENING GUIDE- ADAMS SONGPRESTON• THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG IS A SOLO GUITAR STRUMMING THE SAME THREE CORDS FOR

SEVEN SECONDS. THE DRUMS COME IN TO SYNC WITH THE GUITAR ADDING A FAST PACE BEAT BUILDING UP TO THE OPENING OF THE SONG. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE SOLO SINGER COMES IN AND THE BEAT SLOWS DOWN AND STAYS AT A STEADY PACE. THE SONG IS VERY DEEP AND DISTRAUGHT ADDING A MELLOW TONE TO THE SONG; THE SINGER’S VOICE RISES AND FALLS THROUGHOUT THE FIRST VERSE STAYING AT THE SAME CONSISTENT BEAT AS SONG.

• AT FORTY-TWO SECONDS THE DRUMS STOP AND RETURNS TO THE SAME THREE CORD GUITAR SOLO. THE DRUMS COME BACK IN AND THE STEADY PACE RETURNS, LEADING UP TO THE CHORUS.

• WHEN THE CHORUS COMES IN IT IS VERY LOUD WITH HEAVY DRUMS AND MULTIPLE GUITARS ALL-PLAYING TOGETHER. THE SINGER’S VOICE RISES DRASTICALLY ALMOST TO A YELL SHOUTING OUT THE LYRICS, WHICH CATCHES THE AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.

ADAMS SONG

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ALL THE SMALL THINGS

• THIS SONG WAS INSPIRED BY THE RAMONES• “I WANTED TO WRITE A SONG WITH NA-NA’S ‘CAUSE I LOVE THE RAMONES. I

THOUGHT I’LL WRITE THIS SONG ABOUT MY CHICK, AND IT’LL BE AN ODE TO THE RAMONES TOO” (DELONGE).

ALL THE SMALL THINGSCOLLIN

• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?FEATURE=PLAYER_DETAILPAGE&V=9HT5RZPZPQW

WORK CITED

• BLINK-182 BIOGRAPHY | ROLLING STONE. (N.D.). ROLLING STONE | MUSIC NEWS, POLITICS, INTERVIEWS, PICTURES AND REVIEWS. RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 29, 2013, FROM HTTP://WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM/MUSIC/ARTISTS/BLINK-182/BIOGRAPHY

• BLINK-182 BIOGRAPHY. (N.D.). SONGS | MOST POPULAR. RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, FROM HTTP://ARTISTS.LETSSINGIT.COM/BLINK-182-BZR7F/BIOGRAPHY

• BLINK-182 BIOGRAPHY. (N.D.). SONGS | MOST POPULAR. RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, FROM HTTP://ARTISTS.LETSSINGIT.COM/BLINK-182-BZR7F/BIOGRAPHY

• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=2MRDTXWCGIW

• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?FEATURE=PLAYER_DETAILPAGE&V=9HT5RZPZPQW

• HTTP://LIFE-ON-THE-MURDER-SCENE.TUMBLR.COM/POST/20292532956/THIS-IS-THE-SUICIDE-LETTER-BLINK-182-RECEIVED-THAT. 13 OCTOBER 2013.

• HTTP://WWW.LYRICINTERPRETATIONS.COM/BLINK182/ADAMS-SONG (TOM DELONGE) (MARK HOPPUS). 13 OCTOBER 2013.

• HTTP://ROCK.RAPGENIUS.COM/BLINK-182-ALL-THE-SMALL-THINGS-LYRICS#NOTE-51288 (TOM DELONGE). 13 OCTOBER 2013.