“The fuck is my guitar? I don’t know who fucked my guitar” have gotta be my favourite blink lyrics

But this is the perfect moment to fail. His character makes it bulletproof lol

this makes me sad in fact, they've prepared with the costume and all setting but the show didn't stick with them

I love how you can hear the guitar just enough to make the crowd think it's Tom's fault.

Sounds like me at Guitar Hero

This. This was the performance that solidified my love for Blink 182 and also why First Date will forever be my favorite song. They just kept on going and "where the fuck is my guitar" is a given thing to sing ever since.

And thats when Tom switched to Gibson.

Where the fuck is, my guitar. i dont know where, the fuck my guitar."

Props to them for continuing on through the song though. Mark and Travis never missed a beat, even though Tom was having technical difficulties, and Tom never stopped playing.

"Where the fuck is my guitar?!" lol

Tom was getting pissed off and annoyed, its really hard to sing in tune when annoyed and that focused on a guitar not working right...

1:42 "Where the fuck is... my guitar! Lets make this last forever!" my fav lyric lol

The band that played before blink's wireless was left on and just crossed Tom's frequencies

I have seen Blink live a few times. They have a ton of energy and stage presence, all the while sounding like a bad high school band

at least they dont do lip sync

It would be impossible not to get pissed, can't blame Tom, playing infront of a huge audience and the guitar not working

Travis really helping in here. Imagine if travis sucks, this will be a nightmare...

Mark explained this, the band before them had left their wireless transmitter on and it was at the same frequency as Tom's but at least he carried the show on! true frontman.

Boomer is still in prison for undisclosed reasons.

THIS PERFORMANCE COULD NOT BE MORE ICONIC AND GOD-LIKE. BLINK 182 FOR FUCKING LIFE.

This is the most blink182 moment of their history 🤣

At least they didn't use playback

I feel like the broken guitar actually gives the whole thing some character. I personally am a fan of imperfections like these

Guitar Hero levels Easy Normal Hard Expect Impossible Tom delonge

Lol I love how at the end Ali G comes out "Boo boo boo" And then Tom or Mark is just like "YEEAAHHH!!!"

Only true musicians can stay on time and continue to rock like that

When the artists use to actually play their instruments during award shows

I just wonder how nobody went to the stage and gave him another guitar...well done mtv

Mark on that bass though 😍

This is probably one of the only times that I’ve seen Tom kinda pissed

What I love about blink is that they still put on a fun and memorable show despite Tom's voice sounding like a drunk surfer and his guitar sounding like shit. Their style is just so cool and addictive that you can't stop being a fan once you started. They stand out and that's why they were a success.

Tom handled it very well!

if that happens to Billie Joe, that guitar will turn into pieces

they didnt make a mistake. one of depeche mode's guitars was still plugged in and turned on the same wireless frequency as toms guitar so it was signal interferance.

Boomer's guitar isn't working, perfect.

It's a known fact, that the signal frequency was disturbed.

Lol at tom's face when his guitar kept turning on and off during the instrumental 😂

I see no failure. Only classic hilarious Blink that everybody loves 😂

at the EMAs awards show in frankfurt, 2001.... the two main acts were rammstein & blink-182. everything went ok during the soundchecks & rehearsals, but at some point during the evening, the venue's security people changed their walkie-talkie frequency, & during blink's performance, tom delonge's guitar was subject to exactly the sort of problems as in 'spinal tap'. he trashed the guitar & walked off. later, when they'd calmed down, they wanted to repair the recording of the performance, so that the actual trashing would look deliberate at the end of an otherwise unmarred performance. this meant getting the band & tom's guitar effects rack into the manor mobile at 2am. blink-182 were doing a european tour in a painted-up VW camper, driving themselves & renting backline wherever they went, so that's where the guitar rack had to be fetched from. but first I had to find rammstein's manager & explain what was going on, because they were in the sound truck themselves, remixing their set, & we needed to get the blink song fixed before the next satellite feed at 3am. so I had to kick them out, & help get tom installed. eventually, he watched the recording once, then overdubbed his guitar part, including a recreation of the trashing, in one take, throwing the guitar onto the couch in the back of the manor mobile. round of applause, utter professional. so then I had to go & drag the uplink guy out of the after-show party to send the re-mixes to london. got back to the hotel at 7am, sober & with a new cold starting.

Straight up though props to Travis for at least somewhat holding that shit together. This is probably worst case scenario for the band and he adapted well. Still shredded the drums lol.

Incredible. This is very rare footage of Travis not playing the song at 5x speed!

Obviously never played venues this big but I have had my guitar wireless system cut in and out during a show and it sucks!!! I feel your pain, Tom!

The whole show is just bass and since im a bass player I love it 😆😆😆

This makes me feel old I remember watching this ok tv when I was a teenager

2:55 tom is giving massage to his guitar😂

damn i miss the times of this MTV so much. :( if someone invents a time machine, take me to the early 2000s!

When you miss a note in Guitar Hero so you just sit and wait in anger

1:42 HAHAHAHAHAHA

I come back to watch this sometimes when I need a good laugh and it never gets old 😂

"Do you like it?" 😂

This is actually the European VMA’s. So the story according to Tom’s guitar tech is Tom’s wireless was accidentally synced up to the same frequency as the wireless rigs of one of the guitar players in Rammstein who were also playing this show. The general rule is other bands should have their wireless rigs on mute but Rammstein forgot. Tom’s tech tried to re sync it but lost the battle to Germany. 😢

The way Tom karate chops the guitar on the ground at the end

they wearin the same fits in the m/v 🤣😂 forever and ever lets make this last forever!🎶

Como no amar a estos tipos❤😊

Blink 182 are literally the most funniest band in the world 😂

thats not a fail ! thats an epic win :P

Back when performers actually performed.

I watched this live. Will always remember.

I saw it live on MTV. The next day, only the good version (corrected fake-version) was broadcasted. This FAIL-version was only seen once, during a LIVE broadcast.

Hahahaha this was hilarious, but you guys need to stop blaming the sound guy because he probably had nothing to do with it. It sounds like something either interfered with the guitar's wireless signal, or something was messed up in the guitar's input jack.

everything was better back then we had ali g and blink 182

crazy that ali-G and blink existed at the same time. They seems like different timelines

I love how Tom then breaks his guitar at the end because it doesn’t work

Tom hair the best and music to my ears

Show must go on 🤘

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Why god why Tom's guitar always fucks in the first date

One of The many videos I downloaded on Ares back in 2001

Travis couldn't care less about what anyone else is doing when performing he just loves to play drums and the band relies on him a lot to set the pace.

Best guitar 👌👌

This fail just proves that tom is bulletproof cus it still sounds good

I was thinking the whole time, something doesn’t sound right

I never laughed so hard in my life 💀

One of Depeche Modes guitar xmitter was still turned on and on the same frequency of Toms and interrupted Toms.

gotta say, wasn't expecting Ali G at the beginning

Love how tom called him self out on messing up, but kept character. You van say what you want about blink182, but that was punk rock element right there.

lol i love how he sings his words in tune with the song

Thank god its first date where the bass and guitar chords is the same.

LOL, mark; "YEAH"

I still prefer this over a fake live performance.

Gotta say, his guitar sounded sick when it was coming through, and good thing it kicked in for the bridge!

Weird seeing a mtv performance uncensored.

Tom with guitar and vocal difficulties always lol 😅

Thumbs up. Fucking sound guys have to be on fucking top at big performances like this. No excuses.

While im watching, Im telling myself 'Tom should smash his guitar after the song.' I am satisfied now.

When I broke laughing … “ shit ! “ and “ so fuck this , my guitar “ looool

Man, all this cussing would not slide with MTV nowadays. How time has changed.

It’s literally right in front of you like when you’re looking for your phone and it’s in your hand

Unfortunate wireless transmitter error. one of the guitars used by Depeche Mode from their performance earlier in the night still had its wireless transmitter on, and of course it was set to the same frequency as Tom's guitar.

Fire tho🔥🔥🔥

Lo mas punk de blink

That "car" is a tad bit aggressive. Love it.

That's not a fail. That was a pretty professional response to a shitty situation. I hope somebody got fired after that.

And it's reasons like this why MTV has gone into the toilet.... How could there not be a guitar tec or someone on stage nearby with a backup guitar in hand and ready? 😩

Congratulations on Mark Hoppus the bassist and co-lead vocalist of blink-182 that he is cancer free through Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Name Amen.

Lmaooo Tom is awesome

como se llamaba el presentador? ese que parece a borat q tmb lo tengo del video de madonna? y creo q tmb hizo alguna pelicula

0:51 1:42 2:37 cursing for guitar fails...

2:25

Guys i can’t understand wtf tom says while The guitar is not working, Who can help me, it seems hilarious 😂😂😂