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At this point it’s honestly a miracle that he’s back in the band

It’s so weird to see Tom serious and act normal. I think when you get really famous you create a character for yourself and anytime the camera is on you, you play that part because that’s what people expect from you because that’s who they know. But this is Tom being his actual self for once.

Once you tell someone the truth of your intentions and they don't believe you there is nothing left to say.

One more time. ❤

I take Tom’s side on this, sometimes you need a personal creative space. But I’m so glad he’s back

"I like aliens and they don't. What am I supposed to say? I can't imagine dealing with that."

Keeping a band together is one of the hardest things to do 🤦🏼‍♂️

here again after the release if their new album. When i first saw this interview years ago in highschool i was angry. I was so angry with Tom for leaving even after watching this interview. But, as i grew up i would come back to this interview on occasion and would understand more and more. We all grow up and we all change. Im glad they're back together. This new album takes me back to the good ole days where nothing mattered but blink 182. Lets all enjoy this together. ONE MORE TIME.....

I’m glad that papa’s back

“Box car wasn’t meant to do that”… damn so mark was really effected by the whole box car thing 😕

What i see in this video and what ive known in life is that there are two sides to the story. But nothing helps forgiveness like time really. They just needed time before they realize to miss what they once had. Now theyre back together and i cant wait for whats in store. blink for life babyyyy

Tom outgrew Blink-182. The band was restricting him as a musician and person. That’s my perspective on why he left anyway. It’s nice to see that he’s come back to his roots now though.

I feel like when Tom left Blink, they reverted to the type and style of songs they made when they were 20. That was great when they were 20, but I don't feel the same way about it now. I really feel like Tom was driving most of the change and growth in the band, because he was evolving and he was changing and maturing as a creative. I think Tom is one of those people who need to be dynamic and creative all the time or they will die, like that's the most important part of what drives him. Mark and Travis just want to be musicians in Blink.

I thought it was because of Aliens.

I respect him for his vision & independence

His original departure from Blink was the best decision he ever made. He allowed himself to form AVA and grow as a songwriter. Mark threw his bitterness on sheets of paper and used it to write +44's album which is his best work outside of Blink.

Families fight. Blink is nothing if not a family. We all bicker with our siblings and need space to reassess ourselves. Everyone is different, and some mature faster than others. Tom was at a different point in his life. They clearly still all love each other and they had their space, and now Tom is back. He just needs his space sometimes. He’s the brother who locks himself in his room sometimes because he just needs to be alone. It doesn’t mean he loves them any less, but he has to put himself and his mental health first. And i’m happy he had the time he needs and came back. He may leave again one day but it will be no different. The fans will always love him, and so will Travis and Mark. He always has a home here and he knows that i hope

Looking back on everything, and interviews such as this, I think it’s clear that Tom was being fairly honest here. It’s likely though that Tom developed ideas or inclinations about side projects, and was going to pursue that whether he fully realized it or not. So it’s also fair to say he maybe wasn’t as self aware of that as he could have been, which also creates tension. But Mark and Travis clearly weren’t open to a continual evolution of Blink. Had they understood Tom needed his time off, and had they been open to side projects while simultaneously extracting those experiences and bringing it back to Blink whenever they reconvened, a lot of fallout and bad blood could have been sidestepped.

It’s 2023 and I just saw you at MSG in NYC last night. Welcome back Tom!

Here after they just released, back together, the single greatest blink-182 record EVER. "One More Time..." is an absolute MASTERPIECE. 10/10 Perfection. What a time to be re-alive...:)

Tom seems like the only one who realizes that you just can’t stay 17.

All boils down to just creative differences it seems. We aren't there so we don't know if anyone's in the wrong. But Tom wanted to explore newer and more introspective themes with a new sound and vocal style. Mark wanted Blink to have the signature pop punk sound it made itself iconic with. They had a good thing going and he loved it it seems. Mark did always say they don't see themselves as serious musicians and that Blink is more of a fun first, music second band. Maybe that's changed over time for all of them, but Tom very clearly felt that change given his musical expirimentation and tonal shift. Travis even wanted to explore some more hip hop-esque sounds. All of these clash and we'd wind up lacking unification were it to continue. Hard to follow up something like Family Reunion with Secret Crowds. So they split and honestly, in retrospect, it should've happened sooner. You can hear a lot of AVA-esque music in Neighborhoods and a few prior tracks. It felt like Tom really wanted to pursue his own endeavors. I think all of them did wonderfully in their own projects and man, I'm just happy they're on what seems like good terms now and they're back to having fun again.

Blink 182 is currently on tour. With him.

I couldn’t imagine touring away for months at a time when you have a family. Must have been tough after all those years

It’s all about growing up. Believe it or not we all go through this in life. Rather we need part ways from our family, or your best friends. Only you know what you need to do. That’s why friends and family should always respect your wish and wishes you for the best. And always stay close in touch to one another.

This is sophisticated era Tom

Tom leaving Blink gave us the amazing music band like: +44, Boxcar Racer, Angels and Airwaves, The transplants and Blink with Matt. And now they are together again and I feel like everything happened for a good reason. Cuz I love all of those bands.

I've never understood why the rest of Blink wasn't more understanding about band members wanting to pursue side projects. Blink is great, but it's very much a box and generally quite pop orientated. It's not necessarily a place for growth or deep expression (although they have some). By the time Tom needed space, the band had already made their money. They could always come back to it. Instead they really chased Tom away.

I’m so happy he’s back 🥹

Saw them this weekend and they were great!

Probs the best Tom clip I've seen.

and now they're back and better than ever, with a single all about their breaking up

Clashing artistically, petty in-fighting, a tale as old as time really

Saw them in vegas for wwwy. It was amazing one of the best nights of my life

this is my generation, this my life when i grew up ❤ blink 182 forever 😃 always jams their music back in the 90s, i'm from asia 😜

So many conflicting accounts surrounding all of this. In Mark's version they were called to a band meeting by their manager. Mark and Travis walked in and there's Tom sitting there next to their manager and Tom refused to look at them or speak to them while their manager told them Tom was leaving unless he could have 6 months off. Truthfully I think Tom got a taste for solo work during BCR (which is perhaps why Mark had an issue with it, he knew Tom may enjoy it too much) and that lit a fire to do more in a style away from Blink. Don't forget Tom was also addicted to painkillers during this entire period and wasn't thinking rationally (by his own admission), so he may well have thought he knew better and saw things very differently to Mark and to a lesser extent, Travis.

"I got tired of people saying yead instead of head to me"

Tom was gorgeous.

The best music they made was when they were apart. The BCR and +44 albums are very good albums. Tom gained so much more skill by working with AVA as well. You can easily tell that Blinks Neighborhoods album was basically a Boxcar 44 combo.

I give props to any group of dudes ( or girls) in a band ( especially ones that get that big) that have to spend that much time around each other constantly touring and doing press etc , all while trying to express themselves musically and creatively.

If it's my band or my sanity Tom made the right choice for him and his family. Toxic living is never a good choice and he chose wisely!

He has great hair. I'm jealous.

Learning how to forgive and forget is so valuable. Holding onto grudges is what stubborn pricks do

And Doug is still to this day his guitar tech.

He is the sasuke uchiha of the village hiden in the punk rock

here we are

Even the greatest bands of all time have their differences or issues, some resolve them but a lot of them don’t. Think for an example if the members of the Beatles got a long, or if Slash & Axl could have worked their stuff out, maybe the Oasis brothers worked out their differences. So much more great music would’ve been written. Imagine Velvet Revolvers Fall to pieces being sung by Axl, I loved Scott Weiland but Axl’s vocal range would’ve taken that amazing song to a whole another level. It’s a shame really, but everyone has their own issues and not everyone is going to get along all the time

Give Tom his freedom. BCR and AvA we don’t need to whisper are insanely good albums

Loving these comments. People don't understand how fast, and how little it takes, to have your life flip upside down. Never be the same again. Less than a second. It can cause mass disassociate, confusion, lack of empathy, or too much. You can lose, or remove all your friends in 1 sentence. It can, and happens all the time to seemingly normal people. It happens OFTEN to the same people who are "not" normal. What I see with Mark is a complete switch in his thinking, and he's surrounded by people who he was like, but he changed. When your hold back because you don't want the possibility of destroying what you already have, it can cause resentment. That's what I hear in this video. I bet he didn't even know what he wanted because he spent how many years touring for teenagers? If your demographic is a specific age range, how do you get older when the rest want to stay the same?

Glad ur back in blink

Is that Keith Urban?

And here we are 2023 he’s back with Blink!!! 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿

Angels and Airwaves!

Very difficult to keep a band together anytime, let alone all the money fame that comes with it if you make it.

I think that Mark and Travis realize now that they probably got to heated and blew the Box car situation out of proportion. I think Tom knows now that not telling Mark about Box car racer from the beginning was wrong and not being able to do everything the second time he was in Blink.

Tom is saving humanity in his own way with everyone calling him a fraud. Tom keep on going!!!

Awesome review man. Im glad there is someone out there who has an objective opinion still. This album is just okay, and not great, and I think most of the people calling it amazing are just excited for the reunion. And I thought ypur comment about cohesion and the record being very jumbled was exactly correct.

It's weird how I'm getting videos of this band and Ive never even heard them before

The strange thing about a lot of the stuff is, some of the recollections are not even close to being similar to one another. Not even a different interpretation, literally different events seem to have happened as far as Tom is concerned and as far as Mark and Travis are concerned. It’s just weird. Anyways, That was a long time ago now.

unpopular opinion: the split in 2005 might be the best thing to happen. Tom evolved as an musician and Mark wrote the goddamn best lyrics in +44. One of my favorite albums to this day... should have made another one!

Tom going to Nasa, mark being a dad, and Travis trying to eat Hollywood!!.

Crazy that Tom is the most mature member of blink 🤯

Intellect, he pulled away. It needed to happen…

I love hearing musicians sniffle so much in interviews.

he looks quite handsome here

Will you sleep tonight? Will you think of meeehhh

Law of attraction at best right? I mean you think something that isn't true Tom just wanted new material for Blink, and because of the belief of him "cheating" on the band, he eventually did just that because they drove him away

listen 'one more time' now

Look folks , It's pretty clear that Mark and Travis got pissed at Tom because Blink 182 was a Cash Cow , and not just a Garage Band Trio anymore trying to make it . Lively hoods were on the line . This situation sounds like the other guys thought if Tom left who would write the Blink Hits . If Tom was Successful somewhere else it would overshadow what they did as nothing . This is a similar situation on why Jason Newsted left Metallica , Sting left The Police , or Sammy Hagar left Van Halen

It’s the same thing with all bands…..sometimes you just need to take a break……might’ve kept a lot of them around longer…..

on a timeline 2006 seemed so early. for their end. thats like 15 years. until they remade.

This was a good documentary

This is the most mature I’ve ever heard him sound. I’ve been out of the B182 loop for a while.

It's funny they all figured out doing side projects is actually dope

Shut up Tom. My hero from 1996-2004. My enemy from 2004-2022. My hero again from 2023 ❤

Ok.. now let's hear Mark's side

Hey Tom, honestly that’s exactly what they thought and that’s exactly what they should’ve thought and you should’ve known that.

There' no such things like "leaving" a band that consist only 3 members, it just dismissed ...

🥺

when tom made his first return and they made neighborhoods you could really feel that the band matured. sure, it sounded a lot like angels and airwaves at times, but overall it’s one of the better blink-albums and very underrated. after he left again, you could really hear the band devolving again musically. not that the two albums with matt skiba are bad, but musically they have been a big step backwards compared to neighborhoods and self-titled from 2003. especially today it is sad to see travis just collaborating with so many lame copy-cats like MGK who just desperately try to emulate the pop-punk at the turn of the millennium (and failing miserably), instead of focusing to evolve with blink🤷🏼‍♂️.

At the time, I didn't understand why Tom would want to leave but it makes more sense as you get older. Tom has a real songwriting gift and I can see why it would frustrate him to feel he has to constantly defer to Mark and Travis who either aren't as talented creatively or don't take it as seriously as he does. The Dogs eating Dogs EP was some of their best ever stuff and it seemed like Tom was probably responsible for 80% of it.

And now they headline Coachella 🫠

he contextualized the whole thing so positively it is no wonder they got back together

I saw them at WWWY this past Sunday, and to be honest. There was something off about their dynamic from when I saw them back in June in Phoenix. I have a feeling some things have not patched up, that not even a sickness or airplanes falling out the sky can fix. I hope I’m wrong

Jeez. Been there. Chaos.

Anyone know where to see the full interview

I thought it was because the voices inside his "yead".

When I saw his solo the adventure I was hook

and then I saw then live at coachella

Actually , God wants us to listen +44 AVA BCR and Matt with 2/3 blink.Now he wants us to listen the classic line up with one more time.Thz u god.

2e love you

❤

if he hadnt done AVA all would be bullshit. but he made gold! i think i love ava to this day more than a 17yrsold punk rock blink.. it just not that into anymore. for kids.. yeah . me.. i grew. tom grew, mark and travis still the same fuckng game. i cant stay the same for more than 6 months

Can’t go back to San Diego!!

There’s a few factors why he left like him wanting to change the direction of the band, him being embarrassed by the toilet humor reputation the band had. You can by his attitude during the 1st reunion tour him being drunk noticeably drunk on stage.

Where is that Alien tech that he promised years ago????

Tom got a taste of having complete creative control with Boxcar Racer, and I feel like he had a lot of trouble going back to blink after that - whether creatively or because of his ego. He should have never had Travis drum on the project and kept it completely separate from blink because it obviously was a point of contention between Tom and Mark.

Fear is the mindkiller

Loved angels and airwaves though