Blink 182

[Benj]

I never said that you didn't like any of them. I was asking for the names of some of them to back up your point that they are influential.

[Nealio]

All Time Low, Paramore, Forever the Sickest Kids, Panic! at the disco, Fall out boy to name a few cite blink as direct reasons why they do what they do. Panic! started as a blink cover band in fact.

[Jaybles]

I love Blink, no band should look to them as someone to aspire to though, not musically anyway

[mazza7]

All Time Low, Paramore, Forever the Sickest Kids, Panic! at the disco, Fall out boy to name a few cite blink as direct reasons why they do what they do. Panic! started as a blink cover band in fact.

[Jaybles]

I dunno about panic!, but all time low definetly started out as a blink cover band. Most recent big name pop-punk bands wil state Blink as an influence, you're hardly goin to get metal, indie etc bands starting off because of Blink!

But in terms of pop-punk they're as big as you get

[pink_triangle]

But i think Travis is a great example of someone with amazing technical ability on the drums. His playing ability is something to aspire to.

[Jaybles]

I am massively lackig in knoweldge when it comes to drummers. I can tell a good guitarist from an average one but when I see a band live the drumming is not something I really pay attention to. I know its a skill but always thought drummers in band were pretty interchangable. What can he do that drummers in other bands cant. By the way this is not me agreeing/ disagreeing with you but purely something I have always wondered about.

[scottt]

I am massively lackig in knoweldge when it comes to drummers. I can tell a good guitarist from an average one but when I see a band live the drumming is not something I really pay attention to. I know its a skill but always thought drummers in band were pretty interchangable. What can he do that drummers in other bands cant. By the way this is not me agreeing/ disagreeing with you but purely something I have always wondered about.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

All Time Low, Paramore, Forever the Sickest Kids, Panic! at the disco, Fall out boy to name a few cite blink as direct reasons why they do what they do. Panic! started as a blink cover band in fact.

[Nathan113]

Still waiting for good bands.

[mooseman]

Still waiting for good bands.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

I don't know any of the bands that blink have influenced

[Benj]

Thanks. That's all I needed.

[mazza7]

Still waiting for good bands.

[jonnyx]

it's clear that Blink have effectively defined the pop-punk genre

[jisaacs]

blink are wicked...unless your over 12.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

What do u define as a good band? A band u like?

[mooseman]

A good band would be Pavement. Incidentally, they're not my favourite band (I don't have one because I have so many) and I wouldn't direct anybody towards them but if I were to be asked which band in the history of music were the most consistent and never did anything bad, it would be them. Very few bands can do what they did in their lifetime - Yo La Tengo are close; Big Black would be my second choice. Velvet Underground maybe.

Bands that are good don't have to be bands I like - I, for instance, cannot stand The Beatles but I admire their ability to be both the best at what they did and most popular. They also had an uncanny ability to push the boundaries of what was possible with pop music.

Blink 182... they were never good. They maybe wrote a handful of catchy pop songs and they may have spoken to a few million people who laugh at Adam Sandler films but they never had the creative ambition or consistency to be regarded as a good band. Mediocre, 4/10, could do better, etc.

They're like... you have an essay to write about Apocalypse Now and most of your sentences end with, "...and stuff".

Edited June 9, 2010 by mooseman

[pink_triangle]

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There's some bands I don't like, but I still recognise that they must be a good band for some people if they are successful in the charts and have sell-out tours. Bands such as Fall Out Boy, Paramore and more recently You Me At Six have done so,

[Benj]

I disagree that if you do well in the charts and sell out tours you are a good band. Surely these can be achieved by people taking in what the media are spoonfeeding. A bands image is far more an important factor too chart success than being a good band. I would argue the people involved in promoting and marketing of paramore are far more influential to the bands success than the individual members.

[ska_4_life]

Blink 182 not only inspired other bands. But the whole pop-punk music scene.

blink are wicked...unless your over 12.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

If there were no pop-punk bands think of all the people that would lissen to RnB. I cannot stand "metal" so therefore without pop-punk, there is only one chavy way to go.

[adam1234]

A good band would be Pavement. Incidentally, they're not my favourite band (I don't have one because I have so many) and I wouldn't direct anybody towards them but if I were to be asked which band in the history of music were the most consistent and never did anything bad, it would be them. Very few bands can do what they did in their lifetime - Yo La Tengo are close; Big Black would be my second choice. Velvet Underground maybe.

Bands that are good don't have to be bands I like - I, for instance, cannot stand The Beatles but I admire their ability to be both the best at what they did and most popular. They also had an uncanny ability to push the boundaries of what was possible with pop music.

Blink 182... they were never good. They maybe wrote a handful of catchy pop songs and they may have spoken to a few million people who laugh at Adam Sandler films but they never had the creative ambition or consistency to be regarded as a good band. Mediocre, 4/10, could do better, etc.

They're like... you have an essay to write about Apocalypse Now and most of your sentences end with, "...and stuff".

[kev1664]

You're implying that RnB, Pop Punk and Metal are the only types of music available and yet weirdly enough I listen to none of them.

[Dave The Hedgehog]

Why do you think your opinion is better than anyone else'. You don't like Blink we get it !!Stop clogging up threads for people who like Blink. If there was a thread about a band i didn't like i wouldn't keep commenting on every bit of praise somebody else gave them. I don't give a shit about how musically talented they are ect... And who are you to judge anyway? You're not some music guru whether you think you are or not