Blink 182 Goes on Indefinite Hiatus

[Maxx]

"For over a decade, Blink-182 has toured, recorded and done non-stop promotion all while trying to balance relationships with family and friends.

To that end, the band has decided to go on an indefinite hiatus to spend some time enjoying the fruits of their labors with their loved ones. While there is no set plan for the band to begin working together again, no one knows what tomorrow may bring."

[The Sultan of Swank]

Well, I never really was a big fan of their work. But I know a lot of people love them, so hopefully for some they'll come back with something new and great. Hopefully for others, they stay like this.

[ROC]

Perhaps this means another Boxcar Racer album though

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Edited February 22, 2005 by TheROC-Revolt

[Liam]

Yeah, BCR were awful.

I quite like Blink at times, so it'll be interesting to see if this is the end or not.

[tristy]

Why would another Boxcar album come out if they supposedly want to spend more time with family and friends?

That would mean more studio time, touring, promotiong, etc etc.

[Cactus Drags]

Musicians get used to the road and touring stuff, I'm sure they'll be itching to get back out there before the year is done.

[existence02]

"For over a decade, Blink-182 has toured, recorded and done non-stop promotion all while trying to balance relationships with family and friends.

To that end, the band has decided to go on an indefinite hiatus to spend some time enjoying the fruits of their labors with their loved ones. While there is no set plan for the band to begin working together again, no one knows what tomorrow may bring."

From Blink182.com

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[Maxx]

Except they've been off the road for awhile

[GoGo Yubari]

What's disappointing is that Blink 182 was finally starting to show signs of improvement as a band.

And a big "Oh GOD." to the notion of another Boxcar Racer album. Tom DeLonge is a terrible, terrible vocalist.

[Heel Turn]

It's a shame it's not permanent.

[B-Rad]

The Transplants, which Travis is the dummer for if you didnt know, have already been announced for Warped Tour and have a new album coming out in March or April, FWIW.

[Ananas]

Perhaps this means another Boxcar Racer album though

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NO! I don't want to even think about seeing another BCR album. BCR is "emo" at its worst.

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Edited February 23, 2005 by Jar Jar Beatnik

[Lowerdeck]

It's a shame it's not permanent.

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That was pretty much what I was thinking too.

[Guest Faded Sanity]

Perosnally this is a good thing....they suck....just like Linkin Park. They do all this stuff to their songs in the studio but they can't duplicate any of the sounds on stage. So they suck. I went to see them live and ended up leaving after the first two songs.

[DMN in the House]

I like their early stuff, but I've been turned off ever since Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

New Transplants is nice though.

[Benji]

I like their early stuff, but I've been turned off ever since Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

New Transplants is nice though.

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You've heard the new Transplants material? Point me in direction kind squire?

[DMN in the House]

No. I was just saying that getting new Transplants stuff is nice.

[YI]

To be honest, I always thought the self titled album would be the last, but others thought I was reading too much into it. To me, it seemed a lot more serious to their previous albums, also to me the fact it was self titled made me think (Why after numerous released do they release a self titled album. Though The Deftones did the same, but whatever).

Whilst they are anything far from being technically good, they are good at what they do. They write catchy songs and to be honest I liked them. Though the past 2 albums I haven't really dug, though Violence is awesome (Best song live when I saw them too) and I love the chorus to Asthenia. But when you listen to Blink 182 (The album) personally I think the spark has gone. Many of the songs are poor musically, for example "I miss you" is like the same 8 bars repeated all the way through. I haven't heard all the album, but they did Stockholm Syndrome as an encore at Newcastle and to be honest, it was as if my ears were being raped. So I like Blink, though I wouldn't say I was really too bothered about them breaking up, i've got good songs from them already and IMO they've reached the top of the mountain. And Faded Sanity, Blink were great live. Though the only problem when I saw them was most people were tired after Sugarcult and couldn't get into it.

I actually didn't mind Box Car Racer. It's similar to Blink, they wrote nice songs. I went through a stage of a couple of weeks of being a die hard listener to the album, though it soon wore off. Though Elevator is still on my playlist.

The Transplants on the other hand were great, I can't wait to here new stuff.

[Summers]

Perosnally this is a good thing....they suck....just like Linkin Park. They do all this stuff to their songs in the studio but they can't duplicate any of the sounds on stage. So they suck. I went to see them live and ended up leaving after the first two songs.

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I disagree completely. I saw them live, and thought they were amazing. And I'm not even a big Blink fan.

[apsham]

I'm a rarity, a fan of all their materil... guess I grew with it properly, earlier teens with the Enema Of The State stuff, then onto their older stuff and now the newer stuff. You just need to appreciate all their stuff on different levels.