Today is probably the best day ever. Blink-182 is getting back together. The rumors started earlier this week when it was announced they would be presenting an award together at the Grammys. I had to look into this....I will give you a little back story. I sound like a 12 year old girl for being so giddy about this, but Blink was the reason I started playing music. Sitting in my sisters car at the mall when I was in jr. high. All the songs on the CD I absolutely loved...it was about a year later when I was bored one night listening to their live album that I decided to go upstairs and grab my guitar my grandpa had bought me. I started learning every Blink song I could. They were a huge influence to me and most of my friends. When I was in high school, my junior year I believe. They announced they were breaking up. They both went off to other bands. Mark Hoppus who played Bass, and Travis Barker, the drummer went on to form (+)44 and Tom Delonge went on to form Angels and Airwaves. I loved both bands, but it still wasn't Blink. I had the opportunity to see Travis Barker play at warped tour with his side project The Transplants...and this last summer I saw Tom in Angels and Airwaves, which was a great experience for me because he was the biggest motivation for me....I was very sad that I never got the opportunity to see Blink 182 live....A few months back, Travis Barker was in a plane crash which took the lives of 4 people, he was severely burned but walked away from the crash with his live...Tom pretty much walked out on blink and it ended a band and friendships. Mark and Travis had not spoken to Tom since the day he walked out...however recently following Travis' plane crash the band started talking with phone calls, and soon started hanging out re-connecting friendships....now to the Grammys. They were on stage and announced "Blink is Back" Their website announced that they are already writing and recording the next Blink record. I love all of my friends who knew how much the band meant to me as I was showered with text messages and phone calls about the news, my sister, my friends, a couple ex-girlfriends (one of who doesn't even talk to me thought this was important enough to say). Haha, I am so happy. They are my biggest influence. Everything I do with music started with listening to them. So I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to see them live once more.
