History YMMV / Blink182

* DorkAge: Most fans generally do not think highly of ''Neighborhoods'', owing to both its sharply divergent sound (see "[=AvA=] with Mark" above) and the fact that its TroubledProduction led to Tom leaving the band. ''California'', as noted above, produces a BrokenBase between "[[WinBackTheCrowd return to form]] (and Matt is awesome)" versus "[[ItsTheSameNowItSucks coasting on formula]] (and we still miss Tom)".
** The DorkAge began to show more and more in recent years with the borderline caustic reception of the song "Blame It On My Youth", the constant delays of the new album, Mark's [[SmallNameBigEgo apparent attitude in recent interviews and twitter posts]] (as well as [[DearNegativeReader mocking those who didn't like John Feldmann's production]] off of ''California''), and to say nothing about the constant cancelling showing gag. Fans however were confused by the sheer idea that blink-182 decided to tour with ''Music/LilWayne'' of all people, who then '''quit''' their tour after a few shows due to differences and ''he himself'' finding the set up strange. This in turn made fans less and less excited and more concerned over ''Nine''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcRCDUuS8Mc This interview]] where Mark interviews [[Music/{{AngelsAndAirwaves}} Tom's other band]] for his talkshow, begins with him introducing [=AvA=] as "the band Tom [=DeLonge=] is cheating on me with". While it was a somewhat lighthearted joke at that point, considering that cheating often leads to a break-up...
** The banter between their live album, released in 2000. Tom loudly proclaims for all the world to hear that he loves Mark and Tom and that they're the very best of friends. The band would begin the worst of their infighting a couple of years later, and the scars of their breakup remain to this day.

* JerkassWoobie: Tom, ''in spades''. Despite everyone being assholes around the 2003-2004 tour and carrying on dissing each other during the hiatus, you can't help but feel bad for him: He missed his wife giving birth to his daughter, was rarely around, and simply wanted to take a break from the band to be with his family. That was something Travis and Mark didn't wanna do at the time to the point where they issued Tom an ultimatum that lead to him leaving the band. Add to the fact he had a severe painkiller addiction (that he quit ''cold turkey'', not the easiest thing to do) due to spine surgery that lead to him doing things he still gets mocked for, getting '''so much shit''' from other hardcore blink fans blaming him for the band's break up in 2005-2009, and ''then'' being accused of changing the band's sound, you can't help but wanna give him a hug.
** Even with the collective jerkitude and the clusterfuck that indues, you couldn't help but feel bad about their separation on some level, especially since they were thick as thieves for years. The breakup likely could have been avoided if it wasn't for outside pressure from the label, [[PoorCommunicationKills communication breakdowns]], and other aspects fans likely don't know about. The songs on +44's album about the breakup are heartbreaking and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v42wPnvDIRw "Start the Machine"]] from Angels and Airwave's ''We Don't Need to Whisper'' isn't exactly much better. Travis' plane crash pretty much cinched it, even though he survived, doctors were convinced he'd never play again. If he didn't make it out of the crash, out of ''suicide watch'', or out of extensive surgery, let alone regain his ability to play drums, blink would never come back! Thankfully the band made up, but they've admitted that ''Neighborhoods'' wasn't the best it could have been due to the band being scared of fighting again. Travis' severe (and justified) fear of flying means that they're limited to where they can tour based on if Travis can get there by boat. Even if they're doing better, you might as well give them ''all'' a hug, just to keep your bases covered.
** Tom again veered into Jerkass Woobie territory when he was, ''in a sense'', kicked out of the band, due to his workaholic tendencies (with focusing heavily on AVA and such) keeping the band from making an album. In his departure letter (made ''after'' he was kicked out), Tom confirmed that Mark and Travis (mainly their lawyers) were going to force him to [[ExecutiveMeddling sign a contract that could have hurt the entire projects Tom had planned beforehand]], and confirmed that he wasn't happy doing with blink because of his changing style. Basically, [[TearJerker Tom didn't want to leave blink despite feeling like he didn't have it in him anymore but still went through it because he loved being with his two friends]]. And suffice to say, [[TookALevelInJerkAss Travis and Mark don't seem such like saints after this.]]
** It sort of becomes a mix of subverted to something the band had to do: Travis and Mark clarified in interviews Tom was holding the band back, which could make sense since Tom was focusing on his own stuff with AVA/His "To the Stars" projects and the range of PoorCommunicationKills didn't help matters either. However since the announcement of ''California'', Travis seems to be on speaking terms with Tom and Tom has wished his bandmates the best of luck.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** The general public's first impression of them was as a psudo-joke band who wrote songs about juvenile things and seemed to deliberately resist maturing (one of their songs is [[GrowingUpSucks called "What's My Age Again?" for a reason]]), and to most who knew them from their mainstream breakthrough, they'll always be the band with [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the stripper prepping for an anal probe]] on the album cover and not the more emotionally mature band they eventually became.
** The messy split with Tom Delonge ''really'' didn't leave a good impression on everyone. Regardless who you feel is right, 2015 and the album ''California'' have a negative view due to the way all three members were acting, with Matt being seen as a "cross-fire" victim at that.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The group's self-titled album took them into an emo-sounding direction, which didn't go over well with fans.

* Mondegreen: "I walk alone, to get the feeling right." from What's My Age Again. The real lyric is "I wore cologne, to get the feeling right."
* NarmCharm: "I Miss You" has a lot of ridiculous moments, from its melodramatic and surreal lyrics to especially the jarring contrast between Mark's quiet, subdued serenading and Tom's much louder vocals and bizarre pronunciations of words. However, all of this has helped it become one of the band's most memorable and popular songs.

** A parody of "All The Small Things", where the lyrics are just someone listing the names of [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants the main characters from [[=Spongebob=]]]] became popular in 2021.

** A parody of "All The Small Things", where the lyrics are just someone listing the names of WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|SquarePants the main characters from [[=Spongebob=]]}} became popular in 2021.

** A parody of "All The Small Things", where the lyrics are just someone listing the names of [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBob SquarePants the main characters from [[=Spongebob=]] became popular in 2021.

*** Cheshire Cat - Dammit.

** Aliens Exist of all songs has become this upon Tom's departure from the band in 2014 to later pursue endeavors in To The Stars and its various branches, including the supposed investigation of unidentified flying objects. Some fans have warmed to this song again in recent years however, especially after it was played live again for the first time in nearly two decades during their Enema of the State 20th Anniversary Tour.

** All The Small Things and First Date have become this, in light of Tom's divorce from his wife Jennifer. Both songs heavily allude to her and were core parts of the Enema Of the State & Take Off Your Pants And Jacket era, so the divorce makes the songs a bit harder to listen to in light of this.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: "I! Wanna fuck a dog in the ass!"

* HarsherInHindsight: "Stay Together for the Kids", a song about a child's angst over his parents divorcing, was written in parallel to Delonge's own feelings of his parents divorce. Nearly two decades after the song's inception (2001), Delonge and his wife Jennifer Delonge would later divorce, leaving their two kids possibly in the position of the song's narrator.

* MemeticMutation: The way Tom sings the chorus of "I Miss You" mainly his accent and slurred speech when saying "voice inside my head" which people often write/sing as "MAH YEAAAAD".

* MisattributedSong: "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit has occasionally fallen victim to this.

* NeverLiveItDown: The general public's first impression of them was as a psudo-joke band who wrote songs about juvenile things and seemed to deliberately resist maturing (one of their songs is [[GrowingUpSucks called "What's My Age Again?" for a reason]]), and to most who knew them from their mainstream breakthrough, they'll always be the band with [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the stripper prepping for an anal probe]] on the album cover and not the more emotionally mature band they eventually became.

* RonTheDeathEater: ''Many'' fans have turned Tom into this, especially on {{Website/Reddit}} and {{Website/tumblr}} ever since Mark and Travis blasted Tom out on their interview.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Neighborhoods'' seems to have grown in popularity among fans in recent years. Maybe it's due to the band's recent material not holding up as well, but the fans have come around on a good majority of the songs, with many claiming that it has aged well with the rest of their discography and wishing that the band could have continued in this direction.

** ''Nine'' is mixed between being considered a legitimately good album the predecessor served to build foundations for, or the worst thing Blink has ever put out, with some accusations laid at Travis Barker's side projects being an influence for its GenreShift completely leaving the "punk" part of their PopPunk out of the mix. And let's not get into the side of the fanbase that has high distaste for TrapMusic...

** ''Nine'' is mixed between being considered a legitimately good album the predecessor served to build foundations for, or the worst thing Blink has ever put out, with some accusations laid at Travis Barker's side projects being an influence for its GenreShift completely leaving the "punk" part of their PopPunk out of the mix.

** ''Nine'' tends to get this treatment more often due to the GenreShift into a heavily poppy, TrapMusic-inspired sound, with some decrying the album as not being one by the band, and others even deriding it as a case of Travis' side projects bleeding into the band.

** ''Nine'' tends to get this treatment more often due to the GenreShift into a heavily poppy, Music/TrapMusic-inspired sound, with some decrying the album as not being one by the band, and others even deriding it as a case of Travis' side projects bleeding into the band.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For a pop punk band, they seem to hold a lot of regard for people. ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', ''Enema of the State'' and ''especially'' [[GrowingTheBeard the untitled/self titled album]] all do a great job at encapsulating the band's career as a whole.

** Tom's "departure". There's a ''huge'' divide with the fans, there are those who feel Tom's [[TookALevelInJerkAss been holding blink back and not caring about the project]], but there's another small side that feel Mark and Travis took things too far. It doesn't help the former is the ''big majority'' of what people think about Tom now and are constantly insulting/degrading him and feel [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing him being out will strike a new era for blink]]. Some just TakeTheThirdOption and just give up on the band itself and listen to the music due to all both parties are acting.
** Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio being the replacement for Tom, at least for current shows. Some fans ''really'' see him as a good part, but there's a minority who still feel he can't replace Tom. It gets ''very'', '''''very''''' messy.

* FandomRivalry: With [[Music/GreenDay Green Day]] throughout the early 2000's, often with debates ensuing on whether either band qualified as "punk" or "pop punk." In recent years however, the two fanbases have a lot of overlap given that the bands were popular around the same time period.

** Some fans who gravitate towards everything from Enema to self-titled/untitled stopped paying attention to anything Blink did after the original breakup in 2004.

* HarsherInHindsight: "Stay Together for the Kids", a song about a child's angst over his parents divorcing, was written in parallel to Delonge's own feelings of his parents divorce. Nearly two decades after the song's inception (2001), Delonge and his wife Jennifer DeLonge would later divorce, leaving their two kids possibly in the position of the song's narrator.

** ''California'' is in the very early stages of this depending on who you ask. The vocal group of fans who vehemently hated it upon release seem to have mostly moved on at this point, leaving behind many who enjoyed it or at least thought it was decent. With the highly positive reception of ''Nine'', the general consensus on California seems to be that it was the building blocks needed to lay the foundation for ''Nine'''s darker and more engaging sound. Many can agree that "Cynical" and "Bored to Death" were a solid return to form even if opinions on the rest of the trackless remain mixed.

* FaceOfTheBand: Subjective; both Tom and Mark sing an equal number of songs, with Mark being known for "Dammit" and "What's My Age Again" and Tom for "All the Small Things". Travis meanwhile is known mainly for his overall drumming talent, reality TV show, his near death experience.

** Many people consider Travis to be the most famous (and talented) member.

* GrowingTheBeard: Most people would think they began to do this around ''Enema of the State'', as when they went on, the band became less about making dick jokes and toilet humor and more serious topics such as suicide ("Adam's Song" off of ''Enema of the State'') and broken homes ("Stay Together for the Kids" off ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket''). The self titled/untitled album on the other hand, showcases the band's maturity in music, being a record completely devoid of comedic songs and more about broken relationships, growth in families, and more darker types of feelings. Tom's work on Box Car Racer and Travis' contributions on Transplants helped matters as well.

* IKnewIt: After spending ''months'' prancing about how awesome he was, Mark and Travis ''finally'' confirmed Matt Skiba is a part of blink-182, much to the obvious annoyed fans.

* SignatureSong: "All the Small Things", "What's My Age Again", and if you wanna go for the serious era of the band "I Miss You".

** And then there is ''Enema of the State''/''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'', the albums that marked their mainstream breakthrough. ''Enema'' has its fans (with good reason), but a decent chunk of old school blink fans hate both (more so ''Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'')

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Neighborhoods'' seems to have grown in popularity among fans in recent years. Maybe it's due to the band's recent material not holding up as well, but the fans have come around on a good majority of the songs, with many claiming that it's aged well with the rest of their discography and wishing that the band could've continued in this direction.

* HarsherInHindsight: "Stay Together for the Kids", a song about a child's angst over his parents divorcing, was written in parallel to Delonge's own feelings of his parents divorce. Nearly two decades after the song's inception (2001), Delonge and his wife Jen DeLonge would later divorce.