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Blink-182

Formed Poway, California, 1992 Lineup The reunion trio Status Quiet year · album watch
Current status · Updated Jul 23 2026

Catching their breath — probably. After three straight years of heavy touring capped by 2025's Missionary Impossible run — a deliberately punk-roots tour with a grimy-club stage set and Alkaline Trio in support — 2026 has been strikingly quiet by Blink standards: a headline slot at Innings Festival in Tempe in February, a one-off performance at a Mercedes-AMG launch event in LA in May, and not much else on the public calendar. Meanwhile the band has openly talked about a tenth studio album as the next milestone, and Mark Hoppus has described feeling creatively recharged in the years since his recovery. Quiet year plus album talk is a familiar equation. We're watching it. Full story →

Personnel

The band

Mark HoppusBass, vocals · the steady heart
Tom DeLongeGuitar, vocals · the returned believer
Travis BarkerDrums · the human drum machine
The Catalog

Eras & discography

Three decades, nine albums, one departure, one near-tragedy, and a reunion that felt genuinely earned. Blink went from San Diego garage jokers to the band The New York Times called the most influential punk act of the '90s — then survived breakups, side projects, a plane crash, aliens (long story), and cancer to arrive at the most sentimental chapter of their career: the original trio, back, and meaning it.

AlbumYearThe era, in one line
Cheshire Cat1995Scrappy San Diego skate-punk with jokes between every song.
Dude Ranch1997The breakthrough — "Dammit" and the blueprint locked in.
Enema of the State1999The supernova: pop-punk's defining album, inescapable and perfect.
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket2001Bigger, brattier, #1 in America — peak imperial phase.
Blink-182 (Untitled)2003The grown-up one — moody, experimental, and secretly their masterpiece.
Neighborhoods2011The uneasy reunion — fractured sessions, flashes of brilliance.
California2016The Skiba years begin — sunny, polished, DeLonge-less.
NINE2019Darker Skiba-era swings ahead of the storm.
One More Time…2023The real reunion — Tom back, mortality faced, hearts on sleeves.
Album Ten WatchTBAThe band has pointed to a tenth record as the next chapter. Nothing announced.
From the Wire

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