There was a point during Blink 182's original run where they decided to take a year out to pursue other projects. During this, guitarist Tom Delonge and Drummer Travis Barker formed one album project Boxcar Racer. This contributed heavily to Blink 182s darker more mature image on 2004's self titled album.
It's undeniable that Boxcar was the bridge between Blinks pure Pop Punk image and their later image geared more towards the conventions of emo rock. The bands image, was less baggy skater and more dark emo, with black clothes and floppy hair. Of the two videos they released, There is and I Feel So, both are far removed from the type of video Blink had ever made at that time. There was no joke sequences, no running around naked and no dick jokes. The band gave straight up performances and the narrative revolved around other characters, both videos having unhappy endings. One, two kids apparently going a bit mental and the other saw a girls boyfriend getting arrested for some reason. Within the video for I Feel So, there is actually a section where we are treated to close ups of the band members tattoos, peircings and bloody fingers. It's like a list of conventions being ticked off before our very eyes. And this image was carried to Blink 182 in 2003, not to such an extent, but still obviously there.
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