A History of Blink 182 Part 3

After a brief break in which the band pursued other projects, (which we will go into more later) Blink 182 returned in 2004 with an image that was different from anything they had done before. Their comeback single was "Feeling This" A song that borrowed heavily from new wave yet still maintained the catchy pop punk sensibility. The video for this song maintained most of Blinks staples. Youth in rebellion, a sense of fun, adults as dictators. The only thing that had really changed was the way the band themselves were shown. Before, they were gently easing out of their image as dumb teenagers. In this video they are completely removed from the youth. They're even playing in a cage which the youth clamber to get into. The album itself, released in 2004 was a different beast to anything they had done before. The adrenaline soaked riffs and goofy subject matter was replaced with new wave synth and guitars, lyrics were darker, themes of death and losing love. The cover for this album was the first to not feature some kind of crude joke, punctuating Blinks new era. One of the popular theories as to why they changed their image so much is because around 2004 they all became fathers. The band however, claim this wasn't such a huge factor, and it was more to prove that they were real musicians. 

This new phase in the bands career was cut short however, as in 2005 Blink 182 announced an "indefinite hiatus" following much fighting within the band. The final video and single was "not now" which was a montage of previous music videos intercut with performance sections. This was the end of Blink 182 as anyone knew them.