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So yeah we can totally blame Mark for the stale setlist right? This is from the interview i posted above Not long after announcing the tour dates, six cities have already sold out. Are you feeling like you should backpedal about your stance on not wanting to go out on tour with AVA? That response has to be so fulfilling and humbling. Oh, it totally is. After 20 years of touring, I absolutely felt that way. In blink, we had a process we stuck to where 99% of the time we played the same setlist for decades. We’d add one or two new songs in, but out of the 15 songs we’d play, 12 of them would never change. And that really wears on a guy like me where I want to create all the time. When I got out of touring a couple of years ago, I honestly thought I’d never tour again. I honestly thought I was going to keep creating music like I had been doing and I would get into all this other stuff, especially To The Stars Academy. The stuff I’m involved with is insanely fascinating and fun and different and cool and crazy, but I thought touring wasn’t going to happen again. And then everything lined up for this year. And then I realized, if I don’t go and do a tour right now, my fear is that the band will not be taken seriously, and it just looks like “Tom’s recording every once in a while.” And I really didn’t want that to happen. I looked at everything that was going on, and I said, “Well, this is a perfect time.” And have it come out at the exact same time where we can educate people to some really far-out things. It made all the sense in the world if I could bring Angels back, and if it worked, it would be the top of the sphere for everything I’m doing.

I edited your post Chewy for it to read easier. I was just about to post that. Mark is definitely the one sticking to the same setlist every tour thing.

Nah, Tom could play the old songs just fine. One day (in 2010 or 2011) someone asked him to play Waggy out of the blue on modlife and he nailed it.

I just don't get that. Like wouldn't playing new stuff be fun? I would think as a performer it would get boring as shit playing the same 15 songs each night.

Think of the music we've gotten from the blink camp from the past year. It's fucking weird as hell. blink-182 song with Steve Aoki Simple Creatures AVA Rebel Girl blink-182 + Lil Wayne Mashup What the fuck lol

Any fellow mentally healthy blink fans want to hang out today?

Maybe that was the problem, pal?

This song is a grower, don't care what anyone says. I'm usually not too fond of AvA and only "kind of" like Simple Creatures, while loving +44 and Boxcar. This song kicks the crap out of any recent blink or Simple Creatures for me.. Surprisingly. It's still AvA, but it feels more like the Tom we like, simple but extremely catchy melodies, a little breakdown and nice little riff that feels like only Tom could mimick.

I don’t think lyrics are the thing people believe are being written by the producers...

who appreciated simple creatures? that shit it so bad.

Yeah I asked him to play Touchdown Boy on Modlife once and he did. It was in 2007 or 2008.

Did anybody else mention that whole robbery with helicopters flying over his house from his story? Also 1) how sad because that is some of blink’s finest work. WIWY is a top 5 blink song and perfectly captures everything great about them. At least play DED with Matt for fucks sake.

Weird to be filling notebooks full of ideas for an album that's allegedly almost finished?

@NJansaid the gif fits my little Cinderella.

I like SC to an extent, it’s just weird cause it barely sounds like mark had anything to do with the actual writing of the music. Whereas with AVA you can tell by listening to it that it’s largely Tom driven. His signature melodies and sensibilities are present.

Because he sings? I think if you've been dressing gothy for basically 20 years it's probably not just a fashion statement.

Yo I'm seeing PUP in a half hour tonight and just discovered Prince Daddy and the Hyena this week. Gotta love Spotify. Great music. Love it all. I'll check those other bands out too!

Random much? also didnt you go to a blink meet and greet?

I can't remember a time when Skiba wasn't like that, he's always been like that.

It's probably because all the kids are so depressed from social media

summer 07 vibes

fuck.