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Come on Diddy... One More Time debuted at #1. RHCP put out two new albums in a single year that debuted at #1 and #3 respectively. 311's latest album debuted at #115. Don't put me in a position of shitting on 311, I have a lot of love for them haha. But no man, they are not mainstream in the way that Blink and RHCP are anymore. They're an awesome touring machine though, but I think that's different.

Diddy my friend, 311 was my first favorite band, they have such a special place in my heart. My definition of "mainstream" was basically more like, does their new music still get attention from press/casual music fans? RHCP and Blink both had hits and gigantic tours from their latest albums, but 311 doesn't get that type of attention anymore. Personally, I also think their creativity/artistic output has been in "Cali/Nine" territory for like... two decades now too. I still love em though, and they're fucking awesome live every time.

I love or have loved all of these bands so I feel confident in laying out this comparison between them: John Frusciante (RHCP) - Most talented guitarist - RHCP still counts as mainstream Tim Mahoney (311) - 2nd most talented guitarist - 311 no longer counts as mainstream or good Tom Delonge - Most influential guitarist - Blink is currently the most mainstream of the three Thank you for reading.

One More Time with the video is an instant tear jerker for me too, I'll never forget watching it for the first time, my jaw literally dropped when the backgrounds started changing haha, whew. Without the video it doesn't work quite as well, but it's still a legendary song for the band.

"Conspiracy" haha

The only explanation is the obvious one: Tom was abducted by aliens in early 2005 and replaced by a rapidly deteriorating alien lookalike. The lookalike was responsible for the breakup, AVA, the half-hearted reunion and second breakup, all movie/TTS related debacles, and Tom just generally having an entirely different personality for over a decade. For unknown reasons (likely because they knew I was onto their scheme), the aliens returned the real Tom back to earth in around 2019, and he has been successfully putting the pieces of his life back together ever since his return.

I won't go down that fuckin rabbit hole again though...

I'm pretty neutral on Skiba overall, I respect the guy for staying true to himself with his career up until joining Blink and I clearly don't put a single bit of "blame" on him for the music they put out with him, but I also don't get much out of Alkaline Trio other a few songs. When he joined the band I actually assumed Blink was going to basically become the Mark show, with Travis doing his usual thing and Skiba bringing a little more of a "raw" punk-ish element to whatever Mark and Travis were gonna make. But I was never as fascinated by the idea of Mark and Skiba Alk-44 songwriting duo as most people. Having said that, once I heard California and learned that they scrapped an entire album of Mark and Skiba Alk-44 songwriting duo music, I really fucking wish they would've just stuck with that! Haha

That's why I try not to call it the Skiba era haha. It's the Non-Tom Era.

So is this (and the couple other random songs that have leaked over the years) from a lost 2020-21 album? That's pretty interesting. This song has some nice pieces, it definitely has the stank of being written by randos and doesn't really go anywhere, but it's pleasant enough. I'm really curious what kind of insights Mark is going to give about this era in his book! This is all rehashed but while I'm thankful that Skiba stepped in and the band stayed alive long enough for the reunion to happen, music-wise it should've just been a different band all along.

this is so key haha