lost in reverie Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Is Skiba still a band member? It's a long time since I heard of him blink related. The last were those strange video interviews where he is behaving and looking not like himself... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, lost in reverie said: Is Skiba still a band member? It's a long time since I heard of him blink related. The last were those strange video interviews where he is behaving and looking not like himself... I mean, we haven't heard otherwise but you're right that we haven't heard of him in anything Blink related lately, he hasn't been included in any songs that "feature Blink 182" or anything either. I assume he's still in the band but probably won't be a part of anything until it's time to record vocals. Hopefully it's not anything more serious than that (regarding those interviews). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Neal said: That being said i wish he'd put more effort into learning the classic riffs correctly. Not saying that it would change my perception of blink, but it would change my perception of him Yeah can't deny that, with all the rightful excuses made for him on the records (we really don't know, but if all hints point to him being neutered on input) you can't fully excuse his poor performance on all classic blink songs. You can say he doesn't care because they stripped all his say in the band, but even then it's kind of douchey to just sit up there like a piece of cardboard and botch every other guitar part 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodda Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 16 minutes ago, Jan's Plan said: Yeah can't deny that, with all the rightful excuses made for him on the records (we really don't know, but if all hints point to him being neutered on input) you can't fully excuse his poor performance on all classic blink songs. You can say he doesn't care because they stripped all his say in the band, but even then it's kind of douchey to just sit up there like a piece of cardboard and botch every other guitar part It's not just guitar parts - it's also his lacklustre vocal performances live case in point that whole performance is so sad in general 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 15 hours ago, Ry-Bread said: Perfect replacement. Literally couldn’t have gone any better, so thankful for him graciously stepping in and helping save my favorite band. bending over backwards here dude -- you know as a longtime fan it should have gone better, and what we have now is a worst-case scenario. it's completely transparent that matt's phoning it in to what mark and trav want, which is to remain relevant. it's creatively lopsided and feels dishonest. you know this 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 32 minutes ago, boxelder said: bending over backwards here dude -- you know as a longtime fan it should have gone better, and what we have now is a worst-case scenario. it's completely transparent that matt's phoning it in to what mark and trav want, which is to remain relevant. it's creatively lopsided and feels dishonest. you know this If he's happy with it then that's his opinion. It's a very questionable opinion but he's happy, leave him to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Matt sounds better than Mark live. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Zoomer Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Cheerios4u98 said: Matt sounds better than Mark live. Well yeah, that’s kinda obvious. I would argue that even Tom sounds better than Mark at this point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 hours ago, boxelder said: bending over backwards here dude -- you know as a longtime fan it should have gone better, and what we have now is a worst-case scenario. it's completely transparent that matt's phoning it in to what mark and trav want, which is to remain relevant. it's creatively lopsided and feels dishonest. you know this I don't agree, NINE sounds great and both albums have tons of Matt influences, some things sounds straight out of Alkaline trios playbook even 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vinegar Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 58 minutes ago, jlx9 said: Well yeah, that’s kinda obvious. I would argue that even Tom sounds better than Mark at this point. Mark was pretty bad at riotfest last time I saw him. He was really straining his voice. It actually was kind of a bummer because i'm thinking how bad will his voice sound if he ever records with Tom again? It honestly reminds me of when Tom's voice changed only it was clearly from age and not popping pills like Tom's case apparently but it made me feel old. I remember during the first reunion tour when we all complained how bad they sounded compared to before the breakup. This makes me think in 10 years we'll be salivating for Mark's current voice and hating on his future voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 hours ago, boxelder said: bending over backwards here dude -- you know as a longtime fan it should have gone better, and what we have now is a worst-case scenario. I literally wouldn’t change one thing. The dudes are a happy functioning band making music I enjoy, and playing near me almost every summer. Couldn’t be happier with the state of current blink, we are honestly insanely spoiled by the last 5 years. One huge takeaway I have from building up our social pages and from my podcast is that there are TONS of fans of new blink out there who love this era, and quite honestly are sick of the negativity from the haters stuck in the past. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Ry-Bread said: I literally wouldn’t change one thing. The dudes are a happy functioning band making music I enjoy, and playing near me almost every summer. Couldn’t be happier with the state of current blink, we are honestly insanely spoiled by the last 5 years. One huge takeaway I have from building up our social pages and from my podcast is that there are TONS of fans of new blink out there who love this era, and quite honestly are sick of the negativity from the haters stuck in the past. Dude people were so sick of Tom and no music really expectations were so low only they could fuck it up. It's not negativity dude, we all wanted to like it and tried, it's just really bad in every aspect other than the fact it exists. I don't know how anyone can blindly listen to their recent releases and think they're putting any real effort in. It feels like such a brand they are just using by letting songwriters in for every song I had expectations 'this could be pretty cool, probably just a step below +44 or possibly better if they really click' and turned into 'this is at least better than 5SOS' 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Sorry Ry-Bread, you can like what you want. I just don't see the same thing, everyone I know doesn't know blink is still around and the concert I went to had very bored fans on their phones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltdown Tracker Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Ry-Bread said: I literally wouldn’t change one thing. The dudes are a happy functioning band making music I enjoy, and playing near me almost every summer. Couldn’t be happier with the state of current blink, we are honestly insanely spoiled by the last 5 years. One huge takeaway I have from building up our social pages and from my podcast is that there are TONS of fans of new blink out there who love this era, and quite honestly are sick of the negativity from the haters stuck in the past. You're entitled to your opinion and everything, but 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodda Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 14 minutes ago, Tom Bot said: You're entitled to your opinion and everything, but If James Cameron replaced Matt I'd be interested If he replaced Mark I'd be really interested 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Ry-Bread said: and quite honestly are sick of the negativity from the haters stuck in the past. yea i think it's important that everyone is let to like what they like. haterade gets you nowhere. i see this with TV shows a lot, people bitching that they didn't like the latest season of whatever. ok, if westworld isn't doing it for you anymore, just don't watch it. it's not like anyone is making you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meltdown Tracker Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 1 minute ago, daveyjones said: yea i think it's important that everyone is let to like what they like. haterade gets you nowhere. i see this with TV shows a lot, people bitching that they didn't like the latest season of whatever. ok, if westworld isn't doing it for you anymore, just don't watch it. it's not like anyone is making you. I get that, but I also have seen a spike in what appears to be astroturfing. The main culprits appear to be Netflix and Disney. If you've spent much time on Reddit, you'd know what I'm talking about - countless circle jerk threads that are upvoted to the front page about mediocre shows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 I listen to Cali/NINE wayyyy more than Buddha/Cheshire/Untitled/NH... just sayin’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyjones Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 31 minutes ago, Tom Bot said: If you've spent much time on Reddit, you'd know what I'm talking about one of the many reasons i don't do reddit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Zero of the problems I have with current blink have anything to do with Matt, and whenever Matt’s influence is more apparent (which is still far too rare) its a great thing. Matt is 100% a positive for blink. Losing Tom sucks but gaining Matt is nothing but good imo. The more of Matt we get the better blink-182 will be. It’s just sad that he’s underused. NINE was a great step in the right direction to me. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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