[POLL] Which era of Tom has the most swagger?

[Paparazzi Magnet]

Here's a photo dump of all of the most iconic eras of Tom from 1999 onwards.  Stolen mostly from Gettyimages using their date range feature.  Poll only allows 20 options so had to divide it up.

 

Which Tom has the most swagger?

 

 

Table of reference:

Enema of the State:  June 1, 1999

Take Off Your Pants & Jacket:  June 12, 2001

Boxcar Racer:  May 21, 2002

Self-titled:  November 18, 2003

We Don't Need to Whisper:  May 23, 2006

Neighborhoods:  Sepetember 27, 2011

One More Time:  October 20, 2023

 

 

Enema Era Part 1

Blink is called up to the major leagues with great commercial success.

           

 

 

Enema Era Part 2

Blink continues to enjoy the peak that Enema brought.

  

    

 

Enema Era Part 3:  En route to TOYPAJ

During the first few months of 2001, Blink gears up for the release of their next album.

 

     

 

 

TOYPAJ Era Part 1

The new album drops, and blink is still riding the Hurley wave.  A very shortlasting sweet spot in the band's progression, as it's a mini blend of enema and TOYPAJ.

 

  

 

 

TOYPAJ Era Part 2

July 2001 forward.  Blink is in full TOYPAJ mode.  Tom's done with Hurley.  Atticus begins.

    

 

TOYPAJ Era Part 3:  Pop disaster tour 2002

The band continues to ride out TOYPAJ, and Tom varies up the style a bit.

  

 

Box Car Racer

Tom goes on a tangent from the TOYPAJ era and embarks on his side project.  Macbeth comes to surface.

 

  

 

 

2003: En route to self-titled

The band is in the middle of recording their next album, but continue to remain active at times. 

Tom ditches the strat and brings on the Gibson.  It's the only era where he's playing the Gibson low.

 

 

 

 

Self Titled Part 1

The band celebrates the drop of Feeling This and the new album.

 

Self TItled Part 2:  December 2003 onwards.

Full force self-titled era.  One can argue that a bunch of mini eras take place within this interesting period of time.  I bunched them all together.

 

 

Self Titled Part 3: Tail end of blink

Mid 2004 to the very end.  The band is on the verge of calling it quits.

 

 

^ Interesting video in the progression of blink's history.  Tom is referencing this idea he has called "modern blink", and rumours have it that Tom didn't do all of the guitar work for Another Girl Another Planet.

 

 

Angels & Aiwaves:  The 2006 honeymoon phase

Tom Debutes debutes AvA in a great spotlight, and he enjoys the band being in the major leagues while it lasts.

 

 

(Rest of AVA era ommitted - sorry, very little swag.  Plus there are a ton of eras on that band alone, and the poll only allows 20 options.)

 

2009:  The reunion

Blink gets back together at the Grammys and then embarks on a reunion tour, where Tom brings back his blink haircut and energy.

 

2010

Tom balances the reunion of blink with AvA.

 

2011

Blink enters neighborhoods mode.  Tom whips out the beanie look.  Blink is at an all time high when it comes to the quality, production, and uniqueness of the post-reunion era performances.

 

 

2012

Tom whips out a new paint job with his guitar and whips out the flat-brimmed hat. He continues to balance AvA with blink.

 

2013/2014:

Blink embarks on their Self-Titled anniversary tours and the same shit from 2003/2004 unfolds.

 

 

 

 

2015 - 2019: To The Stars

Tom is inactive from playing music and focuses on TTS.

 

2019 + 2021

2019: After taking a years-long break, Tom enters the music world again by taking AvA out on tour.  He rocks the Ford hat.

 

2021: Tom rebrands AvA and continues to show his interest in playing shows again.

 

 

2023 - Present

Tom's back

 

 

[thongrider]

Enema era.

[Speedo]

Tom has nothing on this fucking Casanova.

[Kay]

Enema era Tom, dorky youth has disappeared but the weird long hair hadn’t set in.

Enema tom with the spiky black hair? I probably would. 

[boxelder]

interesting thread idea, i really like the emo 2003-04 tom. a little goofy and self serious but i always thought he looked pretty cool, and more comfortable will the fame at that point

[Jans Stand]

This is a strange pivot to take while on aderrall?

 

If we're talking look/style?  Gotta be mid Toypaj.

If we're talking just swagger, as in merchandise?  Gotta be To The Stars.  Hardest I've ever seen him go on selling 'swag' or merch, fact he's still wearing those shirts to every concert is ridic. 

[allsystemsgo]

Untitled Tom was the coolest to me. I liked the hair!

[Nosferatu]

I honestly love how he looks right now. He's kinda dressed like he did in the Dude Ranch era but darker colours and with TTS shirts and San Diego hats mixed in. It's the best style he's ever had in my opinion

Wasn't a fan of the Enema look. Too much bright colours from all 3 members. Great music though. Neighborhoods era and reunion era was a weird one. Sometimes he looked cool asf and other times he didn't. For AVA, he only ever looked cool during the I-Empire era I think. Don't think he suited the long hair during that WDNTW era.

Dude Ranch Tom looks awesome too. Has that dorky skater vibe that I love. Thought he looked cool during the TOYPAJ, BCR and untitled eras too

[Patient #48273]

Is this Clarke's coming out post?

[Jans Stand]

This was the photo when I thought I might be gay.  All 3 of them in this one SLAY

[allsystemsgo]

4 minutes ago, Moldy Krampus Juice said:

This was the photo when I thought I might be gay.  All 3 of them in this one SLAY

Tom's hair looked extra greasy in that photo.

[Jans Stand]

29 minutes ago, allsystemsgo said:

Tom's hair looked extra greasy in that photo.

Kind of like your mom after a few margs.

[Russel Coight]

2003 and now. Easy. 

[Elisa]

8 hours ago, Paparazzi Magnet said:

 

   

 

I had a crush on EOTS Tom 

 

8 hours ago, Paparazzi Magnet said:

 

 

but he was also so cool wearing polos and with the brown epiphone in 2003
 

[Kay]

1 hour ago, Drunk said:

He was only 23, though. 

Yeah but I was like 12 when I thought he was attractive. I wouldn’t *actually* I was being flippant / joking. 

[Russel Coight]

58 minutes ago, Elisa said:

I had a crush on EOTS Tom 

Enema Tom had a different energy to the rest. Good looking as fuck but really fun looking at the same time.

[Jans Stand]

12 hours ago, Patient #48273 said:

Is this Clarke's coming out post?

Lowkey a lot of energy in this post. 

[Patient #48273]

3 hours ago, Moldy Krampus Juice said:

Lowkey a lot of energy in this post. 

High key, really. Breaking the last 25 years of Tom's life into 20 micro eras and curating dozens of pictures to showcase each one? It'd be less gay to just fuck another guy. It's the kind of gay that results from a lifetime of pent-up repressed homosexual energy.

[Speedo]

9 minutes ago, Patient #48273 said:

High key, really. Breaking the last 25 years of Tom's life into 25 micro eras and curating dozens of pictures to showcase each one? It'd be less gay to just fuck another guy. It's the kind of gay that results from a lifetime of pent-up repressed homosexual energy.

It’s only gay if you kiss and/or hold hands. Everyone knows that.

[Ghent]

13 hours ago, Patient #48273 said:

Is this Clarke's coming out post?

This was my first thought. Love me some Tom over the years, but this is homoerotic.

Not that there's anything wrong with that! Just odd coming from a self proclaimed ladies man?