The LP proved enormously successful, shifting over five million units domestically, and three times that number worldwide. In recent years, the album has seen sporadic availability on digital platforms.īlink-182 broke into the mainstream with its 1999 album Enema of the State-a fast, glossy pop-punk record with multiple hit singles. The album proved influential for future pop punk acts, including Man Overboard and All Time Low. " Man Overboard"-a bonus studio single recorded to promote its release-reached number two on Billboard 's Modern Rock Tracks chart. During that time, the album sold over 500,000 copies in the US, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America. Marketed as a limited edition release, The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show was initially available for only two months at retail. Jerry Finn, the band's frequent collaborator, produced and mixed the album. The album's sleeve was designed by artist Glen Hanson, who received an award for his work on it. Guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus trade juvenile jokes in-between songs, while drummer Travis Barker performs with virtuosity.
The set list includes singles such as " All the Small Things", " What's My Age Again?", and " Dammit". The album contains energetic, high-speed renditions of the band's catalogue up to that point in their career. The album was recorded over two nights at performances in their native California, on the group's inaugural arena tour. Capturing the band's stage show-known for its irreverent humor-with a live release was designed to satisfy fans between new studio albums. Blink-182 had risen to fame at the turn of the millennium on the strength of its third album, Enema of the State, which went multiplatinum. I am sorry to say that even though they are catchy they are not really melodic nor are they in any way "technical", so about 99% of you probably won't care, but they do fucking rock and have been a personal favorite since I first attended one of their shows in 1998 (they played drunk as fuck with BigWig and Falling Sickness, and yes it was as amazing as it sounds).īlown In The U.S.A.The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) is a live album by American rock band Blink-182. That early Guttermouth influence is prominent in their lyrics as well as their sound, referring to themselves as "Humorcore", talking about everything from getting raped by a girl and mom not letting him get a tattoo to more serious matters like the police and abortion. The riffs are simple, 3-chord progressions usually, fast drumming and fast vocals that aren't really shouted but aren't sang either, kind of a nice mix. This is Party Punk that sounds like a sexy mix of State of Shock, and the few other mid-late 90's material, by the great D.I., and the classic Guttermouth album The Album Formerly Known As Full Length LP. You can definitely hear the So-Cal style in the White Kaps sound, there's no doubt as to where they come from or from what era.
Maddox took up Vocal duties, Bob the founder/owner of Fearless Records was the vocalist and started Fearless simply to release a White Kaps record that was never actually released, instead they put out Salad Daze.) a few 7'' records, an EP on Hopeless and a slew of Compilation releases (Punk Sucks comp, The Fearless Flush, Welcome To Califuknia, etc). White Kaps were (maybe still are) a Punk band from southern California who put out 2 Full Length CD's all on the once great Fearless Records (actually before K.C. Yep, more 90's stuff, since that is pretty much all I listen to.
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