Blink 182 'Reconnecting'; Reunion Speculation Heats Up

Just a few short months after Travis Barker was nearly killed in a tremendous plane crash that killed 4 people, he and the other members of Blink 182 are apparently back on speaking terms for the first time in four years. According to a blog post written by former Blink bassist (now with +44) Mark Hoppus, the punk trio that sold nearly 12.7 million albums between the mid-90s and their split in 2004 have met face to face and communicated with each other for the first time since their well-publicized breakup. The blog post reads:

in the midst of everything else that has happened lately, tom, travis, and i have all spoken together. first through a number of phone calls, and then a couple of weeks ago we all hung out for a few hours. they’ve all been great, very positive conversations. we’re just reconnecting as friends after four years of not talking. it’s a good thing. obviously the first question for a lot of people will be “does this mean a blink-182 reunion?” the answer is none of us know. we haven’t talked about it at all. right now it’s just good for the three of us to see one another, reconnect, and let the past be the past. the events of the past two months supersede everything that happened before. life is too short.

That pretty much poses and answers every question on the minds of Blink fans everywhere. While I'm glad to see the band is talking again, too many things need to happen before a reunion can take place. +44 and Angels and Airwaves (Tom DeLonge's band) are both still under contract for at least one more album, which means that little actual work can get done with Blink until those contracts are up. Travis Barker is also still recovering from injuries in that plane crash, so that's slowing things down too. All in all I think it'll be at least a year and a half before any talk of a Blink 182 reunion can be taken seriously.

Blink 182 are sort of the Police of my generation. Both had wild success during their time, leading to dissent amongst the band and a messy, very public breakup in which the members of the band stopped talking to each other for some time. It took 23 years before The Police could get back together for a tour. I'd be amazed if Blink 182 got back together after just 4 years away and did anything near what they were up to when they split. So while I want to see another Blink record in the near future, I also hope it's not too soon.

Blink 182 - The Rock Show [iTunes]

==TJ==

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