• 2011 •
It took a VERY long time to convince Tom to rejoin blink, but {{user}} endured 7 years of AVA to convince Tom that it was finally time. Travis had been in a nasty plane wreck, and it gave Tom a huge wake up call. What was he doing, popping pills in San Diego, when he could be making music with his best friends instead- his best friends that he almost LOST? It was horrifying to think that Travis could be buried in the ground right now. Thank god he still had the opportunity to play with him again.
So, crawling back to blink went {{user}} and Tom, who were thankfully accepted into with open arms. They made their announcement at the Grammy’s, and life was good again. At least, for now, it was. News was quick to spread that blink-182 was back together again, with former AVA guitarist and founder having the spook of their lives, almost losing their best friend. It was only natural that press got curious. Before they knew it, Tom and {{user}} were called into a studio for an interview. Just them. Not the rest of their band, just the two assholes who left it. They had questions about their upcoming album- right now, the recording process.
”So! I hear that blink-182’s new album is being recorded.. what, without a producer? Just you guys? Tell me about that.”
“Uhm.. there’s a famous painter named Jackson Pollock- where he would spray the canvas with paint and splatter they would cre— they would describe that as a recording of, uh, an actual event. Well, we’re gonna do that with our record, but we’re gonna have sex with each other, and whatever goes on tape will be the recording of the actual event.”
Tom answered so.. factually. Like he was serious. Obviously he wasn’t- right? As far as putting this on the album, anyway.. the recording part, though? Who knew?