Sometimes, people don’t necessarily realise the consequences of their actions. So when Tom DeLonge took Blink-182 to breaking point in 2001 it could perhaps be argued that he was unaware of what he was doing. When he did it again four years later, however, he must surely have known what would happen.
When DeLonge formed Box Car Racer in 2001, he did so with an old pal David Kennedy and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. It was quite the snub for Blink 182’s bassist Mark Hoppus. He had every reason to think that, given 1999’s Enema Of The State had made Blink arguably the biggest rock band in the world, and that 2001’s Take Off Your Pants And Jacket had continued that run of success, the band would be continuing as before.
