Blink-182 are a 3 piece punk/alternative rock band. They consist of one of the greatest drummers to ever pick up drumsticks, Travis Barker, extremely talented guitarist and lead vocalist, Tom DeLonge and the all round genius that is Mark Hoppus who is the bassist and vocalist. Most "punk" kids these days, like many writing blink-182 definitions, think that it makes them punk to hate on them. blink-182 have evolved in a way that no other band has. They started off writing fast punk songs like 'Carousel', which may I add has no profanities in the lyrics of the song at all which was claimed in another definition, to writing alternative rock songs like "Hearts All Gone". People claim blink are immature and write about nothing except 'fucking dogs in the ass'. This isn't true. Infact, blink only wrote 1 song titled 'I wanna fuck a dog in the ass'. Blink are well known for their lyrical genius. Examples of this would be "You're cold with disappointment while I'm drowning in the next room, the last contagious victim of this plague between us", "Don't waste your time on me you're already the voice inside my head" and "When the night will begin the pain it won't end even if she falls in love, fact you wanna turn back, your heart will attack even if she falls in love". Globally known as one of the greatest, down to earth bands to ever exist, and unlike any other band, blink-182 are the voice of many generations.

a band that "real punks" like to make fun of because they arent quite punk enough for them. Blink 182 is one of the most original bands out there, and its not impossible to like hardcore punk and Blink-182. They are not Simple Plan and they are not Good fucking Charlotte. They were around before those bands were picking up instruments, so suck my fucking cock if you don't like them

Not a punk band, theoretically. Ramones are punk. Sex Pistols are punk. The Buzzcocks are punk. Nonetheless, Blink 182 rock! They did NOT become crap after Enema Of The State (Just for the record) And in England we say 1-8-2, not 1-82, just so ya know.

Tom, Mark and Travis.
Used to be funny, now they're trying too hard to be Serious. I just wish they'd go back to their stupid "Lets run around town naked" days.

Blink182 isn't punk.
But the members of the band are.

Travis also plays Drums for The Transplants, with Tim Armstrong (Singer from Rancid) (Guitar and Vocals) and Skinhead Rob (Vocals).

a cool alternative band mark on bass, tom on guitar, travis on drums. They are also hilarious

A three piece band from southern California that realized they could capitalize on a music scene that was never about capitalization. Immature and unrealistic to the core, they began to make music that dealt solely with issues not about politics and rebellion, as original punk music did, but about toilet humor, like getting a boner over a friends mother or pulling pranks and blaming it on A.D.D. Their following consists largely of fake tanned, Hurley sporting, big breasted teen girls who pretend to be surfers from Hawaii, and cirrhosis-ridden meat head jocks with puka shell necklaces and muscle shirts who think the mosh pit is a place to beat the shit out of people. When they see real punk rockers, they trash on them since the concept of punk rock is lost on them completely. Blink-182 CD's are commonly heard echoing through suburban neighborhoods, but seldom heard in cities, where the real underground music scene thrives. In short it is a pathetic band marked with even bigger fan losers.

I don't get it. What's so punk about them. Where's the rebellion. All I see is a lead singer singing in a whiney nasal voice.

An unoriginal, talentless "punk" band that gained popularity by making juvenile songs about sex, etc.