Dammit!

This video changed my life. I know a lot of people don’t like Blink 182 and I understand their reasons. However, I remember the day this video came on MTV and I saw the skateboarders and Tom’s guitar with stickers all over it and the energy they gave off, and I was immediately hooked on Blink 182. I went out and bought the CD and it didn’t leave my CD player for months. I was also inspired to take up skateboarding and eventually bought my first bass guitar and learned the notes for the songs from this album. I’ve never wavered in my love of live music and actually have this video to thank for it. Seeing this video again takes me back a long time, before I really knew who I was, before drugs and alcohol ruined some of my friends, before life got complicated. This video was my introduction to music as a way of life and it changed me for the good I think.