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Sooner or later, everyone grows up…right?
90’s punk-pop stalwarts Blink-182 brought its energy and sunny Californian musical hooks to chase away the rain outside for a recent and crowded show at the Mystic Lake Amphitheater in suburban Prior Lake.
The evening was opened up by some of our favorite Australians, Atlas Genius, in support of a new single, ’63 Days’, and their last studio album, Inanimate Objects (Warner Bros Records), and who typically headlines when we see them, but earned some new fans being on the bill for this tour.
The band, led by the brothers Jeffrey (Keith on lead vocals, guitar and Michael on drums) managed to compress the best of their longer headlining set, into a tight forty-five minutes, beginning with 2013’s ‘If So’ which went Top 10 on Billboard’s Alternative chart, the new ’63 Days’ which was well received by the audience (most probably hearing it for the first time), and even worked in their highly danceable cover of a big ‘80’s hit by Dead or Alive.
“Remember life is short” singer Jeffrey said, “so give it everything you’ve got”, thanking the crowd for showing up early, and ending with 2012’s ‘Trojans’, their most successful song to date, getting the crowd to clap along one last time, with many probably looking up their music, following.
After a short break, Blink-182 took to the stage for their compact seventy-five set, amidst a twisted image of Disney’s Thumper as backdrop and on a stage which had three short LCD platforms, framed by larger video screens on each side above.
The trio (Mark Hoppus; Travis Barker; Matt Skiba) is going through a new era of sorts, having re-formed in 2009 after Barker’s notable plane crash, and then adding Skiba in 2015 after co-founding guitarist Tom DeLonge left (again). Their seventh studio album, California (BMG Records) was released last year, but a deluxe version with extra disc, was issued this May.
The trio hit the ground running with two of their best songs to start, ‘Feeling This’ and ‘The Rock Show’ and by the end of the new ’Cynical’, smoke plumes rose into the air, and drummer Barker’s “Famous” t-shirt was gone as well, the bedrock of the band still anchoring the drum kit with resolute skill and conviction.
Most Blink songs run three minutes in length, which is why they were able to fit twenty-two into the evening, but missing was the juvenile patter between songs; as when DeLonge was in the band, it seemed like some bit of junior-high potty humor and hijinks would pepper the set between songs, but the trio was mostly all business this night.
“I made it so it didn’t rain tonight” Hoppus mentioned, “…you’re welcome!” commenting on the earlier bad weather that had stopped just in time, for the show to proceed as scheduled. The outdoor venue itself is called an Amphitheater, though is very loosely that definition and really more of large grassy (and muddy this night) hill on a backlot of the casino grounds. Restrooms and food stands though were ample, it was organized well and the sound was surprisingly crisp.
Drummer Barker sent out ‘I Miss You’ “to all the ladies” and Hoppus went on about the accuracy of calling Minnesota the state of 10,000 Lakes after the song- “I looked it up and there’s like 15,000, but 3,000 are dried up!” he said jokingly, “…nice work, people”.
‘Wendy Clear’ was a setlist rarity and deep cut from 1999’s Enema of the State, performed as a result of a Twitter request to the band before the show, followed by a thundering Barker drum solo. “Take out your cellphones, turn on the flashlight, and just soak this in” Hoppus said, as the house lights turned dark and the band played the punk-rhythmed ‘Happy Holidays, You Bastard’, lit only by the audience.
The main set ended with the new ‘Los Angeles’ complete with streamers shot above the crowd, but the trio quickly emerged back for a three-song encore beginning with 1999’s big hit, ‘All the Small Things’ and ending with ‘Dammit’ and its signature lyric, “Well I guess this is growing up” with an extended jam at the end, complete with more confetti and a smoke burst; that once cleared, found Barker replaced by son Landon on drums, and Hoppus wearing an Olaf snowman mask from Frozen, to complete the song.
They may now be in their mid-forties, married, have kids and adult lives, but Blink-182 is still refusing to grow up and is determined to go into older age, still musically kicking and screaming, which is more than ok with the two decades of fans that have come along with them.
90’s punk-pop stalwarts Blink-182 brought its energy and sunny Californian musical hooks to chase away the rain outside for a recent and crowded show at the Mystic Lake Amphitheater in suburban Prior Lake.
The evening was opened up by some of our favorite Australians, Atlas Genius, in support of a new single, ’63 Days’, and their last studio album, Inanimate Objects (Warner Bros Records), and who typically headlines when we see them, but earned some new fans being on the bill for this tour.
The band, led by the brothers Jeffrey (Keith on lead vocals, guitar and Michael on drums) managed to compress the best of their longer headlining set, into a tight forty-five minutes, beginning with 2013’s ‘If So’ which went Top 10 on Billboard’s Alternative chart, the new ’63 Days’ which was well received by the audience (most probably hearing it for the first time), and even worked in their highly danceable cover of a big ‘80’s hit by Dead or Alive.
“Remember life is short” singer Jeffrey said, “so give it everything you’ve got”, thanking the crowd for showing up early, and ending with 2012’s ‘Trojans’, their most successful song to date, getting the crowd to clap along one last time, with many probably looking up their music, following.
After a short break, Blink-182 took to the stage for their compact seventy-five set, amidst a twisted image of Disney’s Thumper as backdrop and on a stage which had three short LCD platforms, framed by larger video screens on each side above.
The trio (Mark Hoppus; Travis Barker; Matt Skiba) is going through a new era of sorts, having re-formed in 2009 after Barker’s notable plane crash, and then adding Skiba in 2015 after co-founding guitarist Tom DeLonge left (again). Their seventh studio album, California (BMG Records) was released last year, but a deluxe version with extra disc, was issued this May.
The trio hit the ground running with two of their best songs to start, ‘Feeling This’ and ‘The Rock Show’ and by the end of the new ’Cynical’, smoke plumes rose into the air, and drummer Barker’s “Famous” t-shirt was gone as well, the bedrock of the band still anchoring the drum kit with resolute skill and conviction.
Most Blink songs run three minutes in length, which is why they were able to fit twenty-two into the evening, but missing was the juvenile patter between songs; as when DeLonge was in the band, it seemed like some bit of junior-high potty humor and hijinks would pepper the set between songs, but the trio was mostly all business this night.
“I made it so it didn’t rain tonight” Hoppus mentioned, “…you’re welcome!” commenting on the earlier bad weather that had stopped just in time, for the show to proceed as scheduled. The outdoor venue itself is called an Amphitheater, though is very loosely that definition and really more of large grassy (and muddy this night) hill on a backlot of the casino grounds. Restrooms and food stands though were ample, it was organized well and the sound was surprisingly crisp.
Drummer Barker sent out ‘I Miss You’ “to all the ladies” and Hoppus went on about the accuracy of calling Minnesota the state of 10,000 Lakes after the song- “I looked it up and there’s like 15,000, but 3,000 are dried up!” he said jokingly, “…nice work, people”.
‘Wendy Clear’ was a setlist rarity and deep cut from 1999’s Enema of the State, performed as a result of a Twitter request to the band before the show, followed by a thundering Barker drum solo. “Take out your cellphones, turn on the flashlight, and just soak this in” Hoppus said, as the house lights turned dark and the band played the punk-rhythmed ‘Happy Holidays, You Bastard’, lit only by the audience.
The main set ended with the new ‘Los Angeles’ complete with streamers shot above the crowd, but the trio quickly emerged back for a three-song encore beginning with 1999’s big hit, ‘All the Small Things’ and ending with ‘Dammit’ and its signature lyric, “Well I guess this is growing up” with an extended jam at the end, complete with more confetti and a smoke burst; that once cleared, found Barker replaced by son Landon on drums, and Hoppus wearing an Olaf snowman mask from Frozen, to complete the song.
They may now be in their mid-forties, married, have kids and adult lives, but Blink-182 is still refusing to grow up and is determined to go into older age, still musically kicking and screaming, which is more than ok with the two decades of fans that have come along with them.
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Blink-182 at Mystic Lake Amphitheater, Prior Lake (09 Aug 2017) |
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