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Blink-182 Spoofs Boy Bands With New Video

Tom Delonge
and Mark Hoppus
of Blink-182

With Blink-182's new album, "Enema of the State," sailing past the million
mark in sales, the band has just shot a new video for "All the Small Things,"
the follow-up single to "What's My Age Again?"

The video for "Small Things" was shot on August 5 and 6 on location at the
Van Nuys Airport and Santa Monica Beach by Marcos Siega, the same director
behind the nudist-lovin' clip for "What's My Age Again?"

In the new video, the guys spoof the current rage in boy bands, dressing in
boy band-drag as members of the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and 98 Degrees.

With the completion of the video, Blink-182 plans to take the next few weeks
off before launching a headlining tour of the U.S. in October.

For more on Blink-182, check out the MTV News Gallery.

Blink-182 Gets Naked, Encourages Others To Do The Same

A scene from
"What's My Age Again?"
RealVideo
Blink-182: punk favorites, Warped performers… and now x-rated photographers.

The band will act as guest photographers in an issue of "Playboy" that is
expected to arrive sometime this summer. The trio will take snapshots of a
couple of their more outgoing female friends while out on this summer's Vans
Warped tour.

Although plans for the layout have yet to be finalized, a spokesperson for
the band says that the shoot will take place onstage during one of the band's
performances.

Fans of the band may notice a bit of a theme developing here. The band's
upcoming album, "Enema of the State," features adult film star Janine on the
cover, and the first video from the album (for the track "What's My Age
Again?") [RealVideo] features the band completely naked and streaking through
various scenes (like a spoof of a Gap ad, a news broadcast, and other
familiar settings).

If you'd like to be part of the band's shoot, or if you just want to hear
them play, here's where you can catch them on the Warped tour:

6/25 - San Antonio, TX @ Retama Park
6/26 - Houston, TX @ Astroarena Parking Lot
6/27 - Dallas, TX @ Artists Square
6/30 - Del Mar, CA @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
7/1 - San Bernardino, CA @ Orange Show Fairgrounds
7/2 - San Bernardino, CA @ Orange Show Fairgrounds
7/3 - Oakland, CA @ Network Assoc. Coliseum Parking Lot
7/4 - Lake Tahoe, CA @ Boreal Ridge Resort
7/6 - Portland, OR @ Portland Meadows
7/7 - Vancouver, BC @ Pacific National Exhibition
7/8 - Seattle, WA @ Kingdome Parking Lot
7/9 - Boise, ID @ Boise Center
7/10 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fairgrounds
7/11 - Denver, CO @ Mile High Greyhound
7/13 - Maryland Heights, MO @ Riverport Parking Lot
7/14 - Tinley Park, IL @ New World Music Theatre
7/15 - Cleveland, OH @ Flats At Nautica
7/16 - New York, NY @ Randalls Island
7/17 - Northampton, MA @ Fairgrounds
7/18 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Lot
7/20 - Pittsburgh, PA @ I.C. Light Amphitheatre
7/21 - Philadelphia, PA @ CoreStates Complex Parking Lot
7/22 - Buffalo, NY @ La Salle Park
7/23 - Montreal, QC @ Parc Des Illes
7/24 - Toronto, ON @ Docks
7/25 - Pontiac, MI @ Pontiac Street
7/27 - Washington, DC @ To Be Announced
7/29 - Atlanta, GA @ To Be Announced
7/30 - Orlando, FL @ Cent. Florida Fairgrounds
7/31 - Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amph. Parking Lot

Blink-182: Welcome To The Dude Ranch
August 27 [12:00 EDT] -- If Green Day were to have a really, really happy
incarnation, it would be as Blink-182.

Hailing from the surf and skate X-Game culture of San Diego, this band's
persona is prone to perpetual fun with their fast, melodic tunes. While many
of their songs have break-up themes, joking is never put aside in their
music. Bathroom humor reigns supreme. Singing about sleeping with Princess
Leia in "A New Hope" or "growing up" in their first single "Dammit" [1.4MB
QuickTime] from the trio's second album "Dude Ranch," spunk and speed are
both part of the package.

In "Dammit," vocalist and bassist Mark Hoppus, 25, sings about seeing his
ex-girlfriend at a "sneak preview" with another guy. Friends and bandmates
Tom Delonge, 21 (guitar and vocals) and drummer, Scott Raynor, 18, accompany
Hoppus in the hilarious video. Co-directed by Ken Daurio and producer Darren
Doane, the scenario is depicted with a goofy southern California camp,
complete with the candy counter dork who gets the girl in the end.

And don't miss the "Farinelli" movie poster behind the concession counter.
The 1994 film is about an eighteenth century Italian singer who had his
cajones removed so he would sing like a woman. No doubt, Blink-182 got a good
laugh out of that. It's just their deluxe Butt-head brand of humor.

Perhaps their brand of humor is "WARPed," the tour Blink-182 with currently
in Europe, spreading their cheeky "Dude Ranch" joy.

NORRIS: So are you guys allowed to take part in anything here?

MARK HOPPUS, Blink 182 [Live performance, 660k QuickTime]: I'm sure if we
talked to enough people we could convince somebody to let us try, but we
would just really make fools out of ourselves if we tried to go out and ride
the BMX track, or anything like that. I just want to help announce.

(playing announcer for BMX bikers) Okay, here he comes. He did a jump thing.
He's coming around the deal there. Uh-oh, here he goes. Oh yeah.

NORRIS: You're a regular Marv Albert.

HOPPUS: He taught me everything I know.

NORRIS: Right, good to know. (They laugh)

Is there such a thing as skater fashion? Skateboard fashion?

TOM DELONGE, Blink 182: Yeah, I think that the skateboard industry has always
brought out a lot of the fashion for a long time. Like the baggy pants came
in and then the cargo pants. And then like the big sneaker shoes.

BLUE HAIRED FAN: It's kind of different from the normal fashion. It's kind of
more outspoken, outstanding.

FAN: Of course it's gonna be weird styles. Big baggy pants, you know, ginkos.
The whole thing just goes with it.

NORRIS: Someone said that this is kind of MTV's version of Warped. Is that
accurate?

KEVIN COLEMAN, Smash Mouth [Live performance, 644k QuickTime]: I wouldn't say
so.

STEVE HARWELL, Smash Mouth: Warped couldn't hold your panties right now. This
thing is kicking some serious butt. I'm serious. I've never been to a Warped
tour... Yeah, we did in San Francisco. It was a big dust bowl. I had dirt in
my teeth by the end of the day. Here, it's snowboard, it's skates, it's
bikes, it's everything.

NORRIS: Are you guys seriously into skating or BMXing or any of that?

COLEMAN: We all are, but I'm scared to touch a skateboard now, because every
time I get on one, I get injured.

HARWELL: Kevin and I would rather just hang out in the strip club.

NORRIS: Oh. Well there you go.

HARWELL: Then we don't have to worry about the skateboard thing. I leave that
up to those guys.

COLEMAN: As long as they have hair and spandex.

NORRIS: Strippers skateboarding would be a concept.

HARWELL: That's the thing. I want a gold pole with a skateboard and a
stripper.

NORRIS: What do you guys think of this thing, of what you've seen so far?

DEXTER HOLLAND, The Offspring [Live performance, 627k QuickTime]: Well it
looks like a perfect day for snowboarding. What do you think?

NOODLES, The Offspring: Oh yeah, here in Austin, Texas. Snowboarding capital
of the world, I think.

HOLLAND: Hey, check it out. There's our bass player over there. (points to
the bassist, who is waving and walking off in the distance with a girl) Greg
K. is the most ignored guy in rock and roll. We can't even get anyone to look
at him.

NORRIS: Well, does he know her? Or...

HOLLAND: That's his new special friend.

NORRIS: Is this a perk of the Sports and Music Festival?

NOODLES: Don't let his girlfriend see that!

CRAIG MONTOYA, Everclear: I have no idea how to do any tricks. I can't even
ollie, so...

GREG EKLUND, Everclear: I was gonna say, I've seen you skate and you don't
skate anything like that.

ART ALEXAKIS, Everclear: I've never seen you do that flip and throw thing
like that.

MONTOYA: I think a majority of kids these days are into some kind of sport
from bikes to boarding.

ALEXAKIS: -- But alternative sports, not like little league or football, or
more jock type sports. These are sports you can have more of an alternative
lifestyle and still compete and still excel at. And I think that's what
sports are about.

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