No joke, Blink-182 finds a happy mix between passion and parties

Pop-punk upstarts Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge weather infighting and personal tragedies to arrive at a fresh stage of alterna-rock inspiration.For airplane-phobic drummer Travis Barker, the gig required a quick trip across town in a pimped-out low rider. Singer-bassist Mark Hoppus flew 5,400 miles from London. And with sky's-the-limit rock-star gusto, guitarist-vocalist Tom DeLonge bypassed traffic on the 405 and helicoptered in from San Diego.

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