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That site is awesome.. I think Marks podcast is pretty kick ares too. Anyone else chack it out.

According to that site AAA is released 3-4days before my birthday, guess what im gonna ask people to buy me, unless it comes out at the Cinema.

Has anyone read todays kerrang? it had the first tom interview since the blink split, and i realy wanted to read it but i could find it, if i have the £ i might get it in the morning.

[QUOTE=Untitled]According to that site AAA is released 3-4days before my birthday, guess what im gonna ask people to buy me, unless it comes out at the Cinema.

Has anyone read todays kerrang? it had the first tom interview since the blink split, and i realy wanted to read it but i could find it, if i have the £ i might get it in the morning.[/QUOTE]

If you do get it, post it! I want to read it.

[url]http://www.angelsandairwaves.co.uk/photos/kerrangscan.jpg[/url]

Cheers kif, i just wonderd if anyone read and stuff, im gonna buy it in the morn, thats too small to read :thumb:

Haven't even looked at it :lol:

[QUOTE=Kif][url]http://www.angelsandairwaves.co.uk/photos/kerrangscan.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]

All I could read on that was the headline. :upset:

[url]http://www.angelsandairwaves.co.uk/photos/kerrangscan.jpg[/url]

Really? Mind loads up perferctly big.

Anyway go to [url]http://www.angelsandairwaves.co.uk/[/url] and follow the link on the frontpage

it loads big, i just have crap eyes.

i find it kind of ironic how the last single/video was always
i mean look at the meaning of that song and then what happened

Hmm, i dunno if i'm looking forward to them or not.

It is now my official opinion that Tom Delonge has gone off the deep end. I hate to say it, cause I like the guy, but I figured he'd be done stabbing people in the back after the whole Scott Raynor affair.

I can tell you right now that this is not going to be the greatest band in the world. It will probably be good, and a lot of people will probably like it. Hell, I'm going to buy it and will probably also like it, but I can guarantee that there are going to be many who don't. Remember all the hype that "American Idiot" got? Remember how it was being sold as a "punk rock opera" and "one of the greatest albums of all time" and so on. In the end it turned out that it was good, but not that good, and is clearly overrated if you ask me. I have a feeling that that is what is going to happen with AAA and once Tom gets it out of his system, he is either going to be done with music, or go back to blink, assuming Mark and Tom are interested.

That seems like a pretty good prediction.

That article really gives the impression that his ego has grown in size since Blink. He's overconfident I think. It may be a really great album but he talks it up way too much.

Tom has always been very "egotistical" when it comes to his music. Back in the day, he'd say how Blink were the greatest band ever, and that each album would be the best music that you'd ever hear.

I like how he has said that he misses Mark and Travis, that seems like good news, or maybe he is just trying to make the little fanboys not cry over it all.
Only time will tell how the relations are between the guys now, but I think Tom's movie will really help us.

I'll post the article:
Tom Delonge has spoken exclusively to Kerrang! about his new project Angels and Airwaves.

In his first interview since Blink 182 announced in February of this year that they were taking an 'indefinite hiatus', Delonge has revealed how he was inspired to get a new band together while the punk-pop trio were touring Europe at the end of last year, in support of their last self-titled album.

"Just before all the blink 182 **** happened when we were in Europe, i has a really wierd epiphany," Delonge confesses to K!, "My heart was beating about 100 miles a mintue for three weeks straight and it had never happened to me before in my life. I really felt like i'd been touched by something and i felt i was meant to do something massive."
Delonge started working on the fourthcoming Angels And Airwaves album which is expected to be released in April, shortly after blink went on hiatus. Recording took place in the Foo Fighters' Los Angeles studio. "As the new record started coming together, it was so beyond my expectations," he says. "I honestly think that people are going to flip out when they hear this. I'm not even joking right now, it's so good. It's so much better than anything i've ever done and i think people will suspect God came down and wrote half of it!"

"It sounds like it has the conceptual depth of Pink Floys, the anthemic architecture of U2 but with Tom from blink writing all the melodies," Delonge adds. "All the songs are very cinematic, anthemic and epic-sounding. The music sounds angelic. Every song gives you the chills and you feel like you want to cry but you're conquering the world at the same time. It sounds like stadium rock done by a band that's meant to be the absolute biggest band in the world."

Angels and Airwaves also includes guitarist David Kennedy (Boxcar Racer/Hazen Street) and drummer Atom Willard (Rocket From the Crypt/ The Offspring). At the time of the interview, Delonge couldn't announce the name of the bassist, but internet reports last week stated that Ryan Sinn formerly of The Distillers, has joined AAA.

A DVD is also currently being made, which will accompany the band's forthcoming debut album.
"The movie is a third documentary, a third love story and a third CGI," he explains."It's the story of the album, which is the story of the break-up of one of the biggest bands in the world and the creation of the world's greatest band.

"We're currently making the CGI sequences and we're working with one of the leading art supervisors of 'Star Wars'. It's incredible stuff," Delonge adds. "The documentary part is about me, my life and creating the new band and the love story is about a girl that's on drugs and a guy that's running from his life and they come in contact with the music and it changes them. The whole idea is that even though there is struggle in your life you can find happiness and love within the worst of times."

The frontman is feeling extremely confident about his new band's potential, even going as far to suggest that his former bandmates, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, who have formed a new band called Plus 44 together, will be disgruntled when they hear the album.

"When i sat around planning this, i thought, 'Not only am i going to be back but i'm going to be about 10 times bigger that i ever was. I feel like there's nothing that can stop me," he says. "All the bands say that they're going to be the biggest band in the world but no-one has any idea what i'm doing. Once they find out, they're all going to say, '****, ****! We've got a lot of work to do. When this band lands on the world next year, it's going to be like the second coming of Christ!"

"I always though Blink 182 was my life but i've realised that it wasn't, it was just the first stepping stone," Delonge admits "I've heard Plus 44 and it's totally different to what I'm doing. They (Hoppus and Barker) are amazing musicians but i wouldn't want to be in their situation when this record comes out next year. That's how confident i am about this."

[QUOTE=Kif][url]http://www.angelsandairwaves.co.uk/photos/kerrangscan.jpg[/url]

Really? Mind loads up perferctly big.

Anyway go to [url]http://www.angelsandairwaves.co.uk/[/url] and follow the link on the frontpage[/QUOTE]

I was at school when I looked at the other one, so I think that's why it didn't work. But, I read it.

I'm excited, I know that it's not going to be the best album ever, but I think it will be farily decent. Also, knowing Plus 44 is having a cd and a greatest hits cd all to look forward. And I think Mark and Tom are talking and I really don't think Blink 182 is going to join back together.

Yeah, I've got 3 things to look forward to. Man, Tom is really confident about the album. I was suprised when he said, I wouldn't want to be Mark or Travis when this album comes out.

[QUOTE=Independent_CA]It is now my official opinion that Tom Delonge has gone off the deep end. I hate to say it, cause I like the guy, but I figured he'd be done stabbing people in the back after the whole Scott Raynor affair.

I can tell you right now that this is not going to be the greatest band in the world. It will probably be good, and a lot of people will probably like it. Hell, I'm going to buy it and will probably also like it, but I can guarantee that there are going to be many who don't. Remember all the hype that "American Idiot" got? Remember how it was being sold as a "punk rock opera" and "one of the greatest albums of all time" and so on. In the end it turned out that it was good, but not that good, and is clearly overrated if you ask me. I have a feeling that that is what is going to happen with AAA and once Tom gets it out of his system, he is either going to be done with music, or go back to blink, assuming Mark and Tom are interested.[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah. I honeslty cant belive how confident he is. He wont go back to blink after it.

[QUOTE=Fire Whispers]That article really gives the impression that his ego has grown in size since Blink. He's overconfident I think. It may be a really great album but he talks it up way too much.[/QUOTE]

amen this better be ****ing good..... how his described ive never heard music like it so im really really curios..... as far as im concered the way his talked it up may get him alot more record sales cause people are so curios

isn't this a blink 182 thread?

tom is going to be massively dissapointed if his album is a flop. He is talking it up way to much, what a douche.

[QUOTE=pazz_10]I was at school when I looked at the other one, so I think that's why it didn't work. But, I read it.

I'm excited, I know that it's not going to be the best album ever, but I think it will be farily decent. Also, knowing Plus 44 is having a cd and a greatest hits cd all to look forward. And I think Mark and Tom are talking and I really don't think Blink 182 is going to join back together.[/QUOTE]
Tom said on an interview he hasnt spoken to mark or travis since febuary, it says it on mtv.com.

[QUOTE=yourstruly]isn't this a blink 182 thread?[/QUOTE]
:lol: You'd think so wouldn't ya?

wow i hope its as good as he makes it sound

which album are you looking forward more to
Angels and airwaves
or
Plus 44 ????

I don't know. I'm not really extremely omega excited about either, but I'd say I want to hear AVA, because the movie will tell us stuff about the Blink Hiatus, and Tom is singing, whereas Mark may not sing at all in Plus44.

[QUOTE=chumpradio]I don't know. I'm not really extremely omega excited about either, but I'd say I want to hear AVA, because the movie will tell us stuff about the Blink Hiatus, and Tom is singing, whereas Mark may not sing at all in Plus44.[/QUOTE]
ya im more ava too i always liked tom better anyway as a song writer

[QUOTE=Untitled]Tom said on an interview he hasnt spoken to mark or travis since febuary, it says it on mtv.com.[/QUOTE]

Oh right, I forgot about that...

Tom Delonge has a journal entry on the Macbeth site.
[url]http://www.macbethfootwear.com[/url]
Click on the AVA section...it actually sounds like Tom.

[URL=http://www.purevolume.com/blink182tributealbum]http://www.purevolume.com/blink182tributealbum[/URL]
Listen.

[QUOTE=Form(of)dark][URL=http://www.purevolume.com/blink182tributealbum]http://www.purevolume.com/blink182tributealbum[/URL]
Listen.[/QUOTE]

That's a pretty good cover.

I'm working on downloading it now.

[QUOTE=pazz_10]That's a pretty good cover.[/QUOTE]
Wish I didn't have dial up, it's easier to download the song than to try and listen to it with all that **** buffering.

It's really good actually, great job. I must say I'm impressed. It was well worth the time spent to download it.

[QUOTE=RevengeOnTheNumber2]It's really good actually, great job. I must say I'm impressed. It was well worth the time spent to download it.[/QUOTE]

It must suck for you to d/l music.

[QUOTE=Form(of)dark][URL=http://www.purevolume.com/blink182tributealbum]http://www.purevolume.com/blink182tributealbum[/URL]
Listen.[/QUOTE]

i like :)

Gak it's taking so long to listen to! Hurry...