Limited edition of 300 copies on orange vinyl!

The first full-length Blink 182 release (and the only independently distributed one), Buddha was recorded in the early 90s but released for the first time on CD and vinyl in 1998. The vinyl has been out of print for so many years that if you wanted to buy it used, as of today, it would cost about $100 on the used market. The band is back together, touring heavily and Kung Fu is finally satisfying the demand for this “rarest” of rare Blink 182 collectables and the never before available picture disc. Digitally remixed and re-mastered by Mark Hoppus himself.

Blink-182’s wildly popular 1999 full-length, Enema of the State, will be released on vinyl for the first time by independent punk/hardcore label Mightier Than Sword Records (O Pioneers!!!, Ris Paul Ric, Smartbomb). The news was initially mentioned late last night on Generic Insight Radio, but Punknews.org is ecstatic to now bring you exclusive details on the release.

The album will be the first in a 10 Year Anniversary series by the label, with each release involving a limited pressing of 500 on 180-gram vinyl. They will also feature a gold seal to commemorate the release. In addition to the 500 180-gram copies, Mightier Than Sword will also press 500 each on clear red, clear blue and clear colors.

The official release date is set for December 1, but the label will begin taking pre-orders this coming Monday, October 19th.

Enema of the State was originally released in 1999 on MCA and featured some of Blink-182’s biggest hits to date, including “All the Small Things,” “What’s My Age Again?” and “Adam’s Song.” It went on to sell 15 million copies worldwide.

‘I wanna work on it while we’re on tour,’ Barker says of the long-awaited new record.
Travis Barker has never been one to sit still. And when it came to his role in the reunited Blink-182, that wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

“We all got together and met up and, almost immediately, we got inspired. So it went from just playing around together to being like, ‘Let’s lay down demos! And tour!’ ” Barker told MTV News. “And, to be honest, it was crazy. I was still recovering from all my surgeries [from his September plane crash], and was way out of it when we first got back in there. I was in no shape to be in the studio, and we were kinda held back a bit. We decided to just get used to playing with each other again.”

So the trio scaled back their expectations — sure, there’d still be a record, but let’s just get this massive, laser-packed arena tour out of the way first. And once they got that sorted, it all started clicking again.

“We just started practicing for the tour, going through the old sh–, playing the greatest hits — only we’d start experimenting on them a bit, working on different versions,” Barker said. “So, it ended up that some of the old songs have new flavor to them, and then we also got around to making four demos, including one song that’s pretty much complete.”

That new song is called “Up All Night,” and Barker said Blink fans can expect to hear it out on the road this summer. He calls it both “a logical step” from where the band left off [their darker, more mature self-titled 2003 album] and a hint as to where they might be headed in the future.

“When we do go in [to make the new album], it’s gonna be like that. You can’t help but have everything on the table … all the stuff we’ve done — like +44 and Angels & Airwaves — since we last played and recorded, it will influence the new stuff,” he explained. “In the case of ‘Up All Night,’ it feels like it could’ve been on the last record, or right where the last one left off. It’s kind of heavy, if you mixed Box Car Racer and Blink. It all makes sense. The pieces are all together.”

So just when can Blink fans expect to hear that new album? Well, there are no firm dates just yet, though Barker did say the band plan on entering the studio after they wrap their tour. Oh, and they’ll also be working on it while they’re on the tour too, because, once again, Barker refuses to sit still.

“I’ll have the studio out on tour with me, and I think Mark will too. I wanna work on it while we’re on tour,” Barker said. “But that’s just me. I’m taking it day-by-day. Loving life. Working.”

@trvsbrkr what's up, my friend? you retracking those drums on the new song? or rehearsing the AM set?

Can’t get any other information on this at the moment — which is why I am posting it here in my blog and not on the homepage — but this page just showed up in Universal Music’s Database (screen shot). Looks like a re-release of Blink 182’s self-titled on May 19th … and it could be a mess up, but aren’t those Jam songs at the end? Weird.

saw these on the cool hunter. amazing op-art. i wish this artist would do an album cover for the next blink-182 album. really cool stuff. check out more images here

Trying to decide: room service vs walking to find food. I have a feeling I will follow the past of least resistance…

ps. i can’t type. last tweet was meant to be “the path of least resistance.” although “past of least resistance” sounds cooler. so nevermind

definitely going to use “past of least resistance” in a song lyric. could make a great album title, too. hmm.