“Yet, despite their maturation, Blink never took themselves particularly seriously, which was another reason they were so accessible. They boiled down the knotty songs of the Descendents and Bad Religion into spirited-yet-nonthreatening pop punk, which means, without them, there’d be no Fall Out Boy, no Paramore, or no Fueled by Ramen Records.
James Montgomery on “How Did Blink-182 Become So Influential?” for MTVNews
