"Maybe we were like the semi-retarded Beatles to them [Laughs]. Im going to repeat one of the coolest quotes Ive ever heard. Pete Townshend came to San Diego speaking and doing a solo thing in front of a large audience. I had the story relayed back to me that Pete was telling the audience that his kid asked him how to play a Blink song. Some of the older people in the audience were chuckling and he was like, No, you dont understand. To my kid, Blink is The Who. That, to me, was such a validation obviously. Thats beyond. I dont really believe anybody would want to repeat that except those kids, but it makes sense. The kids that grew up with our band werent going to grow up listening to The Who, The Beatles or Led Zeppelin. They needed their own band to relate to. Its like that with every generation. We were a modern rock bandjust like The Who was for their time. I think its really important for critics not to give new bands shit because there might be an old band that did it better. Thats not the point. Every generation needs their own band to do what it is they do for them." - Tom Delonge.
And that is the fucking truth.
And that is the fucking truth.
