Tom DeLonge's Most Underrated Guitar Riffs

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[JJ-bfdx]

The world was such a happier place when pop punk was mainstream

[NAMskalle]

Tom DeLonge might not be as technical as many other guitarist, but he sure is creative and an innovator within the pop punk genre

[BlinkVirus]

0:02 - Wrecked Him
0:28 - Enthused
1:00 - Dysentary Gary
1:27 - Don't Tell Me That It's Over
2:01 - Give Me One Good Reason
2:39 - Asthenia
3:06 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas
3:35 - Touchdown Boy
4:13 - Wasting Time
5:02 - A New Hope
5:44 - Natives
6:25 - Easy Target
6:55 - Even If She Falls
7:24 - Dogs Eating Dogs
7:54 - Wishing Well
8:24 - 21 Days

[hendrixfreak]

I’m 34 and was 14 when “enema” came out. Blink was the first band I ever loved. I owned the Tom Delongs strat when I was in high school. I can’t believe it’s been 20 years already god life is a trip. It really makes me sad not seeing Tom in blink, he was blink. I’m not sure how old any of u are but, I was able to see blink in their prime as a kid.

[martintemelkov]

People tend to forget that Tom is actually a phenomenal guitar player just because he left an admittedly successful band to pursue his life-long dreams and desires with the money he made for himself. Man is living the life he wants, and that's admirable. As a huge blink-182 fan, I wish the band still went on (Tom, Mark & Travis (with no offense to Matt Skiba, who is also a fantastic musician)) but in the end, Tom is chasing his happiness and I respect that.

[NowyouknowMusic]

I have respect for you because you started with “Wrecked Him”

[jasonmenzies]

People are always telling me how Tom and Mark are very basic, simple musicians when it comes to their talent with their instruments. My only argument is always “yeah but when you hear just the guitar section and no vocals, you immediately recognize it as blink 182 right? So obviously they got a signature sound, obviously they are doing something right.”

[SonikJesus]

definitely an innovator and the most influential pop punk guitarist ever. he's underrated. tom could write catchy punk riffs like Cobain could write amazing melodies

[MegaDieseldriver]

The dude is an underrated master at writing energetic and beautiful melodies and I seem to meet a lot good guitar players who are embarrassed to admit Tom is who made them want to play and it shouldn’t be that way

[colina]

Hearing that Dysentary Gary intro immediately brought me all the way back to high school. Enema of the State was my shit.

[caseyjohnson]

Asthenia is probably blink's best song imo, i fucking love it.

[FragMowies]

The funniest thing is that I could easily recognize 95% of these tracks in just a moment - nostalgia hit me right in the heart. Thank you!

[MoshiProductionbeapro]

Everytime i hear these riffs, i just want to cry, reminds me soo much of my past

[igorf]

Tom Delonge for me is a genius, he have a unic style, on guitar, composing, and writing music and lyrics. My idol on music since i discover Blink 182 in 1999.
Cheers from 🇵🇹 Portugal.

[KimberlyRSWorld]

THIS WAS AWESOME. Tom was such large influence for blink's sound. He needs to come back. This video made me remember why I loved blink so much.

[rkjer]

It’s funny how the sound is so BLINK.. no other way to describe it.

[martintemelkov]

This video: *pops up randomly on my YouTube*
Me: What am I supposed to do? NOT watch it for the 10th time? Please.
*watches again*

[gaultier]

you should've put the Ben Wah Balls riff

[thedyslexicorangutan]

dogs eating dogs is the hidden gem of blink-182 that most blink fans dont know about