Tom DeLonge Talks With Rolling Stone

So by his thinking...we should have found out that aliens do exist in about 2004.

 

I didn't read the whole interview, but God I can't understand this guy. You're wrong Tom, and narcissistic to the fullest.

 

For everyone who wants Tom back in Blink, reading this excerpt shows you why it could never work full time with Mark, Travis, and Matt.

He sounds like one of those people who will never take ownership when things don’t work. And insulting the fans...seriously? Even if it’s truly how you feel, maybe word it differently or keep it to yourself.

I’m not going to bother reading more of this, but I hope it’s out context or he redeemed himself somehow instead of just sounding like and ass.

 

Yeah Tom, it's everyone else's fault the music isn't resonating. Your compositions are just too dang advanced for our simplistic punk rock brains! God this guy became so unlikeable

 

Rebel Girl isn't even all that great of a song imo. I liked The Dream Walker a lot, but it was obvious that Ilan's input made it a step above other AVA releases as of late. Yes, Untitled was far ahead of its time (and it's still my one and only tattoo), but Mark and Travis also helped create that masterpiece and I know he's not referring to Blink here anyways. It's sad that Mark even had to clear the air about Tom's comments in the first place, and it shows how delusional he really is. Glad I didn't bother with tickets for the AVA tour because he's just not a person I want to support these days. Bummer.

Just look at the paragraph where he's asked about the last time he talked to Mark. There's three sentences about talking to them and the rest of the paragraph he goes off on tangents about AVA and his company. He makes it all about him. I just don't see how he fits in with the way that Blink communicates, in that all members are on the same page and are excited to go out and play shows and make music together. Matt looks like he's having the time of his life playing in Blink now, and I'm sure it's been great for him financially too. Everyone wins. Tom will always be distracted by his other dealings. Just look at what happened last time. They reunited for a few years, made a subpar album, played a ton of shows, and he bounced after making a ton of money... again.

I'll give his future music a listen, but I'm not giving him a dollar.

 

At most, bring him in to do guest vocals or play a live show. I don’t want to see current Blink disrupted.

 

I gotta believe it would be fun to live in Tom's mind. Obviously an odd duck, but this dude thinks he's doing the most important things on earth. Wild.

 

How exactly did he insult fans though? He said correctly that people were still dealing with him leaving blink at the time, and it was a pretty different sound. I don’t think he meant it as saying his fans were too dumb for it.

But yeah he most definitely thinks highly of himself

 

I think in applying he’s ahead of his time implies we haven’t caught up.

Usually you leave that compliment for other people to give to you and let them determine if it’s true. In this case, in Tom’s mind it was the best thing ever and we weren’t able to comprehend his greatness.

Yes, some people are still to this day obviously wishing he was in Blink. But, Airwaves is his 3rd big band thing though, and I feel a lot of people would rank it behind Blink and Boxcar Racer. That’s cause we are dumb though.

 

I think in applying he’s ahead of his time implies we haven’t caught up.

Usually you leave that compliment for other people to give to you and let them determine if it’s true. In this case, in Tom’s mind it was the best thing ever and we weren’t able to comprehend his greatness.

Yes, some people are still to this day obviously wishing he was in Blink. But, Airwaves is his 3rd big band thing though, and I feel a lot of people would rank it behind Blink and Boxcar Racer. That’s cause we are dumb though.

 

He is permanently on an acid trip i do believe.

 

I wonder if there is some regret and jealousy at this point. Tom could have done Blink and AvA and split his time if Blink still mattered to him.

Matt also has Trio, Mark has Simple Creatures now, and Travis seems to play on multiple projects. Plus these guys do lots of other stuff.

I guess we’ll find out in 5 years.

 

I don’t like Tom

 

Is Tom implying he is singing better now?

Not that he ever knew how to sing but he somehow got worse.

 

pretty obvious he's narcissistic as hell and thinks he's gods gift to music. Pretty obvious why Blink couldn't make things work with him.

 

The Enema Of The State anniversary got me feeling all nostalgic and for a minute thinking it would be a great time to get Tom back... Then you get served an excellent reminder like this of how much of a dip stick he is!