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  The Music Slut Committee

  Steve

  "Enema of the State is a really fun album. Has some good tracks, All the Small Things is a certified anthem, and I really enjoy it as, like, a driving album or something. It's very fun. But this album is where you see that the members of blink are actually great musicians. The song structure is varied and complex; we're not just getting fast-paced punk in 4/4. We're getting acoustic ballads, interesting interludes, and whatever the fuck Violence is. Of the three mates, this is the first time I've been blown away by the drums. It's Travis Barker's world, we're all just living in it. I had always known him as just "A Fast Drummer," doubling up just because he can. But he's in rare from on this album, from the aforementioned Feeling This fill to the commanding shifts in Stockholm Syndrome. Wild.

  I came to this album a few years ago when I was working at the NHL. Melissa and I quote All the Small Things quite frequently. One of us will shout "WORK SUCKS" and the other will reply "I KNOW!" And work did suck. That shit has stuck with me for years and has harmed me in ways that I probably still haven't even realized. But despite that call-and-response, All the Small Things, and Enema of the State as a whole, didn't really provide any form of comfort. I couldn't really throw that album on to push through the endless days because, as mentioned before, it's just a bit too poppy and silly to carry a whole lot of weight. I'm not sure what compelled me to give this one a shot, but I did, and it really hit. All the disillusioned sadness here actually broke through and it was a huge comfort listen for me during those months. Lyrically it was on a different wavelength of course, but emotion was raw and real enough for me that it didn't matter. (And, of course, now the struggles of adapting to life in da burbs has given this album new life for me)" - Alex