Tom DeLonge Interview Part 1

[lastplacewin]

"Put a blindfold and step off a cliff"

Terrible analogy Tom. Then again he was high out of his mind for the early stages of AvA.

[coolybell123]

wow what are you even saying tom OH MY GOD

[GOW9212]

@coolybell123 haha painkiller tom

[allthewaysaidnothing]

Tom is looking cool.

[atogers]

absolute antyffysysh.

[vansfreek]

The only reason why he looks a little older now is because his hair is different and he's put on a little weight. If he grew his hair out, lost about 20 pounds, and threw the lip ring back on, he'd look exactly the same as he did in 2003.

[iWearMacbeths]

@vansfreek youre totally right

[WildCardFive]

@vansfreek he was only 3 years older than that at this point...

[Fuckenmagic]

he seems like different.. only because hes older

[bslack07]

LOVE will be just so amazing. Can't wait.

[ludke105]

He is probably the most amazing person alive. I love everything this man does.

[FSAS53]

yeah dude...i totally agree with you dude...everything he does he goes big on...he has blink...millions love...BCR...anybody who knew blink loved them...and AVA people still love

[RugbyWaratah911]

i concur

[hubbleslaw]

hahah he was on the painkillers this time good lord

[fridacaro]

yeah, he still has a potty mouth. damn :D

[midnightinmotionband]

He looks young is this video..

[Dwight182]

i know! its weird

[cialus]

Well i'm glad blinks back. It's good tom grew up. But i challenge everyone here to go look at the lyrics to AVA songs and try to figure what they fuck he's babbling about. He just puts words together and makes a song. If Blink turns into the crap tom was making then Blink will suck.

[Sambohd29]

Shut up...

[eman821]

i love joe bockstanz!!!!

[BlankoMeow182]

It's normal to change...after 9/11 Tom changed his perspective of the world, one of the reason he has a brother in the army and those events affected people that were close to him...and I just think he realised there was a world out there bigger than him and his band and everything and he just wanted to be involved in that and when events like that affect you personaly your view change your wants change and I think everything change in your life...imagine your brother going to war for a minute.

[fridacaro]

I dont want him to grow up!

[Finnegan33thr33]

he lost apart of who he is when he broke up with blink. he was bestfriends with mark ever since they were 16 and theyve done practically everything together. of course hes changed just look at him. it even looks like hes aged 6 years within only 2 years. he needs blink...we need blink

[laurensxfantastic]

idc what anyone says.

fuck angels and airwaves

[sondheimfan1]

he has changed a lot... just go watch some of the blink videos from big day out in sydney and just the way he carries himself now is totally different

[Sum1BetterThanNo1]

Tom hasn't changed... the fans have...

[CriMxDelAxCriM]

no. but everyone changes.

its clear tom has

[skypies]

Growing up? He didn't just grow up. It seems like he did a complete 180.

Mark is older than Tom and he doesn't act like he is better than the rest of them.

[BleckyDownToEarth]

this interview is PURE HONESTY

[annamarshallmaggie]

this is depressing. hes changed way too much.

gay space music.

[PSWII60KID]

oh god tom, youve changed your look, your dull and your SOOOOO serious now

AM nOT HAPPY

[Aries13m]

It's called growing up.

[blink4life12]

yeah he acts about 75, ill give you that.

[SPforlifexoxo]

omg Tom's so serious now

its kinda scary

he defs has changed...alot!

he should defs go back to Blink 182

they rock this world!!!!

blink 182 4ever xoxo (L)(L)

[blink182aaron]

tom changed a lot hes all serious and sh*t hes completly different

[himynameisdan2008]

yeah, but that teenage kid is still there. Check that short interview of him at Warped Tour 08, its like hes back in Blink.

[emobitchluzmcr]

i think tom still has a childish side hes just hiding it but he shouldnt i luv childish tom so funny so cute

[sk8er441]

if any of you guys know anything/start the machine it says tom had all of these song ideas and was going to put them on there next album so if you think about it it was good idea for them otherwise some of there punk roots would be gone for toms new stuff and that mark/travis said that the band comes first and that if he left to spend time with his family he would pay the price and tom said forget it i am qiuting so love them. startthemachine is on you tube. Blink 182 was the best/alwy will be

[drumdave182]

i hate it when people keep sayin hes matured cause hes in his 30's now. it seems like hes tryin to act all serious and things and wants to get away from his blink past.but mark was wel into his 30's in blink and hes never changed.

[SofieLovesPanic]

So Sexy!

[SofieLovesPanic]

Why Are People Dissing Tom He's No Girl,, He's Awsome!

I LOVE TOM ♥

[xXRedneckXhunterXx]

to delong is a pussy bitch angels and airwaces sucks BRING BLINK BACK

[evilempire96]

I'm with you man - Tom needs to stop being such a girl! He should go back to 3/4 shorts, backward cap, fender and reunite BLINK!

[nicko145]

if he is such a bitch then why do you want blink back?

[wwemajorfan]

i agree with u that blink should be back but Tom is no where near a bitch. and if u guys dnt agree with me then kiss my ass!

[ArdillaSucia]

Tom DeLonge is a total loser fag.

No one should listen to his bull shit

[142994]

to is hot hot hot :P

[soccer2843]

i agree with you guys

seriously give him props he stepped out of all hes done for over 15 years

hes trying something new and hes loving it

yeah i miss blink but stop ragging on someone doing what they love

[gerardchampagne]

rad!

[39smoothed]

hes on painkillers right now lol

[wolfscg]

no hes not... he said he stopped because it got him so high he would say he was the second coming of christ

[punkkkkkkkkkk]

Angles an airwaves is just a rip of of blink (he even brought rights of mark and travis from what would have been blinks nxt album 4 angles and airwaves) even though i think hes right to do what he wants, he went out of blink 182 the totally wrong way. I mean they where a great band and he distroyed it, and to b honest mark and travis have been very fair to him. i just hope even though it proble wouldnt b the same again that blink get back together or summin. it would b cool.

[Ashcrack13]

only the true fans matter.

and Im one of them, I love TOM!

[siamesedreamsx]

Oh my jeez. Dude, leave him alone. He's doing something he loves, and he has kids now. He just got older and matured, he's not weird looking, he's just older and doesn't look 18 anymore. I don't think we want to hear music from blink-182 if they're not even going to enjoy making it, do we? Nah. I'd rather them stick with the bands their in now than be miserable getting back together just for the fans. If they get back together and are happy, cool. Don't hate on him, he's still the same person.

[uxhartxme]

you're amazing.

[edwardismyheroin]

I agree fully with you. you are so right! finally someone with some sense.

[slipknot7859]

mark and tom were best freinds tom got an ego and started bein an ass

[wolfscg]

mark made him choose between his band and his family

[dfieldman96]

tom asked for more time w/ his family and mark agreed, giving him about 6 months and after tht he demanded more along w/the rest of the band 2 move where he wanted them 2 and the cancellation of a tour tht was already planned which cost other ppl alot of time and money. The bottom line is, the band was his job and after leavin for 6 mnths, mark had a rite 2 ask for him bak. Tom wanted total control which he wasnt gonna get so he left.

[robbierancid]

why do people who dont like tom delonge watch his vids?

[drunkennun]

cuz we used to like him

[jabdaman]

People that say tom delonge should get back wif blink 182 are stupid he is like what 35 do u want him to be 80 still running around tellin people about sex and all that think about ur dad i bet he was kool and stupid when he was a kid but now that he has his own children he has to grow up and act like an adult and the same goes for tom delonge

[Blink182eots]

yep thats exactly wat i want. its better than leaving your best friends in the world after an 18 year friendship and not talking to them any more and starting a new band. and then whenever he plays a blink song he manipulates it into an AVA song. and i dont mean any disrespect to AVA they're awesome. but yeah that IS EXACTLY what i want.

[6StringsMan]

Halleluja, finally somebody with the same opinion as me, thank you

[Fatty471]

right, sorry, i meant the same person in two bodies, i fuck up more when im pissed....right,....tom's a dick

[Fatty471]

god dammit tom...i don't know about you all, but i really don't care about his whole "leap of faith" story, his reasons for leaving the band don't bother me as much as his attitude towards mark and travis in the end. Wacth the urethra chronicles(it's on youtube)...Tom and Mark were best fucking friends for like 18 years...no really, BEST FRIENDS, they both say repeatedly that they call themselves brothers, that they're the same person in one body, then tom gets all depressed and jusfuckingleaves

[evilempire96]

Tom you suck balls now, where is your sense of humour? Where are your 3/4 length shorts, your backward hat, your stratocaster? Get on the phone, call Mark sort out a jam and REUNITE BLINK 182.

[paulinbin360]

his face looks fukked up now..he is starting to look like robin williams.maybe if he acted like a kid,he wouldve stayed looking like a kid.

[KillersBlinkAVA44]

That's so malicious and rude.

You obviously know NOTHING about music if you care so much about how people look its how it sounds thats important, and how it makes you feel.. idiot.

[michaelcupboardboy]

If an album is too safe than it is shit. If you blindfold yourself and walk off a cliff you will fall and die. Why the fuck did you leave blink?

[shortandspiky]

i wish they wud get back together aswell but the thing is, it would never be the same again

[isaacfreeman]

It's funny because people keep saying that +44 or AVA suck but never blink 182. Just hoping it comes back.

[polopollo]

Dude,stop it neither AVA nor +44 are better than blink-182

[JackMicCrack]

This interview makes more sense than anything he has ever said before. I love angels and airwaves.

And who ever said he sounds like a emo... Listen to the shit +44 sings about. The crap blows.

[prbrcb]

Hell yeah +44 are a buch of fucking fags and their music sucks ass

[nothinisavailable]

you stupid douche bag. Plus 44 is made up of two musicians who were once in a band that made musical history, AVA is fronted by the guy that completed that trio, they are both extremely good bands but bagging them out is just screaming a big "fuck you" to blink 182.

[Sabiancym]

He can do this for now...but I really hope there is a blink reunion.

[rabidwhelk]

he does talk a lot of shit sometimes though

[evilempire96]

totally agree, he's fucked in his head at the moment. he's talking like an emo, he was way cooler in blink 182.

[rabidwhelk]

i reckon blink split up coz it was that time, if you quit while your ahead then you'll end a legend! and blink are legends!

angels an airwaves are different but cool.

you cant do the same shit all your life!

[cutieamell]

okay tom delonge is amazing. He just grew up and realized hes not a teen anymore. Which is why he doesnt have the lip ring. He still is crazy though xD. just not on this interview. oh yah and AVA is amazing idc wat you guys say.

[JokiesGuitar]

dude he said he is the same person he just has different ambitions that doesnt mean that he grew up douche

[RCrupi97]

wut is he gandhi, a giant ambitious leap and new chapter in my life, wut happened to the tom we used to kno and love!!!!!

[sixerz123]

When is he going to realize he's not doing anything amazing right now. The only time he made a difference and had a huge impact on the world was when he was in Blink.

[ILickBatteries]

he IS making a difference.

His Angels and Airwaves music now is inspiring and has better meaning. When you go to listen to it, it gives you a sort of a high that makes you so happy and it's hard to explain because his lyrics now are about how everything will be okay, and that you shouldn't let things get to you because you have your whole life ahead of you. He wishes he could have heard music like AVA's when he was a teen so that he could have realized it sooner.

[DaMock182]

Yeah that's exactly how I fucking feel! It's like nothing else matters excpet for what's ahead in your life. I saw Angels and Airwaves live last week and it was fucking insane! They put on such a good show.

And for all you guys saying that Tom is different, he's not. He's still funny, just in a more mature way.

[sk8ingis4fags]

i think hes a pussy he's not funny any more, he's an overly mature douchebag

[stevepiercey592]

wth. hes not the same person he was 10 years ago.

[jegalind]

hey doesn't he look like rob dyrdek at 1:32. or is it just me...

[Jroblingbling]

haha.

he does sorta!!!

thats radd

[Jroblingbling]

haha.

he does sorta!!!

thats radd

[TheFreak76290]

seems kinda weird to see him without a lip piercing

[Stunner0Saint]

What the fuck?! I=he definetly went crazy.

THIS GUY, is not Tom Delonge, he looks like a stupid version like.. Hi, I'm Thomas Delonge, the master of the world and I'm a LOT better than my stupid ex-best friend that I leaved alone without any explications, Mark.

[justinlive7979]

when did he get so deep and emotional. In blink he was fun and crazy and was a real crowd pleaser, now he's got his own thing i think he forgot why he had so much fun with mark and travs in the first place.

[meloveblink182]

I agree, his crazy, funny, stupid personality is gone. he is so boring and serious in AvA, but I still love him :*

[Lostrulestiaf]

blink 182 are better!

[dondo86]

I love these guys, but toms off the fucking deep end now.

[doghunter92]

WHAT TOM TOOK OFF HIS LIP PIERCING!!!!

[jarretto14]

well said. im glad someone agrees with me. if u r a blink fan 4 life... thats wat it is 4 life... blink shouldnt b remembered on how they ended... they should b remembered for wat they did n how they were wen they were 2gether

[cousintom19]

did he went crazy?

[jarretto14]

u call him a sell out cuz he done somethin he wanted 2 do

but isnt selling out doing something even if u dont want to? just to sell a few more albums, not bein urself?

[jarretto14]

all u people hatin on tom now... but loved him in blink r just showin use r the posers.

love a guy wen he sings or plays music that u like and want him to play. but as soon as he actually does somethin wat he wants 2 do, u assholes gang up on him.

i bet u guys dont or wouldnt like 2 b told wat to do or 2 live ur life a certain way. and if u were im sure if u could, ud find a way 2 get out of it.

[tarheelboi42]

i agree with you blink is the best and everybody shouldnt hate on tom just because he left blink. i wish that he wouldnt have but theres nothing you can do now. Blink is the best and +44 and AVA are awesome too. Blink fan for life.

[wehp]

AVA IS SOOO MUCH BETTER THAN BLINK 182!

[unruhcalvin1020]

Are u kiddin me, are u stupid or what???

[southkenn23]

tom used to be my fuckin hero now hes a fag...hes a different person. get fuckin back together blink182

[NeonicGlowstick]

WOOOOOOW i loved him but hes a faggg now...Hes trying to be like fuckin Bono from U2, a piece of shit btw

[Thefinalfall]

i like the funny punk tom who loved his friends. not the philosophical asshole tom who thinks hes better than everyone and everything he touches turns to gold.

[livingfortoday21]

ha ha i liked that, it rings true.

[froyo100]

what a douchebag. quit trying to be profound because you are not.

[Meandmyblackbass]

Idiot

[xxxxKairixxxx]

I hate that he just suddenly just left the band. Blink-182 were like at the very top of the music charts. No one could beat them! And then suddenly, when they become a huge hit, Tom leaves the band!! Why did he leave when the band became a success?! AVA is okay... but it doesn't sound like Blink-182... (+44) sounds like the Blink-182 I know!

And is it true that Tom and Mark hate each other?! :(

[HarryCaray3000]

actually, the truth is, tom STOPPED dying his hair and crying about things. Tom has a plan to change the world with his music. Whether or not it will happen,his outlook and devotion to life is better than anyone i have ever seen. Tom wants his music to take people to another realm while listening, to make everyone at AvA's shows to be on the same spectrum as them. He was fed up with no progression in blink 182.  I loved blink but music is all about progression and getting your message across.

[godamnit]

maybe he couldnt see just how much progress he already made with blink. he helped us join together in the mutual feeling of, life deosnt have to be taken so seriously, we can just have a laugh about it and die knowing that we never changed for anyone and we wouldnt regret one minute of it. blink was about the ups and downs we all had and they mostly sung about the ups, which was good because all these emo bands always focused on the bad. i feel bad for him if that wasnt good enough.

[emilym693]

you got a point but tom already had his fun with blink and sure the timing couldnt have been worse but he wants to change the world so everyone around the globe can laugh about life like you said.but now he wants to solve real big issues.hes doing a good thing.just because he moved on to his new band doesnt

[emilym693]

(comment continued)mean YOU cant still follow his message.all you gotta do is remember how tom used to be in his blink 182 years and now listen to the message he puts out today..i was upset at first too and i wish he would have settled things differently between the band but now i see what hes doing

[godamnit]

he should leave the "world-changing" to the movie stars and the supermodels. he worked on a smal scale in blink but it helped alot more than all of the "world-changing" crap. maybe he should adopt about 50 indonesian kids or something. yea, then we'll all give him the nobel prize.

[Rudeboiii87]

hes an emo bitch now. he sold out and ruined an amazing band. he dyed his hair and cries about bull shit things now. blink was about not giving a fuck and angels and airwaves is about being more serious. Tom DeLong didnt even quit he had his manager do it for him and his last couple shows he sat in a different dressing room as them and didnt talk to them until they got on stage. hes a sellout douche like greenday.

[quicksilver182]

is his hair originally brown or did he die it

[Chupathingy12]

Man Tom you fucked up blink was at its top when you quit why did you do it couldn't you wait till i could have gone to one of your concerts

[yetimasta]

i hate you !

[btman]

fo sho

[GotRobot]

Tom is a fag and ava sucks

[JaysonC117]

then y do u look up these vids u prick

[eeeeemilyyyyyyyyyyy]

gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­y

[psychopathvirus]

tom could have just talked to mark and travis and told them listen we need to move to new grounds, mark is a really cool i'm sure he'd even help tom in making this "we dont need to whisper" album of toms, Tom you really are a traitor, some sort of an I empire you would have, the type filthed with back stabbing friends! and demons all loose!

[wilza182]

he used to be the coolest (or second, its debatable with mark) dude on the planet. i actually think he may have been hypnotised or gone insane.

[randy1822001]

grrr, i used to be pissed at Tom, but I can see what's going on a little. My main problem is how he quit, that's my huge problem, if he would have left with respect and talked to Tom and Mark it'd have been better. I just wish he'd try to work out things with Mark and Tom, though I miss Blink 182 at least there are two decent bands out there now, +44 being far better in my openion. If they do become friends it'd be great if they'd do at least a reunion tour or something... just once...

[Jomommaz]

WOW WTF.

[drums4life24]

i saw +44 in concert and it was so weird to see mark and travis up there and no tom it was sad :( still awsome concert though both bands are amazing +44 and ava

[eeeeemilyyyyyyyyyyy]

this is bull

[trivium112]

yeh hes older now.

he gets on all smart :]

what a gay :]

[PUCKSTAR24]

wtf is he talken bout. tom i hate to say it but your a little wierd these days

[mutt1980]

tom u sellout

im so disapointed

[skaterat26]

I feel Like I look like mark sortof just look at my page then go to my myspace

[ThayerDugan]

i agree with what vyka182 is saying, tom was the coolest guy during blink 182 but that was when he was a kid and he's older now and he wants to make a different type of music. his new music is amazing and i really love how important it is to him, i just wish that he and mark will be best friends again, they were such a great team, but marks right about tom being a different person, but mark is a different person now too. it sucks though i miss blink

[putwuteverdude]

He looks so lonely writing his songs now... He needs mark.

[vyka182]

Tom grow up and its good...

I dont say that i dont like tom when he was in blink 182... I love him so much...

i think that blink 182 never come bach together...(but I wery wish it)

because now they all are differents people...

[00blink182oo]

i cant believe that he doesn't think that he has changed lol what an r-tard

[AbsoluteAbsinthe]

are you listening to what he said, he said he feels the same, just that his ambitions are different! how has he changed, besides bands!

[munbun85]

i hate when people are like "I hope Blink182 doesnt get back together because they wont be as good as they use to be." I mean its not like they are mediocre musicians/performers. I'm pretty sure they could pull it off. lol Whether they will try or not? Who knows=( I like AVA & +44 but they do not compare to Blink182.

[FistFruFury]

tom hasn't gone anywhere, he's grown up. He isnt into pop-punk anymore n does his alternative rock, ava n +44 r amazin. ppl need to accept the fact that they won't reunite. n hu said that if b-182 came bk they wud b as good as before. And what's wrong with being emo exactly?, everyone doesnt hate Tom, he's still an icon!

[ramonshadow]

fuck you

[mrbeefcake0359]

your fans have stuck with you?? everyone hates you you fag.... and everyone will until you go back to blink... bring back blink!!

[Ryhtyk]

dont say everyone hate him, cause its a lie. there are many Tom and AvA fans, and I'm one of them.

[markcantjumprope]

TOM FOREVER

[xxxxKairixxxx]

Blink will NEVER come back! I want them too, but Tom's changed. His music changed. Tom and Travis are still the same, so you still have them at least.

And it is true that most of the Blink fans did turn their backs on Tom for leaving, but its what he wanted. Just accept it and move on.

[tpt37]

what hes doing now (being all philisophical and making things souind epic) would make sense if he was a hardcore druggie doing lsd and acid all the time like jim morrison or the beatles but he probly never did anythig like that and hes not nearly as cool as jim morrison, or the beatles

[Rollin1989]

In one of his interviews he says that the record company couldn't choose a single, cause all his songs are amazing, :S

[gross007]

"Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" - Mark Twain

yeah i think tom should have read that

[kabooma15]

egomaniac

[emmabj]

so when is he gonna tell us what this big thing is?

this thing hes discovered or whatever it is hes trying to do

[radguitarist512]

um emo?! i dont think hes emo hes just not tom delonge anymore well not the same tom delonge

[Udiel]

guys he grew up. so should u. respect.

[kornsteverocks11]

he had to grow up sometime he used to be so funny but he had kids and stuff he is trying to be a good father

[TrueSword]

I'm the same as 10 years ago.. Yeah right!

[NeonicGlowstick]

What in the Fuck is this shit....hes trying to be likcing fukin Bono from U2...also his voice....he uses more throat now to make him sound cool but it sucks...hes a emo faggot wanna be now.

[Musicfreak182]

he turned emo =[ i guess everyone does at some point by why cant emo people be punk too and like live a joke?

[AbadJay]

Does this guy remind anyone of Tom Brady?

[UgLyEmOChIcK]

hasnt changed at all? dood what happened to him *cries*

[achrihan]

when did he turn all emo?

[wasteamoment177]

What the fuck is this shit? he's waaaaay different, i mean, where the hell has Tom gone?

[ItsSimplyHilarious]

this is really sad to watch

I love Tom

hes really honest and doesnt care what people think about him

I admire him for that

[billiejoe9229]

hes a gronk. b4 he was cool n punk, now hes a doosh thinking hes changing the world by dancing around on a spaceship, hes fucked!

[Blinking120]

ava is obviously something tom wants to do if you are really a tom fan you will accept that and just get over the fact that blink 182 isnt a band anymore, they still had an awesome decade of music as a band why not support him in what he is doing now

and he hasnt changed his the same guy, just more mature. everyones gotta grow up sometimes but hes sitll the same old tom

[m3ghanc]

uhh

pinkbass182

hes still happy

its just hard for him to talk about blink without like gettin all sad and stuff

cuz

he kinda misses those guys if your really that dumb

[pinkbass182]

he looks so sad..when he was with blink he had always a smile in his face, he changed a lot and i didn´t like none changed,so he can said whatever he wants about ava but i think he miss blink, in adittion for me ava is so fucking boring..

[ellerockon]

I love tom delonge

Amazing <333

Tom delonge= SEX

[hotpansy]

AVA + Tom Delonge = BOOOOOOOOORIIIIIIIIIIING

[smallsmale]

Tom looks so sad dorning both of these and in the 2nd one he looks like he was going to cry. Your right tom is not the same but he wont be the same. everyone will jsut have to face that he wont change back. ava is the new stuff he has grown up. But yes he still is the funny person he was and the potty mouth also

[misterstonesays]

hes still cool and he still makes great music...yeah blink was cool but thats not what he wants and ppl gotta accpet the fact they might not get back together...get with the fuckin angels and airwaves

[dlong]

its not true that he is the exactly same person. he actually has changed a lot. i hope he gets that soon, and get back to who he was.