With the recent word of a new Blink-182 album in the works, fans all over the world have been eagerly craving some more news from the band in whatever form it may be. Luckily, the group's guitarist Tom DeLonge recently came to the rescue and brought out some material from the archives via Instagram –– showing a hand-drawn poster from the very first Blink-182 show.
The flyer, which was originally drawn by DeLonge himself, shows that the band's first show was at Soma in their hometown of San Diego, CA, even before the "182" was added to their title. The "alternative-punk-power pop" group, as the flyer states, later added the "182" following the discovery of another group with the name Blink.
Alongside the flyer, DeLonge also posted the original setlist from the Soma show, which included "Marlboro Man," "Red Skies," "T.V.," "Time," "Alone," "Point 'O' View," "Better Days," "Romeo + Rebecca," "Degenerate" and "Reebock Commercial."
And to round it out, the famed guitarist gave his followers the original lyrics to the band's track "Carousel," which is off their 1995 debut album Chesire Cat.
Check out the Instagram postings, which are now available for purchase, below:
And because there are so many stories of how the group actually chose to add that "182" to their name, check out this video from Fuse's once-upon-a-time Mark Hoppus-hosted series Hoppus On Music, where the bassist explains the origin of their name.
