


READ MORE: Blink-182 albums – ranked and rated in order of greatness.Just two days ago, right before the desert festival’s official 2023 kick-off, the pop-punk instigators announced that their original line-up of Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker and co-vocalist and guitarist Tom DeLonge would be taking the stage for the first time since 2014 at the desert fest. “Every grocery store in miles is totally sold-out of cranberry juice” he bets with a laugh. It has been pointed out that the narrative featured in Dammit was not based on his personal experience.“So many UTIs about to happen this weekend”, Mark Hoppus co-lead vocalist and bassist of Blink-182 jokes to the crowd flooding under Coachella’s massive Sahara tent on Friday night (April 14). Mark Hoppus, the band’s frontman, is noted as being the primary author of this song. At the time he would have been in his early-to-mid twenties. Actually it was Mark who presided over the entirety of “Dude Ranch”, the Blink-182 album that this track is derived from.

the drummer who preceded Travis Barker. Its producer is Mark Trombino. Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge wrote this song alongside their Blink-182 bandmate Scott Raynor, i.e. the small label which initially backed, albeit reluctantly, backed Blink-182. This track was originally released on 23 September 1997 via RCA Records and Cargo Music, i.e. “Dammit” also experienced some success in Canada and Australia. Here, it most notably peaked at number 11 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks list. Accordingly, down the line it went on to be featured on the band’s first compilation album, 2005’s “Greatest Hits”. “Dammit” holds the distinction of being considered Blink-182’s first hit, seemingly being their earliest song to ever appear on Billboard charts. The pain is even worse when you really loved that person. being forced “to face” this emotional turmoil without anyone there to comfort him.Īccording to Mark Hoppus, this song basically is about the painful situation where after breaking up with someone, you literally seem them with someone else. He’s still in his feelings and perhaps talks about homegirl so much that now that his friends are tired of hearing about her, themselves adopting a you-need-to-move-on type of response. But of course people telling you that you need to get over an ex doesn’t make the feelings magically disappear. So the way Mark sees it, this is all part of him maturing in a manner of speaking, i.e. However, in the chorus, Hoppus also observes how now, with a decent amount of time having apparently elapsed post-breakup, that the people in his life aren’t interested in hearing him talk about his ex anymore. The key theme of this song would be one of romantic disappointment and the associated pain. Mark also seems to anticipate that one day in the future, when the addressee realizes that the new guy isn’t genuine or loves her as much, she will want to come back. But even though he doesn’t reveal this to her directly, as far as the vocalist is concerned their relationship is done for good. As implied, the vocalist was the victim of a dumping at the hands of addressee. Moreover, while still reeling emotionally or perhaps even before they officially broke up, she proceeded to move on to another guy.Īnd as it currently stands, he’s anticipating crossing paths with her one day – maybe while she’s on a date with her new boyfriend – and basically fronting like everything is okay, even though with him it isn’t.
