Blink-182: 25 years of “Take Off Your Pants And Jacket”

Blink-182 Celebrate 25th Anniversary of “Take Off Your Pants And Jacket” with a new reissue that brings together for the first time in a single publication six bonus tracks originally scattered across different physical editions of the album. The new edition of the album, released by Geffen Records, ccontains the 13 songs from the original tracklist plus “Time To Break Up”, “Mother’s Day”, “What Went Wrong”, “Fuck A Dog”, “Don’t Tell Me It’s Over” and “When You Fucked Grandpa”. The most loyal fans already know these songs, which in 2001 were included in different versions of the album. This reprint, however, marks the first time they have all been collected together. Released in 2001, “Take Off Your Pants And Jacket” contains some of the most famous songs by the Californian bandincluding “The Rock Show” and “Stay Together For The Kids”, and at the time became the first punk rock album to debut directly at number one in the US charts.

Blink-182’s latest album is “One More Time…”, released in 2023 and the first work in over ten years made with the historic lineup of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. The band’s last major tour was the “Missionary Impossible Tour,” held last year. In February the group played what it billed as its only concert of 2026 at the Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona. Next came a private performance in Los Angeles for Mercedes on May 19th. The band has also already announced its first dates for 2027, including headliner appearances at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals..

Last year Mark Hoppus spoke to NME about his autobiography “Fahrenheit-182”, also reflecting on the group’s growth since its inception in the early Nineties. “When we started with Blink, our biggest goal was to fill Soma in San Diego,” the bassist said. «When we did it in 1995 I thought we had already reached the peak. Then came the recording contracts, the radio, the arenas and finally the stadiums». Hoppus also recalled the 2002 tour with Green Day, right around the time of the release of “Take Off Your Pants And Jacket”. «I had grown up listening to Green Day. It was strange to find ourselves sharing the bill with them and, in that moment, being the ones closing the shows. Headlining in front of your idols is a special feeling».