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Don’t Drink and Drum? The Real Reason Blink-182 Fired Scott Raynor Hotney 14 Streams • 10 months ago

The story of why Scott Raynor was fired from Blink-182.

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Scott Raynor was the original drummer of Blink-182 and a foundational force during the band’s earliest years, helping to define their distinctive pop-punk sound. Before he joined, Raynor played drums in a Metallica cover band, bringing energy and technical skill influenced by heavier music. He met guitarist Tom DeLonge after Tom was expelled from Poway High and transferred to Rancho Bernardo, where their shared musical ambitions quickly bonded them. Together with bassist Mark Hoppus, the trio started knocking out songs in Raynor’s egg-carton-padded bedroom and recorded their first demo, Flyswatter, which mixed punk, ska, and alternative sounds. A warehouse co-worker helped fund studio time that resulted in their first proper release, Buddha, while Raynor’s family moved and he stayed behind, living at Mark’s mom’s house just to keep rehearsing.

The band’s grueling early days saw Raynor endure van tours and tiny venue shows, cementing their classic fast, snotty, and catchy style. By 1997, they’d signed to MCA Records and released Dude Ranch, which contained the breakout hit "Dammit." That period marked a turning point: under the surface, Blink-182’s dynamic was starting to unravel. Stories and recollections suggest Raynor was shy, reserved, and not as close personally with Mark and Tom, who were louder and more outgoing. As touring intensified, Raynor reportedly began drinking heavily—the band was young, suddenly flush with access to alcohol, and buckling under new pressures.

Mark described Scott as withdrawn and irritable, with drinking habits hurting his performance and relationships. Tensions escalated, culminating in an infamous incident where Raynor broke both heels after a drunken hotel-room altercation, forcing him to record Dude Ranch from a wheelchair. Raynor has maintained that his firing was not solely about drinking, pointing to deeper disagreements about the band’s direction—he favored sticking with independent punk roots, while the others pushed for a major label.

In 1998, Raynor left a tour for a family emergency, and The Aquabats’ Travis Barker filled in as a substitute drummer, reportedly learning Blink’s set in under an hour and impressing everyone with his power and precision. On Raynor’s return, the chemistry was clearly altered; Tom, Mark, and management gave him an ultimatum: quit drinking, enter rehab, or leave. The final break came through a telephone call, not a dramatic confrontation. Raynor claimed he agreed to go to rehab, but was dismissed anyway, feeling trust was permanently broken.

After Blink, Raynor went on to play with smaller bands like The Axidentals and The Wraith, and became involved in charities helping homeless youth. In 2023, it emerged he’d become a police officer in San Diego, trading rock stardom for a quieter life. Despite the painful split, Raynor has never expressed malice toward his former bandmates, admitting they were likely right to part ways but lamenting the way things ended.

Blink-182 soared with Travis Barker, their next album Enema of the State launching them to global superstardom. Yet, Raynor’s contribution remains crucial—he helped establish the band’s blueprint and their early momentum. The haunting sense of “what if” follows his story, reinforced by songs like “Man Overboard,” believed to be about his firing and its impact. Raynor’s exit underlines the reality that for every chart-topping success in rock history, there’s a forgotten player whose personal struggles and unresolved drama shaped the music behind the scenes.

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KB, nobigdyl. - GOT A REASON (Music Video) Hotney 14 Streams • 10 months ago

Watch & share my official music video for “GOT A REASON” now!

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Lyrics:
As long as I’m breathing…
I’ve got a reason to
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!

Aye let me move
If I’m offending you
Hallelu I hope you disapprove
You can diss it too
I don’t look like what I traveled through
Homie, where were you
When they pulled 22s and bullets flew?
Barely missing you
Mama said the prayer was bulletproof
I turned 22
We was praising God out our tennis shoes
My Sisters, 20 dudes
In they 20s too yea issa mood
Satan had a plan
Didn’t work out how he intended to
Jesus take the wheel
Must’ve had His hands on 10 and 2
Wait
Cars flipping roofs you walked out with no bruise
You confused who to give the credit too?
Lover of my soul
Always be looking for something that’s greater
Even when telling you no to your prayer
That means you’ll be thanking Him later
Was desperate for a women I could get back home
Had 3 ex’s in a row like it’s tic tac toe
Would’ve had a pocket full of pills sound like Tic Tacs though
And He gripped my soul
Foreva homie

I’ve got a reason to
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
I’ve got a reason to
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!
PRAISE!

What! Wait
If He got up it’s up (wait)
He got up it’s up
This not Buddha, Allah, Christian or Joseph such and such
If He got up its’ up (Well)
He got up it’s up! (It’s stuck)

Corinthians I move in love I can’t be puffin’ up (I move in love)
I ain’t got nothin’ to say to the devil, I let God rough him up (I do)
10,000 legions at His right hand let’s see who running up (Who running up?)
Hand me that passage in The Talmud, I feel like cuttin’ up!
And the only time I sip is bread and wine if I be pourin’ up
He got me out that pit now I’m on stage I tell em’ open up
She saw it say “Rob Hell” up on my tee that’s how they know it’s us
KB they done got it wrong two they think fear controlling us

Don’t make this deep
Yeah we gone eat, issa thing
Daily bread for me
All my carbs peak energy
And I know He HIM
Hymn
Hymn
Hymn that’s why we sing
Said I know He HIM
Hem
Hem
Hem check the seams
Drip
Drip
Drip
Drip
Drip
Drip
The anointing on me
Drip
Drip
Drip
Drip
Drip
Drip
The anointing on me
Check the seams yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
The anointing on me
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
The anointing on me

Songwriters: Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore, Brandon Lake, Patrick Barrett, Cody Carnes, Kevin Burgess, Wes Writer, Quinten Coblentz, Dylan Philips

© 2025 HGA Native songs / All Essential Music (ASCAP) (admin. at EssentialMusicPublishing.com); We Are The Good MP (BMI); We Are The Good Music Publishing (ASCAP); Dylan Phillips Publishing Designee. Includes a Sample of Elevation Worship - "Praise". © 2023 Music by Elevation Worship Publishing (BMI) / For Humans Publishing (BMI) / Maverick City Publishing (BMI) / Brandon Lake Music (ASCAP) (admin at EssentialMusicPublishing.com); Writers Roof Publishing (BMI) / Capitol CMG Paragon (BMI) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com); Housefires Sounds (ASCAP) / Capitol CMG Genesis (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Xzibit, B-Real, Demrick - Call the Cops (Official Video) Hotney 14 Streams • 4 months ago

The new music video for ‘Call the Cops’ off the album ‘This Thing of Ours’ is out now!
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Produced by Scoop Deville
2025 Serial Killers under exclusive license to Ineffable Records

Lyrics:
Don’t you dare stare, you better move
Cause I might go pow how you like me now
Rockin my peers putin suckers in fear
Recking shop when I drop, these lyrics that’ll make you call the cops
Drop lyrics that’ll make you call the cops
Drop lyrics that’ll make you call the cops

Let them shots of quick get your whole squad hit
Hold the crowd hostage jump up in the mosh pit
Hardcore hip hop not for your Tik-Tok
4 albums in bout to hit you with the 5th shot
Knock em unconscious fuck around and find out I ain’t fuckin wit the nonsense
Kill em at the concert, came, saw, conquered
Taking out your roster hit like a mossberg bang

So let me show you all how to prosper first ya start it off with bitches seeing rockstars
Spittin hot bars setting fire to a cop car let the motherfucker burn crash like a stockcar
Call an authority more to be spit morbidly
Killing for sport quarterly sorted these bitches orderly
Normally orally I’m killing these bitches mortally
Formerly known formally killer of those boring me

Don’t you dare stare, you better move
Cause I might go pow how you like me now
Rockin my peers putin suckers in fear
Recking shop when I drop, these lyrics that’ll make you call the cops
Drop lyrics that’ll make you call the cops
Drop lyrics that’ll make you call the cops

Now when the man pull through all the bullshit stoppin locked up in the air like a Chevrolet hoppin
Got a satellite view of the worst I kill you first
Welcome to the turf greatest show on earth
I see you came to a fork in the road I unload buckshot got you looking like a QR code
Hunt down foes they fold
Make them implode billionaire submarine on the ocean floor (now!)

Don’t you dare stare, you better move

I do my own stunts like Tom Cruise
On a strict diet strictly booze and dogfood
The west on my back like my tat from cartoon
Hit em wit a little bit of venom let rhythm hit em
Get em gotta go up in em trigger like a mechanism
I’m educated never regulated staying medicated
Dedicated tatted on my face like its gang related

Don’t you dare stare, you better move
Cause I might go pow how you like me now
Rockin my peers putin suckers in fear
Recking shop when I drop, these lyrics that’ll make you call the cops
Drop lyrics that’ll make you call the cops
Drop lyrics that’ll make you call the cops

#SerialKillers #CalltheCops #MusicVideo

Pink Floyd - Breathe (In The Air) [Live in HD] Hotney 23 Streams • 3 years ago

Filmed live on 20 October 1994 at Earls Court, London, UK. Restored & re-edited in 2019 from the original tape masters.

Atom Heart Mother Special Edition on CD & Blu Ray performed at Hakone Aphrodite Festival, Japan in August 1971. Out now: https://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/AtomHeartMotherHakone

50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' celebrated with new box set available March 24. Out now: https://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/DarkSide50th
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
**ABOUT P.U.L.S.E. RESTORED & RE-EDITED**
The P.U.L.S.E. concert film (helmed by esteemed director David Mallet) will be available as 2x Blu-ray and 2x DVD deluxe box sets, with the video footage having been expertly re-edited by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis from the original tape masters especially for The Later Years release in 2019. The cover design, originally created by Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon for the 2006 DVD release, has also been updated with photography by Aubrey Powell/Hipgnosis and Rupert Truman/StormStudios. The packaging artwork is designed by Peter Curzon from StormStudios, under the direction of Aubrey Powell/Hignosis.

This release also sees the reintroduction of the iconic pulsating light as per the original 1995 CD release, this time operated by 2 replaceable AA batteries. The deluxe packages include music videos, concert screen films, documentaries, Pulse Tour rehearsal footage & more, alongside a 60-page booklet.

P.U.L.S.E., originally released as an album in 1995, was recorded on the European leg of the Division Bell tour and the DVD and Blu-Ray packages include the whole live performance of ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ - the only full live filmed recording of this seminal album. The concert, filmed on 20 October 1994 at Earls Court in London, saw Pink Floyd play some of their classic tracks as well as highlights from the recently released album ‘The Division Bell’. Standout tracks include ‘High Hopes’, ‘Keep Talking’, ‘Sorrow’, ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘Comfortably Numb’ and ‘The Great Gig In The Sky’.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Pink Floyd’s P.U.L.S.E. Restored & Re-Edited out now. Buy here: http://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/PULSE-Restored-Re-Edited

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