Tom DeLonge rocketed to fame in the late-’90s as the figurehead of seminal pop-punkers blink-182, reminding a generation that music doesn’t have to just be dour or aggressive; it can be about dicks and farts, too. Not content with one successful band, he’s spent the past decade and a half at the helm of Angels & Airwaves, adding a more complex and cosmic side to his creativity. Here, Tom discusses the 10 songs that serve as signposts throughout his life and how he ended up where he is today… 1. blink-182 – Carousel (Cheshire Cat, 1995) Raw and rough as hell, Tom and bassist Mark Hoppus wrote this song the first time they ever met. Despite its terrible production, it remains one of the band’s most popular songs to this day. “As young-sounding as ...
