blink-182 - Enema Of The State Demo (original)

[@esl4058]

I’m actually loving this. Enema songs that sound like they came from the Cheshire Cat/dude ranch era.

[@sipholukhele290]

Right?! It's incredible!

[@jjayala]

I was thinking the same

[@tribaltroll]

Makes you wonder A) what would Enema have sounded like without Jerry Finn, and B) what would Dude Ranch have sounded like with Jerry Finn

[@rockboy360]

@@tribaltroll Dude Ranch would've been much better with Jerry

[@wide_awake]

I know!

[@mealsonwheels4970]

and this is why Jerry Finn was a national treasure.

[@brette6854]

RIP

[@uriahcohen8515]

Such a correct comment dude

[@codycast]

Why? Explain?

[@Poodz_]

I know blink would have been nowhere near as popular without the production behind them, but to hear these songs without the clean, boring, overproduced sound to them is so refreshing.

[@mikeromei9141]

@@Poodz_ Jerry Finn’s production may be clean, but it is certainly not boring, sir

[@housekode]

This is like finding an entire new blink album. Raw as.

[@bxbbyxx]

Love discovering this new experience

[@onlyghosts7152]

Amazing demo. A testament to how talented Blink were in crafting such catchy songs. Jerry Finn polished it up but the soul and bones is all Blink.

[@pantsnjacket381]

Exactly brudda

[@clapforjoe]

Well said. Every new and old blink fan should read this. Jerry couldn’t write these, and Blink couldn’t polish these. A perfect match

[@minirhonealpesspotting]

The soul of blink is with Scott on drums

[@DV-zv4ox]

Fun fact: they all loved Mark's bass lick for "Life's So Boring" that it was reused as the main riff for Story of a Lonely Guy on TOYPAJ in a different key!

[@guillermo3947]

Sounds like the baseline for Always as well

[@aethergnos]

Not saying that Enema of the State was overproduced whatsoever (I love the sound of that album) but there's something really special and charming about listening to these demos :)

[@shxpsixcreative4318]

Yea it's called needing to fit in. The recordings sound crappy and you god damn know it.

[@shxpsixcreative4318]

@Marshall Fairbrother you took my words to heart. Thank you friend.

[@Placebojmr]

I couldn’t agree more with you Jesus. 👍

[@imbateman]

Dude Ranch is their best and purest album musically and perfectly produced. Enema of the state is great, but it feels like the production was overdone because the songs were kinda cheesy and written for a mainstream audience. I'm probably biased though. My first concert at 16 was Blink with Unwritten Law and Assorted Jellybeans in 1998.

[@meritalitebread]

@@shxpsixcreative4318, respectfully have to disagree with you on that statement. There is a certain charm and undeniable interest in being able to hear the beginnings of these songs that grew and progressed into an album that touched millions of people's lives, yours most likely as well since you are here and commenting. To this day one of my favorite albums was from a local band in TN, named 'Code Blue', which was also a rough-cut demo. Sadly I lost my copy years ago but I still think of that album and those songs often and fondly. Wish I could hear them at least one more time.

[@adamsansom4822]

1998, colourful Hurley clothing, baggy cargos, this gives me such surfer/skate vibes! The demos of enema sound so much better! It's slower, in a lower tuning, and sounds raw. It also sounds more emotive too.

[@Kurmudgeon]

Totally, it's a super "young" sounding song. Both the demo and the final version of Anthem are highlights

[@devilsoffspring5519]

@@Kurmudgeon I think Anthem worked best with the full sound that Jerry gave Enema. To each their own. Only problem with Jerry Finn's production is that sort of thing is a bitch to pull off live, know what I mean? The audience likes to have sound with the same intensity at shows as they're used to hearing on an album, and that rarely happens--but it almost never does when the album is heavily produced. On the other hand, Enema was the album that got lots of people digging Blink, and that kicks ass.

[@Rountree1985]

These songs are not in a lower key

[@victorgarcez2165]

This should back to people over 30

[@hpdrfter]

Jerry Finn did wonders with this album.

[@emfraridades7261]

Blink without proper production would sound like shit, honestly

[@BecomingAMan]

emf emf past couple of albums has shown thay

[@Jez4prez1]

@@emfraridades7261 nah, I like it, since it provides alternative take. Is more raw. But yes, large part of music is production / post production. Especially in the modern era. And musicians always use some external engineer to do it. But in this day and age it can be boring at times too if it all follows similar post production tools and techniques. For example, sometimes I laugh at how cheesy some of the pitch shifting / DSP work on Tom's voice is in some albums (but that is modern music in a nut-shell). Tom has never had a naturally 'good' voice (like Elton John has, where he was doing natural pitch shifts back in the day before computers were even used in production), but Tom's crappy natural voice suits the raw punk at least. Anyhow, that's just my opinion. And end of day that's what music is, opinion. So it's always good having alternatives, give people the options to hear different versions, etc.

[@codycast]

@@emfraridades7261 what are you talking about. Cheshire Cat was awesome

[@hellaacapella]

I don’t think any real blink fan will argue with you about the awesomeness of Cheshire Cat , but anson was just saying that this enema was produced and mixed very well, which is the truth.

[@spearvhs]

This is the Cheshire Cat for Travis Barker

[@rzrbicks3471]

more like the buddha or flyswatter, considering this is a demo. polished enema would for sure be the cheshire tho

[@chudbunson7531]

Can someone agree that Wendy Clear is so god damn underrated?

[@josuvega6392]

Yup, my favorite song from the album

[@DaveMiggz]

Esssily one of my favourite tracks on the album, along with going away to college

[@rinzler4841]

nah its the worst on the album for me...dysentery gary is the best

[@IdiocyTv-z4l]

Yes

[@masedgod1544]

I loveee this! as someone whos favorite blink albums are Cheshire Cat and Dude Ranch I love hearing Enema like this

[@DeFryskeVlogger]

The more raw Blink, I guess

[@roddypampa3906]

1000000000 times the old blink with scott…. Imagine this enema songs recorded with scott, just feel the “Mutt” track with he on drums

[@devilsoffspring5519]

I liked the sound on Dude Ranch for the most part. It needed more bass guitar in the mix, but I'll say that about damn near everything that isn't from Sublime. I wonder what Cheshire Cat would have been like if it sounded good. M+Ms and Wasting Time turned out pretty good, but overall the album sounded like it was recorded in a back alley on a fifty buck tape machine they found at a garage sale.

[@metronoth]

And imagine they had scott. scott was better for blink than travis

[@LisaRoseBurgess]

This is awesome, it's really interesting to listen to the differences between this and the final album...

[@DaveRichardsonFitness]

Interesting that Man Overboard never made it into EOTS. Such a great song

[@choppachoppq]

if they had made a deluxe of "Enema Of The State" "Man Overboard" surely it would have been included

[@IceBreakBottle]

It was the single for Mark, Tom and Travis show. Not Enema of the state. It was recorded AFTER, Enema. Hence, why Mark, Tom and Travis show was also titled, Enema strikes back.

[@craigalbers2797]

@@IceBreakBottle Almost correct. It was written to be on Enema, but they couldn't get the lyrics right in time, so they left it and worked on it more and then released it on TMTATS

[@edolla1542]

@@IceBreakBottle I always heard Jerry didn’t want it on EOTS because of shade towards Scott

[@joedemarco6352]

@@edolla1542 was the song about Scott or something? Didn’t know who it was directed towards.

[@haro657]

Man they must of had a hell of a time recording those vocals for Enema 😂😂

[@travboat]

"Take 756... Rolling!"

[@bambampewpew32]

​@@travboat lmao

[@dr.johnfingzoidberg8968]

Dysentery Gary sounds so good! Tom sounds amazing

[@xRhino95x]

I fkn love how raw this sounds and the different track order!

[@lessur]

yooo i didn't know these existed. this is pretty cool to listen through

[@mandalayfilmclub]

Lmao I would have loved to have seen Jerry Finn's initial reaction to hearing Tom's "fuck my dog" bit in Dysentery Gary

[@maxonmendel5757]

16:30 for anybody wondering

[@daverov1766]

@@maxonmendel5757 Ty :)

[@Arthurk346]

what about "mark mom's a whore" right before that line?

[@rggamesofficial8391]

Whatever reaction he had it was enought to change it XD

[@ToPoSiKoSiS]

I love this sound, is just like how the band sounded live back on those years, before Tom lost his voice

[@bambampewpew32]

Lmao when did he lose his voice and when did he get it?

[@takingbacksunday-jf6lf]

The influence of a music producer is huge. Rest in Peace Jerry Finn.

[@davidwatkins1111]

this version of anthem hits hard!

[@th3tid3]

Really shows you what production can do. Always wild seeing the process.

[@EddwardScissorhands]

Life’s so boring is giving me really strong dude ranch vibes I love it! 🍻💕🤘

[@gerardpuig5150]

It reminds me Boys don't cry from The Cure. Mark is a huge fan of them

[@haydenisaacs9786]

Did anyone notice that What’s My Age Again originally said “my friends TELL me to to act my age” rather than “my friends SAY I should act my age?”

[@fidgetyrock4420]

Yeah I really felt that in another dimension

[@masterblaster8354]

He also says I called my mom instead of her mom, which makes no sense in the context of the song. Very weird.

[@vedounamanicadimasochisti]

@@masterblaster8354 Maybe just to impress his girl. Well, another line is different: "and you're still more amused by prank phone calls". I can't understand what he's saying here, it's fast and I'm not a native speaker. Sounds something like "I guess you'd be amused by prank phone calls".

[@UBR_MXMU]

i swear hurley better sell retro clothing like that

[@shounolee]

look at depop

[@jeffrittenour8202]

i had to get my hurley shirts off the clearance rack at bealls back in the day lol

[@andreww1212]

Used to find shirts like that all of the time in Marshall's in 2003 for 10 bucks. XD

[@Zockledoof]

That's when they were good and not worn by d bags like now

[@thebass2798]

@@Zockledoof ikr

[@Tigres14]

Hearing rumors about Blink 182 reunion and I felt on this youtube video again ❤️

[@tomasl6675]

Music just doesnt get any better than this!

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Well, it probably does, in fact it probably happens all the time just about everywhere and the first people to back me up on that are probably Blink-182 themselves. I still love 'em though!

[@jtdgoodfellajtd4576]

This is class. Sounds like old school Blink and I'm ok with that :)

[@splinter3734]

I know that Enema Of The State is a huge record with lot of bangers but, just imagine if "Man Overboard" would have been in the album. Just imagine that!!

[@megan2484]

it wasn't?

[@brunomartinello1114]

@@megan2484 No

[@adeldazeem3711]

I like the longer WMAA interlude. It's the slow pretty part!

[@ilsenaranjo3709]

the real blink 182 perfection

[@billysuter]

Total crime man over board was left off this record

[@thomasandersen2534]

Miss this blink

[@chatowario]

Best album ever. I just released a 2 minutes medley video of this album! 🤘🏽

[@willm3027]

Mutt sounds amazing

[@StuHolland]

love how this has the sweary version of the last line in Dysentery Gary

[@emeric7422]

Dude, how did I not know Man Overboard was originally in the Enema of the State demo

[@Bitstacker]

They musta wrote it soon as scott left

[@intoxicz]

I keep coming back to listen to this every week

[@punkrockstormchaser]

Thanks Mr Finn for doing wonders for punk rock both mixing and producing: The muffs - The muffs (1993) Dookie - Green Day (1994) About time - Pennywise (1995) …and out come the wolves - Rancid (1995) Insomniac - Green Day (1995) Dear you - Jawbreaker (1995) Destruction by definition - Suicide machines (1996) Hitler bad, vandals good - The vandals (1998) Life won’t wait - Rancid (1998) Enema of the state - Blink-182 (1999) Fenix*TX - Fenix*TX (1999) And so many more We miss you Jerry

[@cvblaylock]

This version of Mutt isn’t from the demo of Enema of the State. This is the Scott Raynor version before Travis rewrote it with them.

[@Evan-10000]

Yeah you’re right, it’s much better though, isn’t it?

[@megan2484]

@@Evan-10000 I wish there was an entire version of the album with Scott.

[@Evan-10000]

@@megan2484 Me too man

[@pandoz40]

Yeah and that's because he wrote it under the video bruv

[@Evan-10000]

@@pandoz40 huh?

[@arielayala2193]

BUENÍSIMO AGUANTE BLINK 182

[@kristoffliftoff9316]

“Life’s so boring” sounds straight off of dude ranch!

[@nickgames7120]

I feel the same way

[@alexissalazar7703]

Qué líndo sería vivir en esa época que estaba de moda.

[@iiiiidkkkk13]

siempre soñaré con haber vivido en esa época, es algo que me seguirá hasta el día de mi muerte. ☹️

[@Notgoodatmusic]

Dumpweed is probably their best song of all time. Sounds just as good as a raw demo. Love it.

[@notgone03]

I am glad they changed the drums in Dumpweed.

[@thefloppingdoctor5140]

In this demo, the drummer for Mutt is Scott Raynor

[@cletus7419]

Are you sure?

[@Veinyboi]

@@cletus7419 yes the drumming literal shows his style

[@homerhat420]

my preferred version. I downloaded this from winmx back in the day

[@songohan511]

so mark originally didnt want to call her mum but his own one... interesting 😁

[@Pavmadeit]

lifes so boring turned into story of a lonely guy thats awesome my favorite bass line of marks

[@elijahbyoun7719]

goes to show how last minute of a song all the small things was

[@jennabanasak9283]

Blink is this. This is what all blink sounds like. From flyswatter to dogs eating dogs. When they play live, this is exactly what it sounds like when they write their songs. Jerry is a producer which is an entirely different element of the band when you hear it radio ready. Appreciate everyone's part in the masterpiece known as enema. It's the quintessential pop punk album of all time. I say this being the biggest dookie fan. Gotta give credit where credit is do.

[@dylanburton4955]

Both Dookie and EOTS deffo shaped my music taste when I was in my teens

[@anaranjadisimo]

LOL enema a masterpiece? give me a fucking break....

[@candideggplant1575]

@@anaranjadisimo I am not a blink fanboy or the biggest fan of Eots, I prefer their earlier work when it was more raw but eots was nothing but catchy songs, front to back. Not saying your opinion is wrong, I am just saying that eots was honestly a good pop punk record.

[@HardcoreGamer4Ever]

Dude Ranch is the best Blink album, Insomniac is the best Green Day album

[@aspirationrecords]

California and Nine are amazing too. and sounds like Blink

[@conz000]

i fuckin love this band

[@actingstrange]

This is amazing, thank you

[@keithcozart9969]

Hyped for the tour 🙌🏁

[@andisosh]

Life´s so boring is SICK

[@emeric7422]

That beginning bass riff for life’s so boring seems to have inspired Story of a Lonely Guy’s given they are exactly the same. Also, the Mutt demo was recorded with Scott Raynor and not Travis.

[@dog8438]

This basically sounds like EOTS in a Dude Ranch style. Or just blink without Jerry Finn. I can't tell if this is Scott or Travis drumming.

[@pouringggg]

I'm pretty sure scott is only on mutt

[@BaalofSouls]

Scott is on everything from the beginning (flyswatter) to dude ranch I believe. After that, he's man overboard

[@NorthCascades]

@@BaalofSouls Scott played the original recording of Mutt. I'm glad someone else is watching this in 2020!🙂

[@RAykkonennn]

@@BaalofSouls You can find mutt with Scott in youtube.

[@BaalofSouls]

Scott is a douchebag for what he did so I probably won't check it out. But thanks, still cool to know.

[@patmccrotch5373]

Hearing this transition between dude ranch and enema is super fuckin cool.

[@Scrinwaipwr]

The difference in production and performance on these old, sometimes half-written versions makes most of these feel unsurprising to have been written off the back of Dude Ranch, such as Anthem and most surprisingly Man Overboard which reminded me a bit of Lemmings in this version.

[@hernancossio5667]

Oro puro💛

[@CrisHaasbro]

I like this version of Anthem much better, it sounds like it could've been on Dude Ranch

[@trevorhall5664]

So genuine sounding

[@wryandwatchful]

Man overboard is basically a screeching weasel cover on this

[@OverdriveFunStudio]

Mark used Music Man Bass here, original Enama is on Precision Bass :)

[@patmccrotch5373]

Is that Scott on "life's so boring"? It definitely sounds like him but don't know enough about the song.. listening to it for the first time and im loving it though! I LOVE that continuous guitar riff over the bass progression. Upon further listening I think it might be travis.. I honestly can't tell though.

[@chrisgrubisa3819]

Better then the finished album...

[@willm3027]

Definitely

[@pantsnjacket381]

Imagine if this version released instead of the redefined and shaped final release of this album. For me it would've get to sell likely 2 or less million ships.

[@Cellenium125]

It really shows how important good production is

[@CookieThug]

this sounds like when you’re sick and are in bed and everything sounds different

[@molkoko8]

thank you mate for this amazing content. and cheers from Kyiv Ukraine

[@diegoalonso1545]

I hope you are doing great down there! I really hope you and your family are fine!

[@molkoko8]

@@diegoalonso1545 I’m alive and well, my friend, many thanks for supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦🙏💛💙

[@mmmmeks]

​@@molkoko8 Z

[@lossmokin]

Mandela effect strikes in my head on this Dude Ranch's style. Love it hard

[@M3T3OR1X]

Mutt es tocada por scott lo intuyo por la forma de tocar platillos seguidos en ciertas partes

[@rjarad]

It's just me, or this was recorded before Mark started to use a Precision Bass? I think I can hear the sound of his music man (used in Dude Ranch)

[@svenvanveggel]

I think you’re right. P-bass sounds much better

[@TolietWater]

He didn’t use a Music Man on Dude Ranch he used a weird bass that was lying around in the studio

[@davidjohnsully]

Marks bass tone is still so good here

[@ModzvilleUSA]

I like these versions more :D

[@placebojesus5652]

Life’s So Boring became Story of Lonely Guy except with the chorus not ever really used for anything as far as I know

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Thanx :)

[@seijigames1621]

this is gold

[@unicornfuentes5319]

this version of dumpweed

[@alexfinnegan9478]

This is great

[@MoonGuyGye]

I really like this version of Anthem, I like it better.

[@adaliah710]

Life's So Boring is such a good fucking song

[@nickdonkers6937]

Damn Dysentery Gary sounds way better here

[@viscrisn]

This is a treasure.

[@ryanminton2319]

Ngl I’d love for this to be on spotify

[@Lapriseseulement]

Wich version of Mutt is it? Sounds more raw than the one on the record. Thanks for this little treasure!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Fabregas200788]

Scott Raynor original Mutt version

[@raynebirkin6726]

@@Fabregas200788 i personally like it more than the original version

[@mikejones-zi5et]

Damn this is awesome. How have I never heard this???

[@willm3027]

Found this yesterday

[@Ad_Astraz]

i actually like this demo a lot more than the final version, sounds more raw.

[@anom3778]

Then you must really love live performances over albums.

[@esl4058]

It’s def a fun listen. Enema songs that sound like they came from the Cheshire Cat/dude ranch era.

[@willm3027]

Live is way better for me.

[@MaddestMousse]

What's the * next to the party song in the description for?

[@placebojesus5652]

The only song with Scott is maybe Mutt right?

[@4punx0]

miss you guys

[@spearvhs]

This is a great demo

[@dennisclarkofficial]

Awesome

[@fernandourquijo3380]

Sound like dude ranch disc 2, which is great

[@sergeg36]

клёво👍🏿

[@hellaacapella]

Заебись!

[@brandongrover1168]

man, scott just doesn't bring the drumming needed. Travis's drumming on enema was such a game changer

[@micsulli6930]

Travis is drumming on these demos

[@arrrrrran3043]

On mutt it’s actually Scott playing drums

[@Conspirotruth]

Dumpweed as a demo is still just as good 👍

[@twistedwizard9100]

Life's So Boring evolved into Story Of A Lonely Guy and I Won't Be Home For Christmas

[@punkkid21]

I won't be home for Christmas was released before the recording of this.

[@lilspliffster88]

The intro sounds like always

[@lordsubl1me]

Travis' drum tracks are almost identical to what we hear in the album.

[@Matt92Machine]

The demo version of mutt sounds better than the album version

[@wilart1792]

And I think is the version they recorded with Scott

[@Veinyboi]

They shoulda put it in American pie

[@MilesHemingway]

@@Veinyboi the demo version is the one in american pie, no?

[@Veinyboi]

@@MilesHemingway no

[@SonikJesus]

It's not a demo. It was just added to the end of the demo by the uploader. It was recorded at the same studio as DR with the same producer.

[@goiastr7760]

Scott sounds great on mutt

[@SonikJesus]

That bass drum hits so hard.

[@punkteen1825]

I feel like demos from a punk band sound more punk than the finished product except for 39/smooth by green day. (I like punk bands either way btw)