CLICK FOR VIDEO INFORMATION Song: First Date Album: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) Video: Tom's guitar fail on MTV Europe Music Awards 2001. Presented by Ali G.
Props to them for continuing on through the song though. Mark and Travis never missed a beat, even though Tom was having technical difficulties, and Tom never stopped playing.
there is always the chance that that was strictly a FOH house mix problem missing guitar. There is certainly still a possibility guitar was still coming through their in ear monitors, like what happend with Metallica on the Grammy's
I honestly have way more (additional) respect for Tom (than Travis and Mark), since he handled it with humor and poise. I find it's always way shittier to have your own gear fail on you than your bandmate's.
They're awful live. All the little fanboys try to defend them and justify it with some dumb dreck about how it's "authentic" or whatever, but I have seen probably 1,000 shows in my life, and nobody is as sloppy as these guys. It's hard to watch. Not picking on this particular performance because there technical difficulties, but every other time I've seen them, it's been a total mess.
This. This was the performance that solidified my love for Blink 182 and also why First Date will forever be my favorite song. They just kept on going and "where the fuck is my guitar" is a given thing to sing ever since.
Mark explained this, the band before them had left their wireless transmitter on and it was at the same frequency as Tom's but at least he carried the show on! true frontman.
What I love about blink is that they still put on a fun and memorable show despite Tom's voice sounding like a drunk surfer and his guitar sounding like shit. Their style is just so cool and addictive that you can't stop being a fan once you started. They stand out and that's why they were a success.
they didnt make a mistake. one of depeche mode's guitars was still plugged in and turned on the same wireless frequency as toms guitar so it was signal interferance.
at the EMAs awards show in frankfurt, 2001.... the two main acts were rammstein & blink-182. everything went ok during the soundchecks & rehearsals, but at some point during the evening, the venue's security people changed their walkie-talkie frequency, & during blink's performance, tom delonge's guitar was subject to exactly the sort of problems as in 'spinal tap'. he trashed the guitar & walked off. later, when they'd calmed down, they wanted to repair the recording of the performance, so that the actual trashing would look deliberate at the end of an otherwise unmarred performance. this meant getting the band & tom's guitar effects rack into the manor mobile at 2am. blink-182 were doing a european tour in a painted-up VW camper, driving themselves & renting backline wherever they went, so that's where the guitar rack had to be fetched from. but first I had to find rammstein's manager & explain what was going on, because they were in the sound truck themselves, remixing their set, & we needed to get the blink song fixed before the next satellite feed at 3am. so I had to kick them out, & help get tom installed. eventually, he watched the recording once, then overdubbed his guitar part, including a recreation of the trashing, in one take, throwing the guitar onto the couch in the back of the manor mobile. round of applause, utter professional. so then I had to go & drag the uplink guy out of the after-show party to send the re-mixes to london. got back to the hotel at 7am, sober & with a new cold starting.
@@duncan-rmi what's Tom like in real life? Did he take the re-record playing quite seriously in the mobile, when away from the crowds (as he often plays sloppy live on stage)
first I knew about it was one of the Mtv production managers came to find me (I was Mtv's on-site engineering manager, but my role was really as go-between; the BBC were running the big pictures truck while we had the manor mobile for the musical performances & various satellite uplink trucks, + a coupe of smaller broadcast production trucks). she had the band & maybe their manager in tow, & by this time they were all absolutely adamant that the guitar part needed re-recording. somehow it was my job to find out what (possibly keith mays &) rammstein were doing in there, & have them finish or get out so that we could fix Tom's guitar before the next uplink window (for the repeat airing) in less than half an hour. I can't remember what I said to rammstein- they weren't happy, but they got that it was urgent, & duly cleared off. meanwhile the blink boys (who seemed inseparable) & I went to their hippy bus & fetched Tom's effects rack. iirc, he watched the perf once in the mobile, then he just went for it. as he threw his guitar carefully onto the couch by the console (it's a big truck!), we applauded. then I took the tape over to the satellite truck. I saw the repaired recording a few days later & told some colleagues what they were watching; they couldn't tell. absolute professionals, the blink lads.
Straight up though props to Travis for at least somewhat holding that shit together. This is probably worst case scenario for the band and he adapted well. Still shredded the drums lol.
Blink 182 has had sooooo many shitty performances, and every time Travis just powers through like he's not even listening to them. Like: "I know how the song goes, if you guys can't play your part it's not my problem shugggaduhduggahduhduggaduhduggaduh"
@@beanlegume9965 A lot of the times with in-ear monitors they'll have a metronome, but also the rest of the band. Travis I doubt would have a metronome, but I definitely believe he would have the other guys turned way down so they don't distract him with their shitty playing.
Hahahaha this was hilarious, but you guys need to stop blaming the sound guy because he probably had nothing to do with it. It sounds like something either interfered with the guitar's wireless signal, or something was messed up in the guitar's input jack.
This is actually the European VMA’s. So the story according to Tom’s guitar tech is Tom’s wireless was accidentally synced up to the same frequency as the wireless rigs of one of the guitar players in Rammstein who were also playing this show. The general rule is other bands should have their wireless rigs on mute but Rammstein forgot. Tom’s tech tried to re sync it but lost the battle to Germany. 😢
I saw it live on MTV. The next day, only the good version (corrected fake-version) was broadcasted. This FAIL-version was only seen once, during a LIVE broadcast.
Travis couldn't care less about what anyone else is doing when performing he just loves to play drums and the band relies on him a lot to set the pace.
And it's reasons like this why MTV has gone into the toilet.... How could there not be a guitar tec or someone on stage nearby with a backup guitar in hand and ready? 😩
Congratulations on Mark Hoppus the bassist and co-lead vocalist of blink-182 that he is cancer free through Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Name Amen.
Love how tom called him self out on messing up, but kept character. You van say what you want about blink182, but that was punk rock element right there.
Too bad something wasnt blocking out Tom's voice. Was at his old house in Poway last week...just had to jump out and pass in the yard for old time's sake.
Unfortunate wireless transmitter error. one of the guitars used by Depeche Mode from their performance earlier in the night still had its wireless transmitter on, and of course it was set to the same frequency as Tom's guitar.
As an artist, producer, stage manager and live engineer of 25 years, I have one simple piece of advice for any up and coming bands: throw any wireless guitar receivers in the bin. Now. And get yourself a decent lead.
My best guess here is that Tom's guitar wasn't turning off. The video is grainy so I can't really see if he is using a cable, but I think he is using a wireless guitar system so my best guess is that either another band or the current wireless microphone system used for the show is interfering with his signal so his guitar was cutting in and out. If it were a shotty guitar cable or the guitar itself, then there would be a crackling sound every time the guitar cuts in and out of which there is none. So I'm thinking it's multiple gear using the same wireless frequency at the same time which means his guitar is getting drowned out by other signals. Kinda like if you've ever used Bluetooth earphones in a crowded place where others are also using Bluetooth and your music sometimes cuts out and comes back in. Same thing is happening here.
Millions of dollars worth of equipment and all the best minds in the music industry all in the same room can't figure out how to get the guitar to work. If I was in the band I would have smashed my guitar on the stage and said "If you can't do your fucking job I'm not doing mine.".
“The fuck is my guitar? I don’t know who fucked my guitar” have gotta be my favourite blink lyrics
I think he says “I don’t know where the fuck’s my guitar” 🤣
Classic blink tho 🤣🤣
But this is the perfect moment to fail. His character makes it bulletproof lol
hahaha so true
lmao is true xDDDDDD
His name apparently was Boomer😄
@@daddyshark7332 he's still in jail for undisclosed reasons XD
Boomer is still in prison for undisclosed reasons.
ToxSic PunK ok boomer
@@mayosack7466 damnit i was gonna say that
ToxSic PunK boomer was abducted by aliens
@@DisgustedArchiveTom. Just watch the video for first date
this makes me sad in fact, they've prepared with the costume and all setting but the show didn't stick with them
Yeah, but it’s the most Blink 182 thing to happen 🤣
“Where the fuck is, my gui-tar” 🤣🤣
And thats when Tom switched to Gibson.
apparently he wanted to go from constantly having the guitar cut off to constantly tuning the guitar 😆
Props to them for continuing on through the song though. Mark and Travis never missed a beat, even though Tom was having technical difficulties, and Tom never stopped playing.
there is always the chance that that was strictly a FOH house mix problem missing guitar. There is certainly still a possibility guitar was still coming through their in ear monitors, like what happend with Metallica on the Grammy's
Bryce Lindseth doubtful since tom brings it up
Professionals for you. Keep playing even when issues happens with other members. Happened in 2015 when Dave Grohl broke his leg on stage.
I honestly have way more (additional) respect for Tom (than Travis and Mark), since he handled it with humor and poise. I find it's always way shittier to have your own gear fail on you than your bandmate's.
@@bnkrazie he is so professional he can't even play guitar
I love how you can hear the guitar just enough to make the crowd think it's Tom's fault.
Sounds like me at Guitar Hero
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I have seen Blink live a few times. They have a ton of energy and stage presence, all the while sounding like a bad high school band
They're awful live. All the little fanboys try to defend them and justify it with some dumb dreck about how it's "authentic" or whatever, but I have seen probably 1,000 shows in my life, and nobody is as sloppy as these guys. It's hard to watch.
Not picking on this particular performance because there technical difficulties, but every other time I've seen them, it's been a total mess.
That’s punk rock. If it sounds good you’re doing something wrong
This. This was the performance that solidified my love for Blink 182 and also why First Date will forever be my favorite song. They just kept on going and "where the fuck is my guitar" is a given thing to sing ever since.
Same I still sing it to this day. Remember watching this over and over back in the day
"Where the fuck is my guitar?!" lol
langer24
That’s a cool background bro
*_Starts to karate chop the guitar_*
😆
When the artists use to actually play their instruments during award shows
@@hohoucgguztizi4655 Hell yeah!!!
USED!! It has a d at the end!!
@@Vertical-sandwiches psst ... your name hurts your case just a tad
Tom was getting pissed off and annoyed, its really hard to sing in tune when annoyed and that focused on a guitar not working right...
Barfkat05 he barely sings in tune on a good day
and thats why we love him
He never sings in tune unless it's recorded
listen to drugs are good by nofx fat mike says to sing out of tune
Travis really helping in here.
Imagine if travis sucks, this will be a nightmare...
😂😂😂
Bryan Fury 12
They don’t suck. It’s just. The equipment. Yeah the signal got disturbed
Bryan Fury its true, bro. 😁
Well, Travis helping and saves the whole band every time
if that happens to Billie Joe, that guitar will turn into pieces
Holy shit, I just imagined that at a Green Day concert and Billie Joe getting so pissed
well toms guitar did end up in pieces to so
ONE FVCK1NG MINUTE well Billie gets mad at everything
Except blue 😉
True
I just wonder how nobody went to the stage and gave him another guitar...well done mtv
Zé Morais It was the transmitter channel being shared, not the guitar itself.
+Zé Morais (Zexnoise) Its the previous band left their wireless on and it cuts the other signal.
+Connor Hickman which band was it?
mine
Connor Hickman DO YOU SEE WHAT YOU'VE CAUSED???? ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?!?!
At least they didn't use playback
They bloody should have.
@@ashmckinlay1402 no
@@mrpumavol7.044 yes
@@ashmckinlay1402 no
@@ashmckinlay1402 no
Mark explained this, the band before them had left their wireless transmitter on and it was at the same frequency as Tom's but at least he carried the show on! true frontman.
Thank you for this amazing comment through Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Name Amen.
@@gabrielcarlobato3565 wtf. You high?
@@MorgueOfficialMusic Praise Jesus Christ.
@@lookupverazhou8599 Hail Satan
@@mariopalos9238 Shut up and praise Jesus Christ with us
It would be impossible not to get pissed, can't blame Tom, playing infront of a huge audience and the guitar not working
Just throw the guitar and start dancing
The guitar worked it was the wireless system that failed
“Hey I’m still getting paid”
I'm sure he was pissed. Remind me the time Michael Jackson got pissed at his audio engineer and fired him for not ending the song on stage.
reminds me of Daron Malakian of SOAD having the same issue in Lowland show few years before (2001).. man I miss these years..
Where the fuck is, my guitar. i dont know where, the fuck my guitar."
Guitar Hero levels
Easy
Normal
Hard
Expect
Impossible
Tom delonge
The band that played before blink's wireless was left on and just crossed Tom's frequencies
@@DonutIsGreat fax
Boomer's guitar isn't working, perfect.
lol boomer
Ok Boomer
@Doctor Spaceman don’t know If your being sarcastic or you haven’t watched first dates music video
@@jimhalpert2791 this guy is either being sarcastic or he's a newbie
1:42 "Where the fuck is... my guitar! Lets make this last forever!"
my fav lyric lol
This is the most blink182 moment of their history 🤣
What I love about blink is that they still put on a fun and memorable show despite Tom's voice sounding like a drunk surfer and his guitar sounding like shit. Their style is just so cool and addictive that you can't stop being a fan once you started. They stand out and that's why they were a success.
Lmao drunken surfer
@@Richlucch 😂😂😂
"It's so cool that they're bad."
It's not his guitar sounding like shit, it's his guitar playing.
There's just not much talent there at all... Never was.
I feel like the broken guitar actually gives the whole thing some character. I personally am a fan of imperfections like these
Thank you for this amazing comment through Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Name Amen.
@@gabrielcarlobato3565 truly a saint
Definitely
THIS PERFORMANCE COULD NOT BE MORE ICONIC AND GOD-LIKE. BLINK 182 FOR FUCKING LIFE.
Praise Jesus Christ 🙏
@@Codgerism I farded and shidded (:
Lol I love how at the end Ali G comes out "Boo boo boo"
And then Tom or Mark is just like "YEEAAHHH!!!"
Thats marks voice... Tom would have been too pissed to stay on stage after that XD
Tom voiceee
He actually says, " Boom Boom Boom Boom".
Actually... MOO MOO MOO MOO MOOOOOO
at least they dont do lip sync
Only true musicians can stay on time and continue to rock like that
@@xtg_ glad you are a super acomplished and famous musician
@@xtg_ You are actually trash.
It's a known fact, that the signal frequency was disturbed.
they didnt make a mistake. one of depeche mode's guitars was still plugged in and turned on the same wireless frequency as toms guitar so it was signal interferance.
Of course it’s DM haha
It sucks they weren’t able to figure it out during the song and fix it
This is probably one of the only times that I’ve seen Tom kinda pissed
at the EMAs awards show in frankfurt, 2001.... the two main acts were rammstein & blink-182. everything went ok during the soundchecks & rehearsals, but at some point during the evening, the venue's security people changed their walkie-talkie frequency, & during blink's performance, tom delonge's guitar was subject to exactly the sort of problems as in 'spinal tap'. he trashed the guitar & walked off. later, when they'd calmed down, they wanted to repair the recording of the performance, so that the actual trashing would look deliberate at the end of an otherwise unmarred performance. this meant getting the band & tom's guitar effects rack into the manor mobile at 2am. blink-182 were doing a european tour in a painted-up VW camper, driving themselves & renting backline wherever they went, so that's where the guitar rack had to be fetched from. but first I had to find rammstein's manager & explain what was going on, because they were in the sound truck themselves, remixing their set, & we needed to get the blink song fixed before the next satellite feed at 3am. so I had to kick them out, & help get tom installed. eventually, he watched the recording once, then overdubbed his guitar part, including a recreation of the trashing, in one take, throwing the guitar onto the couch in the back of the manor mobile. round of applause, utter professional. so then I had to go & drag the uplink guy out of the after-show party to send the re-mixes to london.
got back to the hotel at 7am, sober & with a new cold starting.
Wait what? If he re-recorded it in the back of thar van, why can we still hear his guitar cutout in this clip?
this upload is from the live broadcast, before the repair.
@@duncan-rmi what's Tom like in real life? Did he take the re-record playing quite seriously in the mobile, when away from the crowds (as he often plays sloppy live on stage)
first I knew about it was one of the Mtv production managers came to find me (I was Mtv's on-site engineering manager, but my role was really as go-between; the BBC were running the big pictures truck while we had the manor mobile for the musical performances & various satellite uplink trucks, + a coupe of smaller broadcast production trucks).
she had the band & maybe their manager in tow, & by this time they were all absolutely adamant that the guitar part needed re-recording. somehow it was my job to find out what (possibly keith mays &) rammstein were doing in there, & have them finish or get out so that we could fix Tom's guitar before the next uplink window (for the repeat airing) in less than half an hour.
I can't remember what I said to rammstein- they weren't happy, but they got that it was urgent, & duly cleared off. meanwhile the blink boys (who seemed inseparable) & I went to their hippy bus & fetched Tom's effects rack.
iirc, he watched the perf once in the mobile, then he just went for it. as he threw his guitar carefully onto the couch by the console (it's a big truck!), we applauded. then I took the tape over to the satellite truck. I saw the repaired recording a few days later & told some colleagues what they were watching; they couldn't tell. absolute professionals, the blink lads.
Tom handled it very well!
where the fuck is....my gui-tar
@@zachl9260 I wanna know where the fucks my guita-ar
I see no failure. Only classic hilarious Blink that everybody loves 😂
Straight up though props to Travis for at least somewhat holding that shit together. This is probably worst case scenario for the band and he adapted well. Still shredded the drums lol.
Blink 182 has had sooooo many shitty performances, and every time Travis just powers through like he's not even listening to them. Like:
"I know how the song goes, if you guys can't play your part it's not my problem shugggaduhduggahduhduggaduhduggaduh"
@@dylanfreedom1256 he’s probably not even listening. He’s got ear plugs in and some kind of metronome to keep him in time.
@@beanlegume9965 A lot of the times with in-ear monitors they'll have a metronome, but also the rest of the band. Travis I doubt would have a metronome, but I definitely believe he would have the other guys turned way down so they don't distract him with their shitty playing.
@@dylanfreedom1256 travis only has a metronome. thats the only thing he hears besides his drums
Incredible. This is very rare footage of Travis not playing the song at 5x speed!
Lol at tom's face when his guitar kept turning on and off during the instrumental 😂
Mark on that bass though 😍
I come back to watch this sometimes when I need a good laugh and it never gets old 😂
Obviously never played venues this big but I have had my guitar wireless system cut in and out during a show and it sucks!!! I feel your pain, Tom!
Hahahaha this was hilarious, but you guys need to stop blaming the sound guy because he probably had nothing to do with it. It sounds like something either interfered with the guitar's wireless signal, or something was messed up in the guitar's input jack.
i heard that it was because the guitarist of the band before them left his guitar transmitter on so the signal was being cut out
Its him playing like that purposely, watch all the other live vids oc this song.
Alexander Kundert how stupid are you? i mean honestly
+MrTyler8877 really?
venue security.
Blink 182 are literally the most funniest band in the world 😂
"Most funniest"? Are you 12?
@@MorgueOfficialMusic Maybe. Calm down, ok?
@@lookupverazhou8599 is your name E.J?
@@MorgueOfficialMusic Yes. Irl.
I’m 24 years old :D
This is actually the European VMA’s. So the story according to Tom’s guitar tech is Tom’s wireless was accidentally synced up to the same frequency as the wireless rigs of one of the guitar players in Rammstein who were also playing this show. The general rule is other bands should have their wireless rigs on mute but Rammstein forgot. Tom’s tech tried to re sync it but lost the battle to Germany. 😢
a small correction, it was from the Depeche Mode guitarist, not from Rammstein
The whole show is just bass and since im a bass player I love it 😆😆😆
This makes me feel old I remember watching this ok tv when I was a teenager
damn i miss the times of this MTV so much. :(
if someone invents a time machine, take me to the early 2000s!
I saw this live, at those times
2:55 tom is giving massage to his guitar😂
When you miss a note in Guitar Hero so you just sit and wait in anger
The way Tom karate chops the guitar on the ground at the end
"Do you like it?" 😂
It just makes it that much more raw and punk rock. The epitome of a real Blink performance.
1:42 HAHAHAHAHAHA
lmaooooooo yooooo
they wearin the same fits in the m/v 🤣😂 forever and ever lets make this last forever!🎶
thats not a fail ! thats an epic win :P
No
I never laughed so hard in my life 💀
That's not a fail. That was a pretty professional response to a shitty situation. I hope somebody got fired after that.
Why god why
Tom's guitar always fucks in the first date
I saw it live on MTV. The next day, only the good version (corrected fake-version) was broadcasted. This FAIL-version was only seen once, during a LIVE broadcast.
Travis couldn't care less about what anyone else is doing when performing he just loves to play drums and the band relies on him a lot to set the pace.
Back when performers actually performed.
Exactly!! People paying outrageous amounts of money to watch someone press play on an iPad 💀
everything was better back then we had ali g and blink 182
I love how Tom then breaks his guitar at the end because it doesn’t work
crazy that ali-G and blink existed at the same time. They seems like different timelines
And it's reasons like this why MTV has gone into the toilet....
How could there not be a guitar tec or someone on stage nearby with a backup guitar in hand and ready? 😩
RIP GUITAR 😂
It wasn’t the techs fault, it was a wireless guitar transmitter issue with someone backstage
Congratulations on Mark Hoppus the bassist and co-lead vocalist of blink-182 that he is cancer free through Our Lord Jesus Christ in His Holy Name Amen.
Or through the powers of doctors and medicine and things that exist.
This fail just proves that tom is bulletproof cus it still sounds good
lol i love how he sings his words in tune with the song
Guys i can’t understand wtf tom says while The guitar is not working, Who can help me, it seems hilarious 😂😂😂
where the fuck is...my gui-tar. he’s trying to ask for a new one
@@zachl9260 thanks
I was thinking the whole time, something doesn’t sound right
Man, all this cussing would not slide with MTV nowadays. How time has changed.
This was mtv in Europe which as always had less strict censorship on profanity...
Thank god its first date where the bass and guitar chords is the same.
Thumbs up. Fucking sound guys have to be on fucking top at big performances like this. No excuses.
When I broke laughing … “ shit ! “ and “ so fuck this , my guitar “ looool
gotta say, wasn't expecting Ali G at the beginning
While im watching, Im telling myself 'Tom should smash his guitar after the song.' I am satisfied now.
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Weird seeing a mtv performance uncensored.
This is MTV Europe, so that's why.
I watched this live. Will always remember.
Love how tom called him self out on messing up, but kept character. You van say what you want about blink182, but that was punk rock element right there.
Best guitar 👌👌
Tom with guitar and vocal difficulties always lol 😅
Lmaooo Tom is awesome
I still prefer this over a fake live performance.
LOL, mark; "YEAH"
Nobody is gonna talk about how awesome it is that Ali G was in the beginning of the video?
One of Depeche Modes guitar xmitter was still turned on and on the same frequency of Toms and interrupted Toms.
Too bad something wasnt blocking out Tom's voice. Was at his old house in Poway last week...just had to jump out and pass in the yard for old time's sake.
Show must go on 🤘
“Where the fuck is my guitar?” “Where the fuck ismy guitar?!”
0:51 1:42 2:37 cursing for guitar fails...
Unfortunate wireless transmitter error. one of the guitars used by Depeche Mode from their performance earlier in the night still had its wireless transmitter on, and of course it was set to the same frequency as Tom's guitar.
That "car" is a tad bit aggressive. Love it.
Tom looks and sounds really nervous during this performance
As an artist, producer, stage manager and live engineer of 25 years, I have one simple piece of advice for any up and coming bands: throw any wireless guitar receivers in the bin. Now. And get yourself a decent lead.
Como no amar a estos tipos❤😊
Toms pitch is way off but that last part was fucking hilarious. "Where the fuck is, my guitar. Idk where the fucks my guitar."
My best guess here is that Tom's guitar wasn't turning off. The video is grainy so I can't really see if he is using a cable, but I think he is using a wireless guitar system so my best guess is that either another band or the current wireless microphone system used for the show is interfering with his signal so his guitar was cutting in and out. If it were a shotty guitar cable or the guitar itself, then there would be a crackling sound every time the guitar cuts in and out of which there is none. So I'm thinking it's multiple gear using the same wireless frequency at the same time which means his guitar is getting drowned out by other signals. Kinda like if you've ever used Bluetooth earphones in a crowded place where others are also using Bluetooth and your music sometimes cuts out and comes back in. Same thing is happening here.
Millions of dollars worth of equipment and all the best minds in the music industry all in the same room can't figure out how to get the guitar to work. If I was in the band I would have smashed my guitar on the stage and said "If you can't do your fucking job I'm not doing mine.".