The video was released in 1999 on the bands third album Enema Of The State.
Mark Hoppus- Base guitar, Vocals
Tom Delonge- Guitar, Vocals
Travis Barker- Drums, Percussion
All the boys in the band were born in different parts of california. Mark Hoppus came from a dysfunctional family background as his parents divorced when he was in the third grade. Tom Delonge was expelled from his high school for drinking at a basketball game. He then attended Rancho Bernado High School where he met a girl who then introduced him to her brother ( Mark Hoppus).
Travis Barker was touring with Blink182 with his former band The Aquabats, This is when Blink182's former member Scott Raynor was fired from the band for having a drinking problem. The band then enlisted Barker to fill in for Raynor and he learnt all the bands 20track drum music in 45minutes and then went on to perform with the band with no rehersal, Barker then went on to play with the band throughout their summer tour dates.
The band are owned by the record label MCA.
MCA is a media company, initially starting in the music business, they became a dominant force in the film business and later expanded into the television business.
The main idea of the video is a parody of boy bands and contemporary pop videos. It features the band doing parodies of popular bands such as the back-street boys and 98 degrees. The music video was shot in August 1999 located in Van Nuys Airport and Santa Monica State Beach.
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