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Title: Blink-182 - Cheshire Cat
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1995, Punk, Skate Punk, San Diego, California 7/26
 (TC) | Members: Mark H (72' - Alive), Tom D (75' - Alive), Scott R (78' - Alive)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Tom DeLonge was expelled from Poway High School after being caught drunk at a basketball game, a teenage disaster that helped push him toward music and the early band.

2. Scene Ecology: Cheshire Cat came out of Southern California's skate-punk world, where tiny clubs, warped humor, fast songs, and relentless touring mattered more than industry polish.

3. Studio Lore: Recorded on a shoestring budget before Travis Barker joined, the album captures Blink as a raw trio with Scott Raynor on drums, years before their arena-sized pop-punk breakthrough.