Musician Covers Famous Songs in the Style of Blink-182 Twitter 0 comments The mid 1990s breathed new life into pop punk music, couriering the genre to the center of American youth culture. One of the key players in this movement was Blink-182, a three-piece group that originated in San Diego County in ’92. Blink’s sound would prove definitive for pop punk yet to come, and it remains unmistakable to date. This to the point where you can transplant any given musical number within the margins of the Blink-182 style and immediately see the song itself mutate. Even a song as instantly familiar as Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”