Blink-182 Pay Homage to Ramones in Video for New Song ‘Dance With Me’

Blink-182 pay homage to the Ramones in the band’s new video for “Dance With Me,” the latest single off the trio’s upcoming reunion album One More Time…

Billed as a “love letter” to the iconic New York punk band — one of Blink-182’s favorite groups — the Malloys-directed “Dance With Me” finds Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker in full Ramones regalia — leather jackets, sunglasses, matching wigs — as they recreate some of that band’s most memorable moments.

The trio previously shared the title track and “More Than You Know” from One More Time…, which marks the first Blink-182 album with Hoppus, DeLonge, and Barker since 2011’s Neighborhoods. DeLonge departed the group in 2015 to embark on some extraterrestrial endeavors, and during his absence, Blink recorded two albums — California and Nine with guitarist Matt Skiba. The classic lineup announced their reunion last October and shared a new track, “Edging” (which will appear on One More Time…).

As the band explained in an Apple Music trailer for the album, it was Hoppus’ bout with lymphoma that inspired DeLonge to rejoin the band. “I remember telling my wife, ‘I don’t think I’m ever going to play music again, I don’t think I’m ever gonna tour again,’” DeLonge says in the clip. “Until Mark told me he was sick, and then I was like, that’s the only thing I wanted to do.”

Similarly, after the band initially broke up in 2008, it was Barker surviving the plane crash that killed four people (including DJ AM) that catalyzed their reunion at that time. The album’s first single and title track, “One More Time” touches on how tragedy brings the band back together, Barker said.

The 17-song, Barker-produced One More Time… arrives on October 20.

From Rolling Stone US.