Former Rufio Frontman & Guitarist Scott Sellers Shares Cover of blink-182's Latest Comeback Single "EDGING" (self-released)
Scott Sellers, one-time frontman of beloved Rancho Cucamonga-based Pop-Punk/Skate Punk Rufio has been recording and releasing solo music at a rapid-fire pace since 2018's The Judge. Sellers has also played with a variety of bands since Rufio's 2007 break-up and sporadic brief reunions, including Mercy Street and BigCity with former bandmate Clark Domae. Sellers is known to be an avid blink-182 fan—Scott covered "A New Hope" from their 1997 album, Dude Ranch, on his 2020 covers album, Influence—and we're sure blink were a huge influence and source of inspiration for Rufio. By now, we all know the "classic" (well, second line-up) of blink-182 has effectively re-united as of last week, now including long-time members Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker & Tom DeLonge. DeLonge was in the band from their formation in 1992 up until they broke up in 2005 and then, again from 2009-15 when he left and was replaced by guitarist Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio.
Just this past Friday, blink released their first song with Mark, Tom & Travis since their 2012 EP, Dogs Eating Dogs, entitled "EDGING." It was a massive success and blink's upcoming 2023-24 reunion tour laregely sold out in pre-sales over the weekend with tickets, supposedly, going for prices as high as $800-1,000. blink-182 additionally annoucned the existence of their forthcoming ninth as-yet-untitled studio album set to be dropping at an unspecified point in 2023. Now, this is all justa very long-winded way to get to the actual subject of this very piece... Scott Sellers, whom we're Friends with on Facebook, dropped his own cover of blink's latest comeback single, "EDGING." Sellers shared the song on Facebook late last night from his personal YouTube page, writing: "I needed to hear what it sounded like un-swung. I dunno. 😂"
We're not entirely sure what all that means, but when we Googled, "what does swung/swing mean in music?" the results came up with this: "In music, swing refers to a specific way of interpreting rhythm where eight notes are played like triplets to create a galloping sound..." Sellers further explaine don his YouTube upload, "Just playing around. I HAD TO hear what it sounded like not swung." And we think it's a pretty great cover further solidifying the link between two of Pop-punk's finest bands, blink-182 & Rufio. Check out both blink's original Travis Barker-produced version of "EDGING," as well as Scott Sellers' un-swung cover right here within this very feature. blink-182's "EDGING" is now available on streaming services and their new record is now available for pre-order on vinyl in a multitude of colors. Tickets for blink-182's World Tour 2023/2024 with Turnstile, Rise Against, The Story So Far & Wallows are on-sale as of today.