"Scott William Raynor, Jr. (born May 23, 1978) is an American drummer best known for being a founding member of the band Blink-182.
Raynor first started drumming when he joined a band with some friends because, according to him, they had taken all the "good instruments" before Raynor could choose. Raynor cites Fugazi and Metallica as his favorite bands.
Raynor and guitarist Tom DeLonge began playing together in DeLonge's garage when they were in high school. They played with a couple of other members until they met bassist Mark Hoppus in 1992 and Hoppus became a permanent member. In later interviews, the members of Blink-182 would claim DeLonge and Hoppus met first. They wrote a few songs together, including "Carousel." In 1993 they began working on demos, recording Flyswatter in Raynor's bedroom.
Scott Raynor with Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge in Blink-182, backstage at a concert in 1996.Their last demo, Buddha, was recorded at Double Time Studios in San Diego, California, and released by Filter Records. It was remastered and re-released in 1998 by Kung Fu Records. In 1993 the band began recording their album Cheshire Cat at Westbeach Recorders. The album was finished and released in February 1994 on cassette, then released on CD in 1995 and remastered and re-released in 1998 by Cargo Music/Grilled Cheese Records.
In late 1994 they released a split called Short Bus with Iconoclasts on Big Weenie Records. In 1995 the band released an EP called They Came to Conquer... Uranus on Cargo/Grilled Cheese. Blink-182 toured throughout 1995–1996 and followed up with the release of Dude Ranch in 1997 on Cargo/MCA. Raynor was fired in the middle of the band's 1998 tour after the band accused him of having alcohol problems.[4] He was replaced by Travis Barker.
Other bands
Raynor has remained musically active since his departure from Blink-182. From 1998 until 2002 he played guitar in the band Death On Wednesday. In 2004 he joined the bands One Track Mind and Isinglass, playing drums.[5] In 2004 he breifly played drums with the band Trailer Park Queen, before they disbanded. Raynor now partly owns SOMA, a musical venue in San Diego, CA. SOMA held many early Blink-182 shows. In 2010, Scott regrouped with the vocalist of Trailer Park Queen, and formed the band Fantastica Bastidas."
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