Dude Ranch is the second album by Blink-182, released on June 171997 by Cargo Music/MCA. The album contains the songs "Dammit" and "Josie", which helped the group gain mainstream popularity. This was the last album recorded with original drummer Scott Raynor. The album was considered a commercial success, having sold over 1 million copies and therefore certified platinum.
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"Degenerate" is a song written by Tom DeLonge, and was first released, in a slightly different form, in the 1993 release of Buddha. It describes an alcoholic who keeps getting taken to prison for his actions where he receives the consequences from his prison-mate "Ben Dover".
The song "Dick Lips" is based on the real-life event of singer Tom Delonge being expelled from high school for going to a basketball game drunk.
The song Dammit concerns a fictional breakup between the writer and his girlfriend, and was supposedly written in five minutes, on a broken guitar. The music video for the single (released in 1997) was directed by Darren Doane, and features an appearance by Rick DeVoe, Blink-182's manager.
Some songs on the album are followed by comedy spoken word pieces.
June 17 1997
November 3, 1997
