Buddha

The third and final demo by Blink-182 was recorded while the band’s name was just Blink and was their first recordings the be sold and distributed. Buddha was recorded live at local Santee studio Doubletime, compiling a collection that represented nearly all of the songs the band had written up to that point. The band dropped the cassettes at stores so they could be sold; Hoppus once said:

I totally remember driving around to all the record stores to drop off tapes to sell. I’d go to Lou’s Records, and Off the Record, and Music Trader. It was so cool because the tapes were actually selling, that’s why I had to keep going back every week. Music Trader would have sold one copy, Off the Record sold two, or whatever. But that meant people were actually walking into a music store and buying something we had written and recorded. It was awesome.

The record eventually became a problem for the band as it was subject to a legal dispute with Pat Secor, Hoppus' boss at Wherehouse Music in San Diego. The band accused Secor of selling the tape without paying royalties. They took care of him with help of a lawyer, Joe Escalante of The Vandals, who also owned independent record label Kung Fu Records.

Kung Fu Records eventually released a Reissue of Buddha in 1998 that has since reportedly sold 300,000 copies.

According to Tom DeLonge, the band that most influenced the record was the Descendents.

I was trying to emulate that band. Really punchy guitars, fast, simple and formulaic nursery rhyme love songs.