Recently, at the Grammy Awards, punk rock band Blink-182 announced its decision to get back together after a three-year hiatus.

It’s not surprising at all that the band decided to get back together. For years, magazine lists have been screaming that Blink should reunite. Its songs are still widely played on radio stations and iPods alike. Drummer Travis Barker’s accident, while depressing, also managed to act as a public relations event. The catastrophic accident put Barker back in the public eye. With that much exposure and public sympathy, who could resist an opportunity to further his or her career?

However, I feel that Blink’s crowd isn’t around anymore. Although I, like many other college students, appreciate its music, I just feel that its future music will not appeal to as many people as before. The band’s self-titled and most recent album came out in 2003. Although it was a good listen, as was 1999’s “Enema Of The State,” the catchy, pop-punk hits such as “All the Small Things,” “Adam’s Song” and “What’s My Age Again?” remind most college students of their middle-school years. Songs such as these were appreciated in the late ’90s, but since beguiling songs already fill the airwaves, I don’t think Blink-182 stands a chance at climbing to the top again.

Most bands reinvent their sound after taking a break. Whichever way Blink changes its music, if it does, it is sure to isolate some of the fan base. If it takes a more rock-based edge, the band is sure to lose a majority of its supporters who admire it for its punk attitudes and garb.

Now that a majority of its original fans are older, the chances that the guys still disrespect authority and seek to rebel from society are slim to none. If the band suddenly adds more punk to its music, its competition with today’s most popular bands will be intense.

Bands such as Fall Out Boy, Hellogoodbye and Plain White T’s have taken the punk music title from bands such as Rancid and the Misfits and changed it to suit the popular definition of punk — a mixture of pop hooks and singers wearing tight pants.

All in all, Blink-182 is a great band. Unfortunately, I don’t think the guys will be able to reclaim their places as punk rock kings.