blink182 and "The Simpsons"...
06/04/2002Anyone
even remotely familiar with blink182 knows they're one of the most animated
bands in rock, and soon their funny fodder will be drawn from a place where
groups such as Aerosmith, the Who, Spinal Tap and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
have once touched down: Springfield.
blink182 recorded their voice parts for the 300th episode of the animated
Fox series on Wednesday, according to a network spokesperson. Skateboarding
legend Tony Hawk is also set to appear in the same tricentennial show and
will tape his vocals Monday.
In the episode, scheduled for broadcast in February, Bart learns that he
had acted in commercials as a baby and that Homer has squandered all his
money. Frustrated, Bart leaves home after being legally emancipated from
his parents and lands in a loft, where the show's guest stars are also living.
Somehow the whole troupe winds up at the Skewed Tour, a parody of the rock-meets-extreme-sports
festival the Warped Tour.
A script for the program was finished a few weeks ago and the voiceovers
are being recorded now, the spokesperson said. Once completed, the process
hits the animation stage, which usually takes six to nine months to complete.