Claim: Blink-182 released an album.

Cheshire Cat is the debut studio album by American rock band Blink-182 . Recorded at Westbeach Recorders in Los Angeles and produced by Otis Barthoulameu and the band themselves , the album was released on February 17 , 1995 through local independent record label Cargo Music . The trio , composed of guitarist Tom DeLonge , bassist Mark Hoppus , and drummer Scott Raynor , formed in 1992 and recorded three demos that impressed the San Diego-based Cargo . In addition , their reputation as an irreverent local live act at venues such as SOMA alerted the label , which was trying to expand into different genres .   Cargo were still not in a position to offer more than a few days ' worth of finances to record the album , and so the band recorded under financial constraints at Westbeach . Ten Foot Pole member Steve Kravac engineered the recording and advised the trio to record additional overdubs . As such , the band spent an additional week re-recording several tracks at Santee , California 's Doubletime Studios . The record was originally released with the band 's name as Blink , until an Irish band of the same name threatened legal action , after which the band appended '' -182 '' to the end of their name .   Released during the breakthrough year for punk rock in California , the album brought the band great success in and outside of the San Diego skate punk scene . `` M+M 's '' and `` Wasting Time '' were released as singles to promote the album , and received popularity locally through radio play . The band toured in support of the album vigorously , most notably on the GoodTimes Tour of 1995 , which brought them outside of California for the first time . Cheshire Cat is cited by bands and fans as an iconic release and has sold in excess of 250,000 copies as of 2001 .