Editing Scott Raynor (section)

===Beginnings of music career===
Raynor attended [[Rancho Bernardo High School]] (RBHS).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-22 |title=Blink-182 co-founder, TV writer, journalist and Navy physician to be inducted into Titan Hall of Fame |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/10/22/blink-182-co-founder-tv-writer-journalist-and-navy-physician-to-be-inducted-into-titan-hall-of-fame/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> RBHS often arranged Battle of the Bands competitions, and Raynor participated: his band, The Necropheliacs, played a cover of Metallica's "[[Creeping Death]]".<ref name=shooman9>Shooman, 2010. pp. 9-10</ref> While at the competition, new transfer student [[Tom DeLonge]], who had been expelled from [[Poway High School]] for attending a basketball game while drunk,<ref name="shooman9"/> performed an original song titled "Who's Gonna Shave Your Back Tonight?" to a packed auditorium.<ref name="ut">{{cite news|title=With a wink to a sound that's fast, fun, Blink set to run for the tundra|author=Mikel Toombs|work=[[San Diego Union Tribune]]|date=March 30, 1995}}</ref> Raynor was introduced to DeLonge at a party by Paul Scott, founding member of The Necropheliacs, shortly before he moved out of state.<ref name="shooman9"/> The two found they had plenty in common, and DeLonge was searching for a more permanent band to create music with. The two began writing songs at Raynor's parents' home – "a strange mix of [[Heavy metal music|metal]] and [[Descendents]]-style [[punk rock|punk]]" – and tried out a variety of bass players, according to Raynor.<ref name=p12>Hoppus, 2001. p. 12</ref> 

DeLonge later met [[Mark Hoppus]] in August 1992 through friend Kerry Key and his girlfriend, Anne Hoppus.<ref name="shooman9"/> "I thought they were hilarious when I met them. I mean, I didn't have a driver's license yet, so I gained a lot of agency through hanging with them and their group of friends," said Raynor.<ref name=shooman11>Shooman, 2010. p. 11</ref> The trio began to practice in Raynor's room (amid complaints from neighbors), which was soundproofed with empty egg cartons.<ref name="p12"/><ref name="shooman11"/>
[[File:Blink-182 at the Gorilla Pit in October 1993.jpg|thumb|Blink at the Gorilla Pit in 1993]]
The trio spent time together constantly, attending punk shows and movies and playing practical jokes.<ref name="shooman11"/> The trio first operated under a variety of names, including Duck Tape and Figure 8, until DeLonge rechristened the band "Blink".<ref name=p13shoo>Shooman, 2010. pp. 13–14</ref> Hoppus' girlfriend later led him to depart from the group for a time, but he returned when Raynor and DeLonge began recording a [[Demo (music)|demo tape]] on a [[Multitrack recording|four track recorder]] with friend and collaborator Cam Jones.<ref name=p13>Hoppus, 2001. pp. 13-15</ref><ref name=shooman13>Shooman, 2010. p. 13</ref> The band soon became part of a circuit that also included the likes of [[Ten Foot Pole]] and [[Unwritten Law]], and they found their way onto the bill as the opening band for local acts at [[Soma San Diego|SOMA]], a local all-ages venue which they longed to headline. "It's difficult to describe, in words, the nauseous mix of fear and excitement that would hit me when I first started seeing lines of people wanting to hear us play," said Raynor.<ref name=shooman18>Shooman, 2010. pp. 18-19</ref>
[[File:Early Blink-182 show at the Soul Kitchen.jpg|thumb|An early Blink-182 show at the Soul Kitchen in [[El Cajon]]|left]]
The three eventually were playing concerts at local venues such as SOMA, which alerted local independent record label [[Cargo Music]].<ref name=p29>Hoppus, 2001. p. 29</ref> Hoppus was the only member to sign the contract, as DeLonge was at work at the time and Raynor was still a [[Minor (law)|minor]].<ref name=p30>Hoppus, 2001. p. 30</ref> The ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'' sessions were to be the last performance with the band for Raynor, whose family had moved to [[Reno, Nevada]]. Raynor stayed with his sister for the summer of 1993 in order to rehearse for the recording of their debut album.<ref name=shooman24>Shooman, 2010. p. 24</ref> Raynor moved to Reno following the recording and was briefly replaced by school friend Mike Krull. The band saved money and began flying Raynor out to shows, but eventually Raynor would move back to San Diego to live with Hoppus and his family.<ref name=p28>Hoppus, 2001. p. 28</ref> His parents allowed him to drop out of full-time school to move back and play with the band, but he would continue to finish his diploma by bringing homework on tour.<ref name="shooman24"/><ref name="thrash">{{cite web|url=http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Burnout/2013/Magazine_1996/November_1996/TH1196Nov1996p88-89_800t.jpg|title=Blink-182|last=Walker|first=Morgan|work=[[Thrasher (magazine)|Thrasher]]|publisher=High Speed Productions|pages=88|date=November 6, 1996|access-date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> "I think Mark and his sister Anne and I stayed up watching old TV shows until morning that whole summer," he recalled.<ref name=shooman24>Shooman, 2010. p. 24</ref>

"The summer I lived with Mark and his family was probably the greatest summer of my life so far," said Raynor in 2001. "I left home at 17, came to San Diego, we bought a van, finished our first video… I had all kinds of dreams in my head and they were all coming true."<ref name=p28>Hoppus, 2001. p. 28</ref>