In my opinion, Tom Delonge is a very talented artist and song writer. With songs like Rite of Spring, The Adventure and more it has been proven to me that he is a lyrical genus. Tom grew up in California with nothing but a guitar. and grew from a nobody to having his own band Blink 182 with Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker. after Blinks split in early 2000s Tom decided to concentrate on two new bands Box Car Racer and Angels and Airwaves. when he started his work with AVA it was obvious that this is what he was meant to do, first album "We Don't Need to Whisper" was a major hit and showed a completely different side of Tom that no one has seen before. This style of music was nothing like Blinks or Box Car Racer. and the things he wrote about we very deep and can make the listener deep think about certain topics.Tom himself is a very unique individual and has continued to shock his listeners with his lyrics.