Cheshire Cat is the debut
studio album by the 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.