Travis Barker
Travis Barker
Travis Landon Barkeris an American musician and producer, and the drummer for the American rock band Blink-182. Barker has also performed as a frequent collaborator with hip-hop artists, and with the alternative rock band +44, the rap rock group the Transplants, the alternative rock band Box Car Racer, and most recently with Antemasque. He was a frequent collaborator with the late DJ AM, and together they formed TRV$DJAM...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth14 November 1975
CityFontana, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I listen to everything from jazz to reggae to heavy metal and I kind of combine everything to make something different
I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have to tell them what to do. This time I`m just going to fly them out and let them hang. It`s all good.
I was playing with the Aquabats, and then I quit to join a band called Suicide Machine in Detroit.
I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them.
I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways.
Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.
In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally.
My chops are still up, even though I`m not still in high school.
On tour, you never have a home, you don`t get used to anything, and you`re always super busy.
I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.
If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us.
In the hospital, I promised myself that I ever walked again, that I would eat well and swim every day.
The whole time after you record an album, you're just waiting for the release date. You're waiting for fans to hear it and stuff.
We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs.