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 want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.
In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally.
It seems like I have more in common - or hit it off better - with rappers than fools that are in rock music. It was always natural for me.
Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy.
Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing a bunch of things. I'll do cardio for an hour or an hour-and-a-half and weights, just light weights.
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.
I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.
My chops are still up, even though I`m not still in high school.
I'm obsessed with my children.
I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music.
I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.
All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding.
I've always loved playing in bands where there's like three or four people and we're all throwing out ideas and coming together to make an album.
I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself,