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
We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened.
Then I tried out for the Fontana High School drum line, in Riverside, and I did really well. I got second chair, and played snare in that drum line for three years.
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.
I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good.
I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.
But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.
I practice every day, I warm up before I play.
I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.
I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.
I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.
We didn't hold ourselves to a standard that said we needed a certain type of song because that's the type we had on the last album.
I think last season was awesome, but this one is even crazier, ... You have no idea.
We've talked about working with Danger Mouse for the new Plus-44 record,
Volunteering is the last thing that this generation is going to do on their own, ... so if this is what it takes to get them to volunteer, then so be it.