Travis Barker Through the Years

Travis Landon Barker was born Nov. 14, 1975 and has discovered fame not solely because the drummer in Blink-182, however with quite a lot of different initiatives and likewise as a producer .

Born to Randy and Gloria Barker in Fontana, Calif., Travis is the youngest of three youngsters, and the one boy.  His mother gave younger Travis his first drum equipment at 4-years-old and he began classes at 5.  He had that very same equipment till he was 15.  Sadly, Gloria Barker died as Travis was starting highschool.  Earlier than she handed, she advised him to maintain enjoying music and comply with his goals. Clearly, he took her recommendation.

Barker’s first band was the ska-punk Aquabats which he joined in 1994. The Aquabats toured with San Diego-based Blink-182 in ’97.  Blink’s Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge had been impressed by Barker and when Blink’s drummer at-the-time, Scott Raynor, stated he was going to go away the band, they enlisted Barker to fill in.  As legend has it, Barker discovered 20 songs in 45 minutes and performed completely.

Barker’s first album with the band was Enema of the State (howdy nurse!), and it shot Blink-182 to stardom, cementing them as pop-punk icons. Ultimately, they might promote over 13 million albums in the USA, and 50 million worldwide.

Success has allowed Barker to pursue plenty of initiatives.  He began a clothing company, a music label and acquired a fish-taco franchise too. The drummer additionally delved into different musical initiatives. He is performed with DeLonge’s Box Car Racer, the Transplants with Rancid’s Tim Armstrong, and +44 with Hoppus, in addition to many different drumming stints and visitor turns with different bands, singers and rappers.

Tragedy struck in 2008. Barker and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein) shaped a stay partnership the place AM would combine songs and Barker would play stay drums. On their method again from a gig, the personal aircraft crashed on take-off and Barker suffered in depth burns.  He spent greater than 11 weeks in hospitals, totaling 16 surgical procedures together with blood transfusions and pores and skin grafts.

Barker has made many adjustments because the accident.  He is gone utterly vegan, ended his dependency on painkillers, and runs and swims each day.  All of the whereas remaining prolific as a famous person drummer. And in 2021, the drummer flew for the primary time since his aircraft crash, crediting Kourtney Kardashian with with the ability to take that step.

Let’s check out Travis’ life by means of the years as we want him a contented birthday.