| Travis Barker | |
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| Birth Name | Travis Landon Barker |
| Born | 11/14/1975 |
| Origin | Fontana, California, United States |
| Genre | Punk rock, pop punk, skate punk,progressive rock, alternative rock, rap rock, hip hop, rap metal |
| Occupation | Musician, songwriter, drummer, producer |
| Instrument | Drums, percussion, guitar, bass, synthesizers |
| Status | 1993–present |
| Associated Acts | Blink-182,+44, Box Car Racer, The Transplants, TRV$DJAM, Expensive Taste, The Aquabats |
Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American musician, most noted as the drummer for the band Blink-182, as well as +44, the band The Transplants, and the band Box Car Racer. He was a frequent collaborator with the late DJ AM, and together they formed TRV$DJAM.
After the split of his first band, Feeble, Barker began playing for The Aquabats in 1996 as The Baron Von Tito. He recorded one album with them, The Fury of The Aquabats!, in 1997. His career took off when he joined up with pop punk band Blink-182 in 1998. Barker has since established himself as a versatile drummer, producing and making guest appearances in music projects of numerous music genres including hip hop, alternative rock, pop and country. He has gained significant acceptance within the hip-hop community in particular and often collaborates with artists to compose rock-tinged remixes to their songs.
He founded clothing company Famous Stars and Straps in 1999 and LaSalle Records in 2004. Companies such as DC Shoes and Zildjian cymbals have co-designed products in his name.
Barker collaborated with many artists outside of blink-182 such as Machine Gun Kelly, YUNGBLUD, Avril Lavigne, KennyHoopla, and many more.
Collaborations[]
Remixes of Pop Songs (2007-2018)[]
Note: More may come out soon, these are all I could find for now. You may edit the subheading if necessary.
In 2007, Travis did a remix of Rihanna & JAY-Z's Umbrella. In further years, he did remixes of 3 a.m. by Eminem, Crank That (Soulja Boy) by Soulja Boy, Hammer by nothing,nowhere. and more.
Give The Drummer Some (2011)[]
Give The Drummer Some is the first solo album by Travis Barker and it was with with many other artists outside blink-182 as stated above. In 2011, he made an album with many other artists such as Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, Pharrell Williams, Kid Cudi and more.
More Collaborations (2019-present)[]
In 2019, Travis did an EP with $uicideboy$ called Live Fast, Die Whenever. Earlier that year, he did a song with YUNGBLUD and Halsey called 11 Minutes. In June, he did his first collaboration with Machine Gun Kelly, and second with YUNGBLUD, for a song called I Think I'm OKAY from MGK's Hotel Diablo.
In 2020, he did a full-length album with Machine Gun Kelly called "Tickets To My Downfall" including bloody valentine, my ex's best friend, concert for aliens, including a cover of Paramore's Misery Business (SOLD OUT Deluxe). He did another collaboration with YUNGBLUD & Machine Gun Kelly for a song called "acting like that" for YUNGBLUD's weird! album. He also did a song with Iann Dior & Machine Gun Kelly called Sick & Tired from I'm Gone.
In 2021, he did multiple collabs with Machine Gun Kelly (DAYWALKER (with Corpse Husband) love race, A Girl Like You, and papercuts (single version)), a full album with KennyHoopla called SURVIVOR'S GUILT: THE MIXTAPE (including: estella//, and hollywood sucks//), and another album with Willow Smith called lately I feel EVERYTHING (including: t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l, and G R O W (with Avril Lavigne). He also did PILL BREAKER with Trippie Redd and Don't Freak Out with LILHUDDY, Iann Dior & Tyson Ritter. Then, he did Bite Me with Avril Lavigne, the first single from Love Sux.
In 2022, Travis did many more collaborations: Avril Lavigne's Love Sux (including: Bite Me, Love It When You Hate Me, and Bois Lie (with Machine Gun Kelly)), Machine Gun Kelly's 2nd pop-punk album: mainstream sellout (including: papercuts, emo girl (with WILLOW), ay! (with Lil Wayne), maybe (with Bring Me The Horizon), make up sex (with blackbear), more than life (with glaive) (life in pink deluxe), and 9 lives (life in pink deluxe)), some songs from on to better things by Iann Dior (including: obvious, thought it was, and hopeless romantic), and many more.