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Travis Barker | |
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Barker performing at the TMobile Block Party in Columbia, South Carolina September 2008 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Travis Landon Barker |
Born | November 14, 1975 |
Origin | Fontana, California, USA |
Genres | Punk rock, pop punk, third wave ska, alternative rock, hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Musician, drummer, songwriter, producer, reality television celebrity, fashion designer |
Instruments | drums, keyboards |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Interscope, La Salle/Atlantic, Geffen, Hellcat, MCA, Golden Voice |
Associated acts | +44, Expensive Taste, Blink-182, Transplants, Box Car Racer, The Aquabats, Queens of the Stone Age, Avril Lavigne, Idiot Pilot, The Game, DJ AM |
Website | TravisBarker.com |
Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American drummer. He is better known for being in the band Blink-182. He is also the drummer for +44 and has several side projects such as Box Car Racer, Transplants and Expensive Taste.
Plane crash
Just before midnight on September 19, 2008, Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein were involved in a plane crash. Barker and Goldstein survived but the pilot, Sarah Lemmon, the co-pilot, James Bland, Chris Baker and security guard, Charles "Che" Still all died in the crash. Barker suffered both second and third degree burns that covered around 1/3 of his body.[1]
References
- ↑ "Crew in crash died of burns, smoke inhalation". Today. http://www.today.com/id/26803108#.VFNb4_nF91Y. Retrieved 2014-10-31.