Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American drummer and member of the rock band Blink-182. He has also worked frequently with hip-hop artists, is a member of the rap rock band Transplants, founded the rock bands +44 and Box Car Racer, and later joined Antemasque and Goldfinger. Barker worked frequently with the late DJ AM, and the two formed TRV$DJAM. Because of his celebrity, Rolling Stone dubbed him “punk’s first superstar drummer” and one of the 100 greatest drummers of all time.
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Barker worked as a trash collector in Laguna Beach after graduating from Fontana High School and joined the Fontana-based punk rock band Snot and Feeble, where he met Chad Larson. Larson later co-founded the ska-punk band the Aquabats in 1994. Barker was recruited by the band through Larson’s connection after local shows and demo tapes. Barker, who was “sleeping on a friend’s couch” and still working as a trash collector, was supposed to fill in for a few days but ended up joining the band.
The group then went into the studio with veteran producer Jim Goodwin to record The Fury of the Aquabats! Barker’s speed and accuracy meant that once his parts were recorded, he was free to go and rehearse (and sit in with other bands). With the Aquabats, he earned the moniker “Baron Von Tito,” for reasons that none of the members can recall.
