世界级朋克鼓王--Travis Barker 　　Travis Barker正在迅速成为今日摇滚舞台上最具影响力的鼓手之一.Travis4岁开始读书并学习鼓.跟随一个爵士老师学习,接触了许多不同类型的音乐.高中的时候,Travis Barker参加了学校的爵士乐队并在行进乐队里做小军鼓鼓手.以后,在许多地区性的音乐节和比赛中,他积累了很多演出经验.毕业班那一年,Travis Barker放弃了作为校乐团鼓手的位子,并尝试参加了一支摇滚乐队的巡演.在早期参加过的一些乐队,象Feeble,自杀机器还有The Aquabats里,作为一个摇滚乐鼓手,Travis Barker得到了更多的经验. 1998年,Blink-182乐队的鼓手退出了乐队之后,乐队有场演出,在某天的下午,这个时候 Travis Barker花了几个小时学了乐队的20首歌并在当天的晚些时候与乐队一起参加了演出,这样Travis Barker接替了Blink-182的第一任鼓手,并拯救了Blink-182.很快，Travis Barker就成为乐队里很受欢迎和尊敬的成员,并且,凭借他职业的态度,技术和天分,巩固了自己的地位. 2000年,Blink-182获得了一个Teen Choice Award,一个Blockbuster Music Award,并且在2000年的MTV颁奖上获得了"最佳乐队视频"奖,还在现场表演了他们的一首歌"All the Small Things".在欧洲,他们获得了MTV欧洲奖颁发的"最佳新人奖".他们还在Saturday Night Live和Tonight Show上演出过,参加了热门电影"美国派"的拍摄,还获得了Billboard音乐奖提名. Blink-182还光临过"滚石","另类刊物"和"青年人"等杂志的封面.现在,Blink-182已经成为一个世界性的现象,凭借着他们多白金的唱片销量和各地的巡回演出.乐队自从1993年组建以来就一直在走红. 1994年乐队发行了他们的第一张专辑,Cheshire Cat,在Cargo Music公司的子公司Grilled Cheese公司.1996年,乐队与MCA Records和Cargo Music签定了一个双重风险的唱片和约,由于乐队之前在MCA Records发行的第一张唱片"Dude Ranch"让他们取得现在的成功.1998年底,Blink-182已经成为当年最受欢迎的流行朋克乐队之一. 乐队专辑Enema of the State世界范围的销量已经超过700万张,并且在Billboard排行前200内停留超过了1年.专辑里的3首单曲"What's My Age Again,"All The Small Things"和"Adam's Song"已经统治了MTV电台的,另类,摇滚和Top-40三个频道. Travis Barker将要为乐队的新专辑"脱掉你的裤子和夹克"的宣传做巡回演出了.现在,新专辑已经被证明将会成为热门唱片并无疑将在排行榜上停留一些时间.巡演结束回家后,Travis Barker还要继续繁重的教学日程,有差不多40个学生.他对此感到非常高兴,并且希望以后能有更多的时间投入到教学上来.Travis Barker还创立了自己的服装/饰物连锁店"Famous Stars and Straps" "由于不同的原因,我爱我乐队的每个人.那感觉很特别.就象是有三个女朋友."----Travis Barker

Before rising to the forefront of late-'90s punk-pop with blink-182, drummer Travis Barker honed his chops with the Suicide Machinesand the Aquabats. Born in 1975 in Fontana, CA, Barker was urged to pursue his musical talents by his mother, who died the day before he entered high school. Barker followed her advice and eventually worked his way onto the touring roster of the Aquabats, who shared a number of tour dates with up-and-coming headliners blink-182. When blink's original drummer departed in 1998, Barker permanently joined the lineup, remaining with the highly successful band until its demise in 2005. Barker continued to work with Mark Hoppus in the band +44while pursuing other ventures, including a hip-hop project withRancid's Tim Armstrong and a reality show for MTV. He also released a number of remixes in 2007, putting his personal percussive stamp on Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Soulja Boy Tell Em's "Crank That."