November 9, 2006cool article on Travis' career, including +44
Travis Barker is quickly becoming one of the
more influential musicians on the Rock scene today. Travis began
studying drums and taking lessons at the age of four. He studied with a
jazz teacher and was exposed to many different styles of music. While
in High School, Travis played in the jazz ensemble and marching band.
He subsequently gained much experience performing at regional
competitions and festivals. His senior year, Travis passed up drum
corps tryouts for touring with a rock band. He gained more experience
as a rock drummer in a few early bands such as Feeble, The Suicide
Machines, and The Aquabats.
In 1998, Travis replaced Blink 182's first drummer and came to the band’s rescue at one show by learning over twenty songs in just a few hours and performing with them later that evening. Travis quickly became a much respected and popular member of the band and solidified his position as the timekeeper with his professional attitude, rhythmic skills and talent. Blink-182 won a Teen Choice Award, a Blockbuster Music Award, and appeared on the MTV Awards 2000 where they performed "All The Small Things" and won Best Group Video. In Europe, they received an MTV Europe Award for Best New Act. They have performed on Saturday Night Live and the Tonight Show (twice), appeared in the hit movie American Pie and opened the Billboard Music Awards. The band has also graced the covers of Rolling Stone, Alternative Press (twice) and Teen People. At this point, Blink-182 is a worldwide phenomenon, with their recordings reaping multi-platinum status and their concert tours selling out everywhere. The band's popularity has only increased since their formation in '93. In 1994 they released their first full-length album, Cheshire Cat, on Grilled Cheese (a division of Cargo Music). In 1996, they signed a joint-venture record deal with Cargo Music and MCA Records, with their first MCA release Dude Ranch (1997) setting the stage for their current success. By the end of 1998, they had emerged as one of the most popular pop-punk bands of the year. Worldwide sales of Enema of the State are now over seven million copies, not to mention the fact that the album has been on Billboard's Top 200 for over a year. The album's three singles, "What's My Age Again," "All The Small Things" and "Adam's Song" have dominated MTV, alternative, rock and Top-40 radio. Travis will be on tour in support of Blink’s latest release and follow-up to "Enema of The State", "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket". Box Car Racer, Barker's collaboration with Blink bandmate Tom DeLonge, David Kennedy and Anthony Celestino, filmed their second video recently with director Alexander Kostas (Filter, Andrew W.K.). April 7, 2005 Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker of Blink 182 have started a new group named Plus 44, which features vocals from Carol Heller of Get The Girl. The band are aiming to have a record released this year, with Hoppus telling MTV: "It's very exciting, like a breath of fresh air. It's all very electronic right now. We have a girl singing… she and I are trading off vocals.” Barker also commented: "If Blink was the daytime, Plus 44 is the night time. It's such a departure from Blink, but it's amazing. I play all the drums, but they're electronic drums, plus I play piano and keyboard on it. And I've been making beats for it... I am just going to keep working on stuff. Everything's A-plus." Blink 182 announced that they were to go on indefinite hiatus in February, citing a desire to spend more time with their families, however rumours surfaced that the trio had in fact fallen out. Related Groups:
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+44 articleTravis Barker's Plus-44 LP On Schedule, But Not On The Clock Plus-44's Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus (file) There's some good news and some bad news about Plus-44, the electronic-tinged side project of former Blink-182 compadres Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker.Photo: Getty Images First, the bad news: Despite Internet rumors, Plus-44's debut album won't be hitting stores in January, according to the band's management. The good news? Well, just like Barker told MTV News back in May, the Plus album will see the light of day next summer, which to rabid Blink fans isn't really good news at all. Sorry about that. "We'll get back to writing Plus-44 songs sometime in October. That's when I have a couple of weeks off before I leave on the Pennywise tour" Barker told MTV News. "In the meantime, Mark and Carol [Heller, Plus-44's female vocalist] have been writing, and I'll just kind of join back up with them here or there. And then for sure we'll work hard on it for a couple of months starting in February." The rumors of a January release for Plus' album started over the weekend on Blink fan sites, as many pointed to a mysterious clock posted on RestingBird.com, the Web site of the film production company that helmed Blink's 2003 tour documentary, "Riding in Vans With Boys." The clock was counting down months, days, hours, minutes and seconds, and was scheduled to hit zero sometime around January 16, a date which (for reasons not exactly clear) many Blink faithful seemed to believe marked the release of Plus-44's debut album. "It's got nothing to do with Blink or Plus-44 or Travis Barker or anything like that," Resting Bird's Sam Yago said. "It's something completely different. I can't tell you what exactly it is, but it's something wonderful." We'll take your word for it, dude. So, without a new Plus album around the corner, what can Blink fans look forward to? How about a performance from yet another Barker side project, a drums-and-DJ collaboration with the future Mr. Nicole Richie, DJ AM (which Barker said could happen sometime in the fall. "I have 10 days off between the Warped Tour end and the beginning of the European festivals, so there's talk about doing a show with AM in Los Angeles before I leave. So it never ends," he sighed. "And I've got a shoe coming out with DC in fall, so if we don't play that week, we're going to play the release party for my shoes, which is in August or November or something. I don't really know. I've got so much going right now, I forget." If Barker seems a bit foggy-headed, you can't really blame him. In addition to his many side projects, he's got an even bigger production on the horizon: The birth of his second child with wife Shanna Moakler. And, not surprisingly, it's got him more excited than anything else on his schedule. "I've got a little girl coming — I just found out, and she's going to be coming Christmas Eve. Shanna has a C-section [planned], so we can pick 10 days before or after a [target] date, so we're shooting for Christmas Eve," Barker said. "We're leaning toward calling her Tallulah, Tallulah Lynne Barker. My middle name is Landon, so she'll have the same initials as me. I can't wait." Related Groups:
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March 30, 2006A7x's new song...
I heard a rumor they were recording a cover of a pantera song...
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