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Playing my drums is therapy.

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Travis Barker
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 14
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Drummer
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Fontana
California
Travis Landon Barker
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All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding.
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I'm obsessed with my children.
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I want to beat the world record for the number of beats per second on a drum pad.
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Enema of the State song is kind of like a tattoo, like a moment in time, but it aged well. It's not like one that you're looking at like, Aw, God, I gotta get that s**t removed. It's something we're proud of.
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But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.
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I`ve always liked Dennis Chambers, he`s real flashy.
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My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.
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I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good.
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Bill Stevenson of The Descendants is really good, too.
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I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music.
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I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone.
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I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.
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Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.
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I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.
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Anything that has to do with rock seems to be on the decline. There's not a lot of rock stations or MTV anymore, you just go on Youtube.
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