*Travis Barker* Name: Travis Landen Barker
Instrument: drums
Birth Date: November 14th, 1975
Short biography:
Travis grew up in a rather bad section of Fontana, California. There he lived with his dad, a machinist named Randy, & his mom, Gloria, who babysat local kids in her own home. One fateful day, right before Travis began high school, his mother died of cancer, having only been diagnosed with it three months earlier. Needless to say, Travis was devastated. Up until that point, his mom did everything for him; in fact, she was the one that started him playing the drums at the tender age of 4. Travis's mother told him on her deathbed to "Keep playing music, & go for your dreams." So Travis went on to finish high school & start his music career. He has played with many great punk bands, most notably the Aquabats, in which he went under the alias, "Baron Von Tito". Travis joined blink-182 in 1998 after former drummer, Scott Raynor, called it quits. Although he is not as outwardly silly as Mark or Tom, he's still one of the guys, as he sits quietly on his throne behind those loud, bangy things. Travis currently hails from Riverside, CA. And he is now engaged to his girlfriend Melissa.