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Also known as Travis Landon Barker

American drummer

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Travis Landon Barker is an American drummer, record producer, songwriter, and musician. Born on November 14, 1975, in Fontana, California, he has been active in the music industry since 1993. Barker is a member of the bands Blink-182, Transplants, The Aquabats, and Box Car Racer. His musical work spans genres including pop-punk, hip-hop, pop music, and electronic music. He plays the drum kit and percussion instruments.

Barker has been married to Shanna Moakler and Kourtney Kardashian. He identifies as a vegan and speaks English. In addition to his musical career, he is listed as an author with works such as the Innovate Vancouver Franchise Operations Manual and a WIKI-Books Guide to PIZZA MAKING.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
15

Top works

  • Innovate Vancouver Franchise Operations Manual
  • Systems Thinking Approach to Leadership Innovation
  • WIKI-Books Guide to PIZZA MAKING
  • Positive Behavior Support Pocket Guide
  • Meal Planning for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

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Film & TV

Acting · Fontana, California, USA

Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is a an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has also performed as a frequent collaborator with hip hop artists, is a member of the rap rock group Transplants, founded the rock bands +44 and Box Car Racer, and most recently joined Antemasque and Goldfinger. He was a frequent…

Known for

  • Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear — Self2026
  • FireAid Benefit Concert — Self2025
  • Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2025
  • What Drives You with John Cena — Self2025
  • blink-182: Live at Lollapalooza — Himself2024
  • Blink-182 - Lollapalooza 2024 — Drums2024
  • blink-182: Live at ACL Festival — Self2024
  • Blink-182 - Live at Lollapalooza Brazil 2024 — Self2024
  • Blink 182 Live at Reading and Leeds Festival — Self2024
  • 'Til Death Do Us Part Kourtney & Travis — Self2023

via TMDB

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
271,361
Total plays
2,592,278

Tags

drumsrockhip hopalternativeHip-Hop

Travis Landon Barker, (born November 14, 1975), is the current drummer for San Diego-based blink-182 and +44. Travis has also played drums for Box Car Racer, Transplants, The Aquabats (as Baron Von Tito) and is 1/3 in hiphop group Expensive Taste with Transplants bandmate Rob Aston. He also was half of TRV$DJAM before DJ AM's death. According to Songfacts, Barker released his first solo album, Give The Drummer Some on March 15, 2011. The title was <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Travis+Bark

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Key facts

Born
Travis Landon Barker , ( 1975-11-14 ) November 14, 1975 (age 50) , Fontana, California , U.S.
Other names
The Baron von Tito Bones Clarence
Occupations
Musician songwriter record producer
Years active
1993–present
Television
Meet the Barkers
Spouses
Melissa Kennedy ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) ​ Shanna Moakler ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 ) ​ Kourtney Kardashian , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 ) ​
Children
3, including Landon
Family
Kardashian (by marriage)
Awards
Full list
Genres
Pop-punk punk rock skate punk alternative rock hip-hop
Instruments
Drums percussion
Labels
DGC Interscope LaSalle Atlantic Geffen Hellcat MCA Golden Voice DTA Goliath Artists
Member of
Blink-182 Transplants
Formerly of
The Aquabats Box Car Racer +44 Expensive Taste TRV$DJAM Antemasque Goldfinger
Website
travisbarker .com

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and music producer who is the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has collaborated with hip-hop artists, is a member of the rap rock group Transplants, co-founded the rock band +44, and has also joined Box Car Racer, Antemasque and Goldfinger. Barker was a frequent collaborator with the late DJ AM, with whom he formed the duo TRV$DJAM. Due to his fame, Rolling Stone referred to him as "punk's first superstar drummer", as well as one of the 100 greatest drummers of all time.

Born in Fontana, California, Barker began drumming at an early age. He began playing for the Aquabats in 1996, but left to join Blink-182 in 1998, which encountered mainstream success with Enema of the State (1999). Barker established himself as a versatile drummer, producing and making guest appearances in music projects of numerous music genres including hip hop, alternative rock, pop, and country. He also starred in an MTV reality series named Meet the Barkers. He survived a plane crash in 2008, and after he recovered he released his debut solo album, Give the Drummer Some, in 2011. He has continued to work with rappers, releasing extended plays with Yelawolf, Asher Roth, and Nottz, as well as with Blink-182 and the Transplants.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Travis Barker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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