The population of Fontana, a small city in California, is only more than 200,000, which is equivalent to the population size of Inner Mongolia's Chayouqian Banner. This place featured a talented drummer, Travis Barker, who was named one of the 100 best drummers of all time by the authoritative press.
Travis was a Mohawk, a tribe historically known as cannibals by their enemies. Although Buck is an American native, their family is not rich, that is, they are barely living.
In 1975, the Buck family had a son, but the family was not excited. After all, the two girls were already worried enough to have another son. The father was a mechanical repairman, and the mother occasionally helped people see the children, and life was quite difficult.
Despite this, the family gritted their teeth and enrolled Travis in an interest class when he was 5 years old, and learned to play drums with a local musician, a teacher who, although not very good, was involved in a variety of styles and was very attentive to Travis.
When the family saw that this child was so talented in music, they simply bit their teeth and bit their hearts, trumpets, pianos, and oratorios, completely following the direction of the all-round musician, and almost made an American version of Li Ronghao. Of course, as far as the drumming profession is concerned, Li Ronghao cannot be compared with Travis.
Later, when Travis recalled his experiences as a teenager, he said that although he had learned a lot, only the drum could best express himself.
The day before Travis went to high school, his mother fell ill and died. My mother's biggest dream was that he could become a real rocker and become a drummer in the band. At the time, he was 16 years old and had no choice but to be strong.
With his mother's long-cherished wishes, Travis participated in various local music competitions, won many awards, and became a little celebrity in the local area, whether it was snare drums or jazz drums, whether it was hip-hop or punk, he picked up the stick and banged it.
After graduating from high school, Travis began earning a living in Laguna Beach, filling in various bands as a freelancer. By chance, he became acquainted with Chad Larson, a fellow of Fontana. In 1994, Larson co-founded the Scapunk band the Aquabats, which Travis joined, but he got used to the free life and occasionally had the opportunity to go to other bands.
In 1997, the Aquabats released the album The Fury of the Aquabats!, which took the band to the next level, giving them the opportunity to tour the nation with the San Diego band Blink-182.
In February 1998, Blink-182 drummer Scott Raynor suddenly ran away on the way to tour, and the two teammates were very annoyed and had no choice but to ask Travis to make a cameo. Travis was also very busy at the time, and there was no time to practice with them. As a result, he completed 20 songs in 45 minutes and gave a perfect performance, which became a good story in the history of the band.
After the return of drummer Raynor, DeLonge and Hopps thought of a drunken reason to expel him from the band, and Travis joined Blink-182.
The addition of Travis was a great victory for the Blink-182 band and for himself. In 1999, they released the album Enema of the State, in which one of the songs, "All the Small Things," reached number six on the Billboard HOT 100 charts. With the album selling more than 15 million copies, Blink-182 became a major force in poppunk bands.
Travis accidentally made a lot of money, and he took the opportunity to create his own clothing brand Stars & Straps, while also making a girlfriend and raising a dog.
"Four years ago, I couldn't feed myself, and now I buy art, drive Cadillacs, and buy a dog." What's more, he started dating the beautiful Melissa Kennedy, and that was the really wonderful feeling.
Travis bought another studio and opened a brand store. Because Travis loves tattoos, he has such elements in the design of his clothing Stars & Straps, which are sold all over the country through online stores. He also started teaching drumming lessons, hoping to help more people who like to play drums.
In 2001, Blink-182's second album, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, was even more popular, topping the Billboard 200 chart.
This year, Travis was overjoyed and married his girlfriend Melissa Kennedy. Unfortunately, the marriage lasted only nine months.
Frustrated, Travis' musical career was still in full swing, and in 2002 he was invited to join the rap and rock group Transplants. In this group, he showed even greater strength, and the famous music magazine Rolling Stone called him "the first superstar drummer of punk rock".
After that, Travis began working with more rappers, including Bragging Daddy. His Cadillacs are also increasing.
Blink-182's 5th album marked their maturation, and just before the album was released, Travis's girlfriend Shanna Moakler bore him a son. Shanna, a Miss America in 1995, began her modeling career at the age of 15 and became Playboy's partner of the month in December 2001.
Shanna's love story is complex, having a daughter for BWAA's 1995 Boxer of the Year Oscar de La Joa before giving birth to a son for Travis. Travis was also very nice to this stepdaughter.
Travis and Miss America, after a long period of shared silkiness, decided to drive with a license. On October 30, 2004, the two officially registered their marriage.
After getting married, the two embarked on a reality show, Meet the Bucks, which aired on MTV, documenting the daily life of the Travis family, a Blink-182 tour, and the latest Transformers album.
At the end of 2005, Travis added another son, his business was thriving, and he collaborated with more and more musicians, including Bun B and T.I.
In August 2006, Travis and Shanna announced their divorce on their blog at the same time, a marriage that had been less than two years old. After that, the news in the tabloids flew all over the place, saying that the two had an affair, saying that they had noses and eyes, but neither of them responded.
After the divorce, Travis frequently went to various nightclubs. He was also photographed with Paris Hilton. Travis said he just felt guilty about not being able to give his children a complete home, so he went to drink to relieve his worries.
Travis hobbies eventually developed into alcohol dependence. During a video shoot, he actually broke his arm. He has since finished the tour with one arm. A drummer with an arm, it's unbelievable to think of.
It's too late, it's fast, and it's 2008. The people of the world are immersed in the joy of the Beijing Olympics. Less than a month after the Olympics, Travis was tasked with performing and set off in a private jet. Travis had always been afraid to fly, and when he was a teenager he thought he was going to die in an air crash.
The plane suddenly caught fire before taking off, the pilot found that one of the tires of the plane had fallen off, the emergency contact command room stopped flying, the command room had not yet issued a command, and saw the plane rush out of the airport, cross a high-speed channel, and become a pile of garbage. The two pilots and two of Travis's assistants all died, and Travis and DJ AM picked up a life and came back.
When Travis landed, his feet were on fire, and DJ AM helped him extinguish the fire, otherwise his feet would have been confessed. Less than a year after the fact, DJ AM overdose.
Travis had 16 wounds all over his body, and the pain was unbearable. He told his friends who visited him that he would give him $1 million whoever ended his life. Travis spent 11 weeks in the hospital and recovered almost completely.
Before taking off, he also invited his ex-wife Shanna to go with him, and Shanna escaped by taking care of the children.
Travis was originally a vegetarian, but in order to treat burned skin, he began to eat meat in large gulps. After the skin recovered, he became a vegetarian again. In November 2008, Travis returned to the studio, picked up the drum stick again, and the drummer was reborn.
In early 2009, the reborn Travis and Shanna resumed their frontier, but the renewed passion lasted less than 3 months before it was extinguished. The love reshuffle failed, but the band regrouped successfully, and Blink-182 officially returned in the Grammys in 2009.
The plane crash changed Travis into a different person, he started running and swimming, he also got rid of alcohol dependence, and his lifestyle was much healthier than ever. His music is still passionate.
After their divorce, Travis and Shanna shared a home in Los Angeles that they reserved for spending time with their children. At the end of 2014, the two were taken away by the police for punching and kicking each other in this house, and the two sides finally held hands.
In 2015, Travis's autobiography "Can I Say It," was published, in which people found that his life was more sinister than a novel.
In 2016, Travis and Shanna agreed to raise their children together. Travis's collaborations with musicians have further increased, including Kanye and Gunye. After meeting Kanye, Travis also got to know his former lover Kim Kardashian and even all the Kardashian sisters.
During the 2020 pandemic, Shanna revealed to the media that she and Travis, along with their children, were quarantined together. The two children have a very good relationship with Courtney Kardashian's three children, they often play together, and the two children even appear on the reality TV show "Walking with Kardashian".
Not only the children went along, but later the adults also went along. In 2021, Travis and Kardashian big sister Courtney behave intimately together. Although they have been divorced for a long time, it is inevitable that they will often rub together because they raise their children together, especially during the epidemic quarantine.
Shanna has actually been dating another boyfriend, model Matthew Rondeau. The 28-year-old Xiao Xian meat is 18 years younger than Shanna, who often posts photos of Miss America on social media, and the 46-year-old Shanna's charm does not diminish that year.
Shanna sought to sabotage Travis's love affair with Courtney, and she even said that Kim Kardashian and Travis had an affair before Courtney. Kim, who is divorcing Kanye, responds very decisively when she hears the news, saying that Shanna is blind, but she and Travis have indeed been friends for many years.
Courtney seems to be getting more and more fond of the rock 'n' roll cannon, and even her dress style has become punk.