Why Travis Barker is an Admirable Person
One of the people that I admire is Travis Barker. Travis Barker is a drummer in the band
blink-182. Although he may be famous, he acts like a normal guy you see every day. Most people
think of someone who is famous as being egotistical, stuck up and think they are better than
everyone else in the world. Travis basically proves all of those opinions wrong and makes you
realize that although some famous people may be that way, not everyone is.
Travis is a very talented drummer and takes his work seriously. Travis wasn’t the original
drummer for blink-182. The original drummer wasn’t able to make it to a concert because of
family reasons and the other two members asked their best friend, Travis, to fill in even though he didn’t know how to play any of their songs. Even though it was only an hour before the show
when they asked him to fill in, Travis didn’t want to let them down so he said he would learn
every song and perform with them. They didn’t want the audience to hear Travis learning how to
play the songs so they found two sticks and that was what he used to practice with. An hour later,
Travis went on stage and performed with the other two guys in blink-182 and amazed the crowd
as well as his two best friends. When the original drummer said he wanted to go to school and
was leaving the band, they asked Travis to take over since he had amazed the crowd with his
awesome ability to play the drums.
Travis doesn’t only play the drums, he also teaches drum lessons. Travis visits his home in San Diego, CA often and while he is there he gives young children who don’t have much money,
if any, drum lessons. He says he loves working with young kids especially since he knows they
don’t have a lot of money. He says this is his way of giving something back to his
hometown. Travis also likes to think that even though these kids families may not ever have much money, they may be able to become a drummer one day and earn some money.
Even though Travis is well-known, he hasn’t let this affect his life. When people stop him
to say “You’re Travis Barker from blink-182”, he acts like you see someone from blink-182
After the long wait to get in you found your seat and waited for the group who was first. You would figure that know one would be doing any drugs due to the search before you got in there, but I was wrong not even ten minutes before the show you could smell the pot in the air. That was one of the few things wrong with this wild and crazy concert. After it was over that was all you smelled like and you were feeling the contact buzz as it felt like things were moving in slow motion.
them. He talks about what it was like living with them and how the different bands interacted
Prior to the concert I had been somewhat familiar with all three bands' music. I
music so they left the band and devoted their time to writing and the band,
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We got to the Murray about twenty minutes before the concert started. So we headed in to find our seats and wait for the opening band to come out and perform. At about five after eight, the lights went out and it was time for the concert to start. Two guys came out on stage and started to sing. The two guys called themselves Core Project. I thought that this band was pretty awful. I could not understand one word they said the entire time they were on the stage. They just tried to be like every other band to come out right now. They didn’t offer anything different or unique. I must not have been the only one that thought they were bad because there were many people booing and yelling out “you suck” while they where on stage. After about a twenty minute performance they left the stage and another band came out to perform.
This shows that this is him and who he really is. People following his beliefs because he treated people equally and judged people equally. This is a big difference from him and other hip-hop artists.
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If they knew him like I do, they'd realize that Travis is an individual with an incredibly sweet personality and a tough out look on the world.
...ing they can do the same thing, most of us aren’t as lucky I would say as they are. Some musicians actually talk about necessary things and influence others in a
After 15 minutes people were starting to get frustrated because nothing was happening. It is a good thing. Suddenly there was activity onstage and the lights dimmed. the first support band, Slam Cartel, came on. The mosh pit went wild.
Without warning, the lights went dark. This was the moment I had been waiting for. My adrenaline went through the roof. The time had finally come that I would get to see and hear my first live concert.