Travis Barker appeared on The Kevin and Ben Show yesterday morning to promote his Musink Music & Tattoo Festival, but talk soon turned to his day job as drummer for Blink-182, who recently scored their first ever Grammy nomination, for the DeLonge-less California album.
Although Barker has performed at the ceremony numerous times, this is the first time his musicianship has been formally recognised.
“It’s pretty cool. I’ve been a part of the Grammys many times. Once with Eminem, Drake, and Lil Wayne, once with Chuck D and Tom Morello, and once with Pit Bull and Joe Perry,” says Barker. “This felt even more crazy, more insane, it’s actually for the band I play with. It’s taken us forever to get recognised.”
He also discussed a deluxe edition of California, which is basically an entirely new album tacked on as bonus tracks. Barker explains the reasons for releasing the new songs in this format have to do with touring and promotional commitments.
“There is the most insane deluxe album coming. I feel like it’s better than California, if you can imagine that. We got in the studio for two weeks a couple of weeks ago and we wrote 13 or 14 songs.
“We decided if we don’t put them out on this deluxe album, I don’t think they’d see the light of day in 2018 because we’ll be working California still for another year. So all these songs will come out on the deluxe album, and it’s just incredible. I mean it when I say I like it better than California. There’s a song called ‘Parking Lot’ that’s a really, really amazing track. There’s a song called ‘Misery.’”
And in case you thought the band had gotten more serious, “There’s one about pregnancy that’s on there that’s a short song and very charming.”
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