Can i say travis

It was like some cosmic destiny shit. I don't remember her name, but she holds a special place in my heart I'm so terrible with names, you guys. Things weren't great at home when I was a teenager, and Blink got me through some shit. I actually had to censor Travis in one with post-its when my grandfather came to visit and got my room all the crotch grabbing.

My bffs and I went to every show. When I moved to California, they flew or drove out to see the shows with me in San Diego, and I would drive back to Arizona to see shows with them. We were at the reunion show in Tempe in shortly after AM's death and on the one year anniversary of the plane crash.

Travis never talked at shows, and we didn't hear his voice until they put out a dvd and he said a little about his new clothing line. We screamed because that was the first time we had heard his voice. Later on I watched his reality show on MTV.

I could tell he was a great father, but I had no idea all the turmoil behind the scenes with the drugs, fights, gangs Travis opens up a lot about the plane crash, the loss of his friends and the pain caused by the burns he sustained and the nearly 30 surgeries that followed.

He talks about the depression, survivor's guilt and wanting to die. He had to fight to recover, get sober and get back to living and playing drums again. I got a lot more insight into the internal struggles that caused Blink break up each time. I loved hearing from Mark, and I'm excited by what was mentioned about what Blink is currently working on. I was surprised to see Tom contribute to this book based on what happened last year, but this book is full of commentary from the people in his life and not all of it reflects positively on Travis.

It's just so real. I really enjoyed this, even though some of it was tough to read. The pics were great, but they also include the dark stuff like his burned and bloody body immediately following the crash.

Here's a little throwback to my 17th birthday. I don't know if you can see it, but no one in my family wanted to eat the section of the cake with Travis on it My mom cut up my Rolling Stone magazine for this I'm still kind of annoyed about that. Sort of a bummer. This book was a gift from my siblings and, while I didn't expect this to be some deeply insightful tome, I did expect minimal substance given the quantity of positive reviews.

The book is some pages worth of bedpost notches. Barker opens with an apology, going so far as to say some of his actions and the way he treated women makes him sick, but then immediately proceeds to share every vapid detail. In case that's not enough, he invites friends and colleagues to corroborate his escapades in a series of two paragraph testimonials.

This book neglects "behind the scenes" for "under the covers. Travis Barker inspiring story about love, loss and guns touched a deep place in my heart. I do not know much about him,but based on the interviews I seen of him, he lived a rough life. As the book explicitly describes, he did not grow up with white fences and a beautiful home.

Instead he had to struggle what he has now,from poverty and being misjudged based on his appearance. Raised as a military child, he got his tough nature from his father, but his mother nicknamed Cookie was the soft nurturing one.

Despite being involved in gang violence, lack of educational credits and a bad reputation; yet he turned his life around for the sake of his kids. The pictures and memos in this novel really brought this book to life. I know that most books tend to be visually appealing without substance. However, this book really took me by surprise with how the images matched the contents.

It is very graphic and raw in language,but it don't let that sway you. Highly recommended to anyone who may be living a tough life! Dina Natale. This was just ok. It was all just a little too obvious what his life was probably like. Tons of drinking I wanted to love it but he wrote like a 5th grader. Very short choppy sentences.

Almost a stream of conscious type of writing that throws you off while reading. The footnote stories, within the book, in the middle of the chapters was a little off-putting too. It's a quick read. Travis Barker provides a revealing, frank and inspiring look into a life defined by perseverance, dedication, and an unwavering commitment to both the mastery of one's craft and to one's family and friends.

I work at a bookstore and was shelving yesterday morning when I noticed the arrival of Travis Barker's autobiography. Having been a fan of his music for well over half my life, I decided to grab a copy for myself.

After cracking it open at 11 pm, I didn't stop reading until I finished the book around 6 am. I couldn't put it down! He really opens himself, offering a very revealing look into his past, present and future.

There doesn't seem to be any holding back either. He talks frankly about his most difficult and darkest times; whether it was love, loss, addiction, or fear. Ultimately, this is really a story about commitment, perseverance, and dedication. It's truly an inspiring read.

This truly had a bit of everything. Travis has certainly lead an interesting and crazy life in his something years. Growing up with Blink , Travis has long been one of my drumming idols and musical influences — so I was excited to read this! It took me a little while to get into it at first. It features vast footnotes, pictures and anecdotes splashing across the pages throughout.

The style of writing and way of talking was different to what I usually read. Once used to it, I found it a refreshing aspect of the book. It soon began to feel like Travis was sitting down beside me and telling the story with his own words. There was a lot of tragedy and heartache featured here — from losing his Mum at a young age, to the plane crash and losing friends along the way.

Thankfully, there were also laughs and lighter moments too. Such is life. Travis certainly reiterates the need to work hard in order to achieve your goals and live your dreams — just as he has done.

His dedication to the art of drumming was inspiring to read and has certainly motivated me to put in greater practice hours. In many ways, the inspirational tone of this book was surprising, but also made it the perfect book to begin a new year with.

I love that he gave drum lessons even as his fame grew, and I admired his DIY entrepreneurship with his clothing company. There was sometimes a little too much pills, weed and girls talk — even for a book of its kind. Some stories had to be preceded by how many blunts, joints and pills were had beforehand - of which often had no relevance to the actual story.

Travis was not afraid to portray himself as a dickhead at times and the book was better for it. It made everything much more authentic - and that is to be admired. Featuring different sides to many stories, and allowing open criticism of himself in the book was really effective. For every dark element here, there were far more upsides and the book took on an inspiring, almost self-help vibe towards the end. The guys did come across as less a band and very separate individuals though.

So too is any mention of Scott Raynor by name throughout the book the drummer Travis replaced in Blink. Like I could admire his skills any more already! Highly recommend to other drummers, fellow musicians and fans of Blink.

Now to go crank Enema of the State! It was brutally honest and had a few funny bits. The book was really well written and felt like Travis himself was telling me his life story face to face.

I would recommend this book to fans of Blink or if you are just a fan of Travis himself and curious about the man behind the drums. I really learned a lot about this man,his life and music journey. Daniel A. Author 1 book 2 followers. The person that said the word 'weak' to describe the book was spot on. It was filled with heart but he held back. His stories were funny but he didn't say a bad word about anyone.

He could have buried Blink 's manager Rick Devoe and only devoted one line where he said that he didn't trust him. A bunch of his friends got in a few words in the book, and reading those made my eyes roll. I get that they are his friends but they all sounded the same. He does amazing things and elevates bands. I wouldn't be reading the book otherwise but they laid it in there like they were next in line if his sex addiction comes back.

I rarely say that a book could be shorter but this one could have been a lot shorter. With the exception of the plane crash, all of the stories were the same. Thankfully it is a fast read but that was because his stories were lacking depth. Rod Horncastle. I still don't recall what the band name stands for, he probably explained it - but I didn't care, maybe it's the tempo of all their songs? Which mostly suck. Indeed, they are no Offspring or Rancid.

More like a naughty version of Simple plan or the Backstreet Boys. But the BIG difference is Travis is a cool drummer to watch - very intense, and it's easy to recognize his snare drum sound.

So this is Travis's tale. What a tale it is: from marrying a Playboy Bunny to starting quite a few businesses and endlessly being endlessly rebellious and stoned and immoral.

Yes, even Travis will no longer repeat what Travis did - and he has as many dead friends and abused lovers as Keith Richards and Nikki Six. Not everybody survives the party or the plane crash. Regardless of his broken leg, he went crazy and was banging on the drums and I remember feeling pure lunacy. It was epic. I am a fan of Blink and Travis but I never got beyond listening to CDs, watching music videos and going to concerts when they were in Japan.

All I knew was that they were crazy guys from the west coast who joked around all the time. Can I Say taught me a lot about the band Over the course of pages, it looks back at the childhood days of Travis Barker up till present.

Reading comments by Tom and Mark was the highlight for me because it gave me a feeling of how they thought about each other when they were playing together.

Pure Travis. He was going out with Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and many others. I have been staying inside my apartment for nearly two months because of health issues fever, rashes on the face etc. After reading about how Travis spent months recovering mentally and physically from the plane accident and how he is now back making music again, it motivated me to think positive about my situation!

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