haha dude obviously you're basing your judgement solely on a couple blink-182 songs and not much else...i've played drums/percussion for the past 13 years, so i think i have a little more knowledge about this subject than alot of people who're just basing their opinions sheerly on what they hear rather than what they know...travis' playing with blink-182 is only about 1/10th of what he can do...i know this through seeing him play with multiple other groups, artists, and students...i have also spoken to some of his students, one of them being 16-17 yr. old phenom by the name of Ilan Rubin, drummer for F.O.N. and Denver Harbor, who has even told me what people see him do with blink is only a small small piece of what he can actually do...and the 'crazy random stuff' you talk about in his playing with blink-182 is actually called latin drumming...just because it doesn't have a 2 and 4 feel to it doesn't mean its 'crazy random stuff', its probably the hardest style to play along with jazz ecspecially while trying to put it into a punk song...slayer asked travis to drum for them but he turned them down...that's probably not the sign of a shitty drummer, if you've ever heard slayer's drumming before...also, he plays with countless other artists such as Tim Armstrong from Rancid, and the Transplants, as well as Black Eyed Peas and his solo stuff with Will.I.Am, he's played with Pink (shes lame but its still credible), as well as others...i agree alot of punk drumming is redundant fast 2 and 4 and not much more, however Travis Barker has set himself apart from that...being voted best drummer of the year 2 years in a row has to have some kind of credibility to it dont you think?
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