anyone else think travis is abit shit ?? not as good as steve vai man i love his fills on run to the hills !!! who agrees with me ??
"His reputation is expanding faster than the universe. He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels. He lives vicariously for himself...He is, the most interesting man in the world"; Travis Barker.
maybe you should stop staring at how 'cool' he looks and listen to some real drummers
maybe you should stop staring at how 'cool' he looks and listen to some real drummers
anyone else think travis is abit shit ?? not as good as steve vai man i love his fills on run to the hills !!! who agrees with me ??
what?!? Drumming is all about LOOKING COOL. Travis does it quite well, while playing quite well. Endo story.
Actually drumming is about keeping a rhythm and time, not about looking cool. Looking cool is just incidental bi-product, and it comes with what? Keeping time, being able to hold down the beat, and elaborating on tastefully. Barker looks like he's suffering from spasm when he plays. If he spent half of the energy he puts into making it look like he plays into actually playing he'd be able to do twice as much. End OF story.
P.S. He should really stop pouting during photo shoots. Pouting is NOT cool. This isn't the damn 1980's.
Also, where did you come up with the fact that he complains about photo shoots lol? Did you read this in the press somewhere? Take a look at this video...looks to me that Travis is quite enjoying himself..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9a3rVvo3aA
He is a very humble cat, I'll give you that. And I know he's a big Buddy Rich fan, and personality wise he's probably the polar opposite of Buddy. I've come to realize that it's not Barker I have a problem with, it's his damn fans (and the young ones in particular, who haven't been exposed to other things and may never be). And fans of drummers in general, they're the ones who start comparing one guy to another which ultimately comes down to the viewer/listeners perspective and preferences.
I didn't mean it as he was complaining, but about a year or so after that first Blink album with him on it came out he gradually started posing with his lips pouting (don't know if it's because of the lip ring or what). To me, it makes him look like a douche. And I've seen interviews with him and he doesn't do that, but you put him in a photo shoot, and the guy
looks like he's pursing his lips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOfsr9D-KXU
This really says it all.
Like Tommy Lee, he's a good musician, I like what he does and he's a great showman but he's a mediocre drummer. He's also one non-stop, anurism waiting to happen, after the fact heart attack ball of energy. If you look up amphetemine in Webster's it must say Travis somewhere.
the thing with travis barker is that you have to undrestand that he is in a band with musically challenged ppl and as you might know alot of the blink 182 record and some of the transplants record was based off of his drum parts wich means he made the drums beats first then the other guys did the guitar and bass parts over it. So think about it if travsi started doing liek crazy odd time signatures and sincopated beats that arent straigth forward it would be way to hard for the other guys in his band to make anything up to. also you have to give him credit for what he has done is his genre compared to all the other bands.(example ecorprate marching is his music)
regarding his solo how its not very hard its because the kids who come to the blink show usually arnt like great musicains and mostly dont play music so he has to do a solo that impresses and they will enjoy since they paid 35 dollars to get in.
But he does have formal traning and he can do alot more than what he has donn with his bands.
Where's your supporting evidence? Which songs does Tré suck on?
'thats MY opinion i know some people may not like it and some yes but thats what i think you gotta respect me.'
I don't agree with your opinion... but why should I respect? You make no clear argument as to why Travis is so good.