Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums

He has voiced several projects for AudibleKids, including Souls Look Back in Wonder, From Slave Ship to Freedom Road, and Papa, Do You Love Me?. He is the author of several books, including VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave; Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed; 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy; and Last Night at the Viper Room

"Good read for fans" according to George Edlund. This is a good read. Very interesting! His life with Shanna combined with the Hollywood Rockstar formula is an extremely interesting take on celebrity love and marriages. Obviously any blink fan will eat this up, but they will learn that Travis is a go-getter, a talented musician who has collaborated his way to the top. He doesn't take setbacks too seriously but loves his family with emotional depth. His plane crash shook him up, but rightfully so. It really put me in his shoes on how horrific it really was. This guy is a true go-getter and has worked for everything he has gotten.. Travis Barker just unzips himself and lets it all hang out. The best drummer to ever exist opens up and shares a multitude of awesome stories from Blink 182 and many other bands, plus sad yet enlightening stories of band disagreements and breakups, and the horror and tragedy of the nightmare plane crash. There are also numerous guest story tellers, friends and family, who pop in and share interesting and fun stories from all aspects of his life.As a long time Blink 182 fan I've been dying to read this book since the very second I knew of its existence. You also get to learn about his home and family life, his drug use, about Famous Stars and Straps from its humble . Gosh, this book is really great! It was enlightening in many aspects and so honest and real. I LOVED THAT! It was sad, but it was uplifting despite the unfortunate events. I read it to my child and was bleeping out the SoCal language, (smile). The story still read well, and we both learned. Travis issome kind of crazy genius, but his skill is pure passion for expression. I introduced my child to their music while reading through this book, and it helped to find in books what cannot be expressed through other forms of media alone.I explained the difference in culture and environment causes one to express themselves differently, kind of lik

Travis Barker’s soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer’s art and his life, including the harrowing plane crash that nearly killed him and his traumatic road to recovery—a fascinating never-before-told-in-full story of personal reinvention grounded in musical salvation and fatherhood.After breaking out as the acclaimed drummer of the multiplatinum punk band Blink-182, everything changed for Travis Barker. A reckoning did not truly come until he was forced to face mortality: His life nearly ended in a horrifying plane crash, and then his close friend, collaborator, and fellow crash survivor DJ AM died of an overdose.In this blunt, driving memoir, Barker ruminates on rock stardom, fatherhood, death, loss, and redemption, sharing stories shaped by decades’ worth of hard-earned insights. But the dark side of rock stardom took its toll: his marriage, chronicled for an MTV reality show, fell apart. His pulsating memoir is as energetic as his acclaimed beats. Constant touring concealed a seri

''Written with ROLLING STONE contributor Gavin Edwards, Can I Say is a fascinating look into the life of a talented, hard-partying musician who has beaten the odds several times.'' --(Rolling Stone)''(A) riveting, brutally honest memoir.'' --(Billboard)