Travis Barker
Documented by Drum Faster
Blink-182's tattooed engine and pop-punk's most influential drummer — marching-band chops at hardcore tempos, played shirtless and standing up as often as not. Now as famous producing hip-hop as playing Enema-era classics.
2023 — One More Time tour
The reunion stadium run: DW Icon-level customs, a rising drum riser that flips him vertical mid-song, and an SPD for the hip-hop segues.
DW Collector's Series kitcustom graphics, 26" kick
DW 14"x6.5" Icon snare
Zildjian A Custom 14" Hi-hats
Zildjian A Custom 19" Crashleft and right
Zildjian A Custom 20" Ride
Zildjian Oriental 20" Crash of Doom
DW 9000 pedal
Zildjian Travis Barker signature sticks
Roland SPD-SX Prosamples and click
2016 — California era
Post-OCDP: Travis moved to DW — bigger shells, same flat setup, same relentless right foot. Gold-plated hardware because, well, Travis.
DW Collector's Series kit26" kick, black-and-gold
DW 14"x5.5" Collector's snarehigh-tuned as ever
Zildjian A Custom 14" Hi-hats
Zildjian A Custom 19" Crashpair
Zildjian A Custom 20" Ride
DW 9000 pedal
DW 9000 series standsgold-plated
Zildjian Travis Barker signature sticks
Aquarian Force Ten heads
2001 — Take Off Your Pants and Jacket era
The classic pop-punk rig: short-stack OCDP kit (the company he part-owned), fast bright Zildjians, and everything angled dead flat.
Orange County Drum & Percussion kitcustom acrylic and maple builds, 24" kick
OCDP 14"x5.5" vented snarecranked skin-tight
Zildjian A Custom 14" Hi-hats
Zildjian A Custom 18" Crashleft and right, played to death
Zildjian A Custom 20" Ride
Zildjian Oriental 18" China Trashthe punk accent
DW 5000 pedal
Zildjian Travis Barker signature sticks
Aquarian headslongtime Aquarian player
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