blink-182 · 1999 · drums by Travis Barker
What's My Age Again?
From Enema of the State. Advanced · Straight · punk
Tempo
157BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 150+
- Difficulty
- Advanced
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 127 and climbs to 157 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
The clean guitar intro hides how fast this is. Once the band drops in the drums push sixteenth-note kick figures under a fast eighth-note hat, with Barker's signature snare fills and open hi-hat barks all the way through.
Advanced: Fast, odd, or both; the part is the reason the song is famous.
Travis Barker
- Read the Travis Barker feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Travis Barker's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1999 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Travis Barker songs
Songs at about 157 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Everlong158