13 Travis Barker collabs to hold you over until blink-182’s next album

Aside from being hard at work on blink-182’s upcoming album, our favorite genre-busting drummer Travis Barker has had fingerprints all over the scene this past year.

In between perfecting blink’s upcoming album, Mark Hoppus and Matt Skiba have been keeping busy with Simple Creatures and Alkaline Trio respectively. However, Barker has been all over the board, and after appearing on the The Joe Rogan Experience podcast last month, it seems like he has no intention of slowing down.

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With reports of the new blink album dropping before Warped Tour, you won’t have to wait long for new tunes. But here are 13 Travis Barker collabs (both released and on the way) to tide you over until that happens.

1. FEVER 333

FEVER 333’s road to the Grammy’s included a Barker stepping stone. The band were obviously pleased with Barker’s contributions to “Made An America,” bringing the drummer back to compose, produce and even grab the sticks for their latest album, STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS. He has also hopped on for some live shows, as seen above.

2. Goldfinger

Paying homage to his ska roots, Barker joined Goldfinger’s The Goldfinger Christmas EP last winter. His presence on drums is immediately recognizable and makes the holiday jam session worth listening to all year round.

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3. The Aquabats

Speaking of ska, the Aquabats released a remastered version of their 1997 record, The Fury Of The Aquabats!, last year. They even went as far as bringing back the original drummer for the album, The Baron Von Tito (who also goes by his lesser-known persona, Travis Barker) in a music video for “Powdered Milkman.” Barker also hopped onstage with his former band at he and John Feldmann’s Back To The Beach fest.

4. Vic Mensa

Vic Mensa has been seeing a lot of Barker lately. Mensa brought the drummer on as a composer for his latest EP, Hooligans, and also joined forces for a kick-ass FEVER 333 remix and music video. Right now we’re anxiously awaiting a teased collab for Mensa’s 93 Punx project featuring Barker and Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden.

5. YUNGBLUD, Halsey

YUNGBLUD and Halsey set our souls on fire with their single, “11 minutes.” The collab went from amazing to legendary with the addition of Barker on the kit. He also killed it for the heart-wrenching music video which dropped shortly after.

6. lil aaron

After banging the drums on lil aaron’s ROCK$TAR FAMOU$ track “QUIT,” blink-182 brought him on as an opener for their Las Vegas show last June. Barker also stayed plenty busy over the holidays, producing the rapper’s Christmas album., WORST CHRISTMAS EVER EP.

7. Paris

Barker’s clearly a fan of the anti-rap scene. Another great example can be seen in his feature on Paris’ 2018 album ONE NIGHT IN PARIS. “CRUSHIN” was the only song Barker was featured on, but it gives us hope for more emo-rap collabs in the future.

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8. Lil Gnar

Barker revealed the new blink album will be heavily influenced by hip-hop, and we can see why. “Sick In The Head” features the drummer on the beats as well as the background of the hard-hitting music video. Lil Gnar is only one of many rap artists Barker has worked with over the years, and the list is guaranteed to continue growing.

9. Cokie The Clown (Fat Mike)

Barker joined fellow punk legend Fat Mike for the NOFX frontman’s upcoming side project, You’re Welcome, by Mike’s alter ego Cokie The Clown. The first single, “Punk Rock Saved My Life,” dropped last week, with the album set to release April 26.

10. Korn

Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch spilled some details about the band’s upcoming 13th album in an interview with Revolver last December. Among the juicy details was that Barker and Feldmann assisted in some unconfirmed aspects of the album. What we do know is that Barker laid down some beats, making us wonder if the drummer will be featured on any songs when the album drops this fall.

11. $uicideboy$

Tons of insight on Barker’s upcoming work was revealed when he hopped on The Joe Rogan Experience last month. One exciting update was his role on $uicideboy$’ upcoming EP, Live Fast Die Whenever. The duo recently teased the collab in a since-deleted Instagram post, so fingers crossed it’s coming sooner than we think.

12. Lil Peep

Another exciting update stemming from Joe Rogan’s recent guest was that a new Lil Peep remix is in the works. We’ll take as much Peep as we can get, but adding Barker to the mix should make for an instant classic.

13. Machine Gun Kelly

Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker
[Photo via Instagram
Machine Gun Kelly has multiple films such as Big Time Adolescence with Pete Davidson and Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt coming out soon. However, he’s also working on a brand-new album after scrapping his previous effort, meaning he might be just as busy as everyone’s favorite drummer. MGK is in the studio working on his new album, and it looks like Barker could be lending a hand, as seen in some Instagram posts last month.  

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