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Travis Barker took to Twitter this week, accusing a Los Angeles officer of crossing the line during a traffic stop this past weekend.
Barker says he was pulled over on Sunday, November 27, after an officer noticed the blink 182 drummer's car had no license plate and illegally tinted windows.
"Officer FARD of LAPD," Barker posted on Twitter, "get a life man. Find some bank robbers or do something productive 2 do with your time. I know high school was hard 4 u...Pullin me over interrogating me & acting like u did over tinted windows till u scared the piss out my kids was uncalled 4. Job well done man."
Barker also claimed the officer "had the nerve" to ask if he was carrying any guns. Now, apparently, the LAPD has contacted Barker. Sgt. Riggs of the Topanga Station has gone on record, stating "I'd like to invite Travis to speak with me about the incident ... and possibly discuss the situation with the officers involved."
Besides the current blink reunion, Barker has been keeping plenty busy. In summer 2010, while working on a solo rock 'n' rap project Give the Drummer Some, Barker teamed up with Chicago’s The Cool Kids to release the (obviously) beat heavy, grumbly, p-funk bass, synth-happy single “Jump Down.”
The release included a special embeddable widget that allows fans to enter their email address, download the track, and get a pair of 3D glasses mailed to their house, if they share the widget with friends. Done strictly for the fans, the entire "Jump Down" project was offered for free.
A “Jump Down” video launch party was held October 7, 2010 at the Music Box in L.A. Hosted by Sneaker Pimps, the party featured live performances by Barker and the Cool Kids themselves.
A 3D Video of “Jump Down” debuted at TravisBarker.com. The clip features Barker drumming while Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks (The Cool Kids) rap and others perform tricks on their bikes, spraying graffiti, and showing off rad cars. The feel is part skate film and part 1990s west coast rap video.
His guest-heavy first solo outing Give the Drummer Some dropped in early 2011. The album, which Barker helped produce, features appearances from Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, B.o.B, Slash, Snoop Dogg, Tom Morello, Lil Wayne, and Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington.
The first singles: “Can A Drummer Get Some” features The Game, Swizz Beats, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross, “Jump Down” features The Cool Kids, and “Carry It” features RZA, Raekwon, and Tom Morello. “Devil’s Got A Hold of Me” features hip-hop supergroup Slaughterhouse, “Misfits” features Steve Aoki, “Cool Head” features Kid Cudi, “Don’t F*** With Me” features Paul Wall, Kurupt, and J Roc, “City of Dreams” features The Clipse and Kobe, and “On My Own” features Slipknot’s Corey Taylor.
Two new Barker videos were released in May 2011. “Saturday Night” features Slash and Barker side band the Transplants, while “Misfits” features Steve Aoki of Dim Mak on vocals.
This month, Barker chose the band Twin Berlin as the winner of Guitar Center’s Your Next Record unsigned artist competition. The band will enter Red Bull Studios in L.A. to record a 3-song EP with Barker, have Barker appear on their single from the EP, receive worldwide digital distribution through TuneCore, as well as scoring $10,000 in gear from Guitar Center.
Barker recently said he was almost done repairing tattoos that were burned off during a 2008 plane wreck. He ALSO recently called rock fans “Nazi bastards” for hating on hip-hop “It seems like I have more in common -- or hit it off better -- with rappers than fools that are in rock music,” he was quoted saying in NME magazine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWt1y8tSXHE
Travis Barker took to Twitter this week, accusing a Los Angeles officer of crossing the line during a traffic stop this past weekend.
Barker says he was pulled over on Sunday, November 27, after an officer noticed the blink 182 drummer's car had no license plate and illegally tinted windows.
"Officer FARD of LAPD," Barker posted on Twitter, "get a life man. Find some bank robbers or do something productive 2 do with your time. I know high school was hard 4 u...Pullin me over interrogating me & acting like u did over tinted windows till u scared the piss out my kids was uncalled 4. Job well done man."
Barker also claimed the officer "had the nerve" to ask if he was carrying any guns. Now, apparently, the LAPD has contacted Barker. Sgt. Riggs of the Topanga Station has gone on record, stating "I'd like to invite Travis to speak with me about the incident ... and possibly discuss the situation with the officers involved."
Besides the current blink reunion, Barker has been keeping plenty busy. In summer 2010, while working on a solo rock 'n' rap project Give the Drummer Some, Barker teamed up with Chicago’s The Cool Kids to release the (obviously) beat heavy, grumbly, p-funk bass, synth-happy single “Jump Down.”
The release included a special embeddable widget that allows fans to enter their email address, download the track, and get a pair of 3D glasses mailed to their house, if they share the widget with friends. Done strictly for the fans, the entire "Jump Down" project was offered for free.
A “Jump Down” video launch party was held October 7, 2010 at the Music Box in L.A. Hosted by Sneaker Pimps, the party featured live performances by Barker and the Cool Kids themselves.
A 3D Video of “Jump Down” debuted at TravisBarker.com. The clip features Barker drumming while Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks (The Cool Kids) rap and others perform tricks on their bikes, spraying graffiti, and showing off rad cars. The feel is part skate film and part 1990s west coast rap video.
His guest-heavy first solo outing Give the Drummer Some dropped in early 2011. The album, which Barker helped produce, features appearances from Slipknot singer Corey Taylor, B.o.B, Slash, Snoop Dogg, Tom Morello, Lil Wayne, and Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington.
The first singles: “Can A Drummer Get Some” features The Game, Swizz Beats, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross, “Jump Down” features The Cool Kids, and “Carry It” features RZA, Raekwon, and Tom Morello. “Devil’s Got A Hold of Me” features hip-hop supergroup Slaughterhouse, “Misfits” features Steve Aoki, “Cool Head” features Kid Cudi, “Don’t F*** With Me” features Paul Wall, Kurupt, and J Roc, “City of Dreams” features The Clipse and Kobe, and “On My Own” features Slipknot’s Corey Taylor.
Two new Barker videos were released in May 2011. “Saturday Night” features Slash and Barker side band the Transplants, while “Misfits” features Steve Aoki of Dim Mak on vocals.
This month, Barker chose the band Twin Berlin as the winner of Guitar Center’s Your Next Record unsigned artist competition. The band will enter Red Bull Studios in L.A. to record a 3-song EP with Barker, have Barker appear on their single from the EP, receive worldwide digital distribution through TuneCore, as well as scoring $10,000 in gear from Guitar Center.
Barker recently said he was almost done repairing tattoos that were burned off during a 2008 plane wreck. He ALSO recently called rock fans “Nazi bastards” for hating on hip-hop “It seems like I have more in common -- or hit it off better -- with rappers than fools that are in rock music,” he was quoted saying in NME magazine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWt1y8tSXHE