“Scars are cool. I’ve never left a show when my hands are a mess and I think ‘I wish I didn’t play the way I did’”: Travis Barker on his drumming style and how his versatility was Blink-182’s secret weapon

Travis Barker is the subject of a forthcoming Disney+/Hulu documentary about his career and the 2008 plane crash that changed his life, and ahead of its release, the Blink-182 drummer has given a long interview to the New York Times’ Popcast.

There’s lots of ground to cover, but one particularly interesting bit is when Barker talks about the physical toll his drumming style has put on his body. When asked whether the battle wounds had all been worth it, he simply says: “Scars are cool. I’ve never left a show when my hands are a mess and I think ‘I wish I didn’t play the way I did’.