A.D. Amorosi Travis Barker’s tattoos may be outnumbered by his growing circle of collaborators. It’s a multi-genre craft he’s perfected in the last two decades, whether it be dawn-of-the-21st-century drum sessions for P.
Diddy, N.E.R.D. and Rihanna, playing along to Nirvana covers with Post Malone, or recent writing-producing gigs for rapper Trippie Redd’s “Neon Shark vs Pegasus” album, TikTok fave Jxdn’s “Angels & Demons” single and pop star Bebe Rexha.
Barker brings his patented punk-powerhouse vibe, which he forged as a co-founder of the Blink-182 hit machine, to every project.Perhaps no artist has benefited more — or been more transformed by Barker’s in-the-pocket pulse, searing sound and spirit of collaboration — than Machine Gun.
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