Travis Barker - Blink 182 | Recreating Iconic Drum Sounds

Travis Barker is one of the most influential and style defining drummers of the last decades. His playing with Blink-182 shaped the soundtrack of a whole generation and became a trademark for their sound. The energetic and very visual style paired with his highly recognizable setup with very low toms and high cymbals make him stand out immediately.
Here is how we turned a Sonor Prolite Kit into our version of Travis Barker's Setup. The songs featured in this video are "All The Small Things" and "First Date".

00:00 Intro
00:50 The Original
01:48 Preparing The Kit
04:39 Playing All The Small Things

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Drumming and Mixing by Pascal Thielen.

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[ArtOfDrumming]

How did you like this recreation of Travis Barker's drum sound and which drum sound should we recreate next?

[antoniosmithio]

Most important part is playing topless so the sound waves bounce off your skin and don't get absorbed by your clothing giving that crisp snapping sound

[OddwicMusic]

How to sound like Travis Barker: Don't wear a shirt.

[braepil]

This is one of the first "sound like Travis" videos I've seen that is accurate. I'd recommend having just a wee bit more ring in that snare drum, but a A+ work.

[ramadhanisme]

Well recreating the sound including shirtless drumming, what a totality 😁

[tillmannschurfeld]

A 21" or 23" Ride and Travis' magic combination of a 18" A-Custom Crash as well as a 18" A-Custom Projection Crash would have been the cherry on top. However, awesome job guys!!!

[WiThErZ]

You know when something is iconic when, as a guitarist, you are scrolling though your suggested videos and you see this video start playing in and you stop and say, "Hey that's the intro to First Date!"

[DaveMajor]

Awesome job guys. This brings back so many memories of my early years!! So wanted an OCDP kit

[juanguillermoalvarez]

I love this videos, i would like to see one about Abe Cunningham.

[jeffrittenour]

I bought the (non brilliant) 21" Zildjian sweet ride back in like 2004, 100% because of travis barker. still have it on my kit to this day, but i pretty much just use it as a crash. I always tell people it's the best crash i've ever played. i've gotten compliments from not only other drummer but also other guitar players etc. it blends sooo well with the rest of the kit and other instruments. it's very washy and has great dynamics. you can real wail on it or just tap on it and anything in between. thank you travis for making me get my favorite cymbal.

[cameronhallett]

Nailed it once again. I love this series!

[tombuck]

This is absolutely fantastic. Love the sound you were able to create with this setup.

[lucasvalenzuela]

Just compared this to the original, thats really accurate, the original drums feel more used but this is as close as it gets 👏

[nickgames]

I know nothing about drums, but you did an excellent job recreating his drum sound! 10/10

[nw]

Nice video

Travis Barker really has a unique style and sound

[justinflaherty]

Great job. I’m a Travis barker fanatic. His drumming influenced me to the point where all the local bands in the area wanted me to play drums for them. I just expected this to be another half ass attempt at imitating his sound, but you absolutely nailed it.

[fernandoferreira]

Travis Barker always used and acctually made It famous, the best crashride ever, the A custom 21 inches sweetride!

[andhikadwi]

Really perfection of the sound 😁 and how the character of cymbals were make it really grunge 🔥

[dierocklive]

travis is very influential in the circles i used to play in. i know at least three drummers obsessed with travis barker, right until this very day. they imitated his setup in pretty much the same way you see in this video. i was more into tom delonge. i still dream of that guitar he played back then. i used to get home from school and play guitar along to "enema of the state". with that said, i think this recreation is quite accurate! you can argue about all the small things as usual, but i'm feelin' this. fate didn't fall short this time.

[cameronhallett]

I’d love to see one of these on danny carey!