Travis Barker of Blink-182 shares some thoughts with World Gone Mad

Max (WGM)- "There are a lot of awesome

pieces up here today, a lot of notable

figures that have really come together to

build this punk scene. You're one that

definitely stands out. That's not only

because of your success with Blink-182, but

because of your ties to 98 Posse. Looking

back, can you tell us how it feels to see all

these memories up on the wall?"

Travis- "I think when something's

happening at the time, you never even

think about anyone talking about it later. At

the time, especially my time with 98, you

would just see Bill (Fold) put his head down

and work. He was like a work horse. Along

with my dad, gave me the drive that I have.

I just knew there were shows four days a

week. And he was either doing it at the

Barn, the Orange Show Pavilion, there's a

rave here, there's a nightclub here. I was

there to help Bill do anything Bill needed to

do. Whether that was a flyer event, or take

tickets at the door of The Barn, listen to

demos. I just loved being at The barn. It

was my second home."

Max- "In 99’ you opened Famous

Stars and Straps in Riverside. I

actually grew up down the street

from there.

Travis - "Oh cool!"

Max- The place has definitely

changed a lot. Can you bring us

back, and tell us about the energy

that was coming out of that place,

and your day to day?"

Travis- "So, I didn't know much. I

was just a kid from the Inland

Empire. I started paying rent. I

didn't know you needed a license to

sell. I didn't have a permit to sell. I

didn't have inspections. I just literally

opened a store, put product in it,

and Famous kind of started as

originally Voltron crew. We used to

draw graffiti. We just started making

t-shirts. I'm like, “I should probably

do something besides graffiti.

Something like, 'I don't know,

Famous stars and straps.' I said it

one day. We started making t-shirts.

We threw a crazy show where we

completely shut down VanBuren. It

was chaos. People were standing on

cars. It was awesome. It didn't last

long because I didn't do everything

correctly. Luckily I started touring

afterwards. But that's what this

was."