Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker is planning to release his autobiography, titled 'Can Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums'. The book, co-written by Gavin Edwards (Rolling Stone, Spin, New York Times Magazine, etc), will be published in June via William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Travis Barker's soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer's life, including the harrowing plane crash that nearly killed him in 2008.
He survived the accident but was left with a permanent fear of flying, choosing to travel by bus and boat for Blink 182 gigs.
His traumatic road to recovery is a story of personal reinvention grounded in musical salvation and fatherhood.
After breaking out as the acclaimed drummer of the multiplatinum punkpop band Blink 182, everything changed for Travis Barker.
But the dark side of rock stardom took its toll: his marriage, chronicled for an MTV reality show, fell apart. Constant touring concealed a serious drug addiction. A reckoning did not truly come until he was forced to face mortality: his life nearly ended in a horrifying plane crash, and then his close friend, collaborator, and fellow crash survivor DJ AM died of an overdose.
In this blunt, driving memoir, Traivs Barker ruminates on rock stardom, fatherhood, death, loss, and redemption, sharing stories shaped by decades’ worth of hard-earned insights. His pulsating memoir hopes to inspire readers to follow the rhythms of their own hearts and find meaning in their lives.
