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" A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. "
Travis Barker
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" Then I tried out for the Fontana High School drum line, in Riverside, and I did really well. I got second chair, and played snare in that drum line for three years. "
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" All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding. "
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