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" In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally. "
Travis Barker
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" My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. "
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" We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "
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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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" We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened. "
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" If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us. "
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