The Why I Think Travis Barker is the Smartest Man in The Music Industry Episode

<p>In this episode, I give a full list of why I think Travis Barker is the smartest man in the music industry right now.</p> <p><strong>Travis Landon Barker</strong> (born November&nbsp;14, 1975) is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink-182" title="Blink-182">Blink-182</a>. He has also performed as a frequent collaborator with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> artists, is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_rock" title="Rap rock">rap rock</a> group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transplants_(band)" title="Transplants (band)">Transplants</a>, founded the rock bands <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2B44_(band)" title="+44 (band)">+44</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_Car_Racer" title="Box Car Racer">Box Car Racer</a>, and thereafter joined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antemasque_(band)" title="Antemasque (band)">Antemasque</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_(band)" title="Goldfinger (band)">Goldfinger</a>. Barker was a frequent collaborator with the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_AM" title="DJ AM">DJ AM</a>, and together they formed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRV$DJAM" title="TRV$DJAM">TRV$DJAM</a>. Due to his fame, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone_(magazine)" title="Rolling Stone (magazine)"><em>Rolling Stone</em></a> referred to him as "punk's first superstar drummer" as well as one of the 100 greatest drummers of all time.</p> <p>Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana,_California" title="Fontana, California">Fontana, California</a>, Barker began drumming at an early age. He began playing for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aquabats" title="The Aquabats">the Aquabats</a> in 1996, but left to join Blink-182 in 1998, which encountered mainstream success with