Travis Barker has skilled a number of tragedy in his life — together with shedding his finest buddy DJ AM (whose actual identify is Adam Goldstein).
In September 2008, Barker was concerned in a aircraft crash that killed 4 individuals and left him with third-degree burns masking 65 p.c of his physique. The one different survivor was DJ AM.
Practically one yr after the pair survived, DJ AM — who had suffered from dependancy prior to now — died in August 2009 of an unintended drug overdose.
Since his demise, Barker has continued to honor his late buddy. In his 2015 memoir, Can I Say, the Blink-182 musician shared he was “in shock” after listening to the information of DJ AM’s demise.
“I felt like there was a rock in my throat that I couldn’t swallow,” he wrote. “I felt like a chunk of me had simply died. I burst into tears and left the studio.”
Preserve scrolling to see all the things Barker has stated about dealing with DJ AM’s loss:
