Editing Travis Barker (section)

===Reality television star and collaborations (2005–2008)===
[[File:Travis Barker (Blink 182).jpg|thumb|Barker on stage in 2004]]
After a ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas|Nightmare Before Christmas]]''-inspired wedding in October 2004, Barker starred in the MTV [[reality series]] ''[[Meet the Barkers]]'' with wife [[Shanna Moakler]]. The series followed Barker and his new family through his daily life, including Blink-182's final tour and the new Transplants album.<ref name=shooman137>Shooman, 2010. p. 137</ref> The new Transplants album, ''[[Haunted Cities]]'' (2005), was completed in the aftermath of the Blink-182 "hiatus" and released in mid-2005. Meanwhile, Hoppus and Barker continued recording music together and began working on electronic demos, which they called [[+44 (band)|+44]].<ref name="formation">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1499838/blink-182s-hoppus-barker-form-electronic-side-project/|title=Blink-182's Hoppus, Barker Form Electronic Side Project|author=James Montgomery|date=April 8, 2005|publisher=MTV News|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117161139/http://www.mtv.com/news/1499838/blink-182s-hoppus-barker-form-electronic-side-project/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Barker began another new project in 2005 called [[Expensive Taste]], featuring [[Paul Wall]] and [[Skinhead Rob]]—the project would be more traditionally hip-hop. Barker also turned his direction to producing, working with artists such as [[Bun B]] and [[T.I.]]<ref name=shooman152>Shooman, 2010. p. 152</ref> The +44 project came to a turning point when Hoppus and Barker purchased their own studio in October 2005, named Opra Music.<ref name=APCoverStory>{{cite magazine| last = Griffin| first = JR| date = December 2006| title = Blink & You'll Miss It| magazine = [[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]| issue = 221| pages = 136–140| issn = 1065-1667| url = http://www.altpress.com/magazine/issue/221_-_my_chemical_romance| access-date = January 12, 2013| archive-date = November 5, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131105161928/http://www.altpress.com/magazine/issue/221_-_my_chemical_romance| url-status = live}}</ref> ''[[When Your Heart Stops Beating]]'', the debut of +44, was greeted by less-than-stellar reviews and little commercial success.

Barker filed for divorce from Moakler that August; both used their [[MySpace]] blogs to comment on the situation. Their breakup and the drama surrounding it made them tabloid favorites.<ref name="chronicle">{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/morenews/6012948.html?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:5df1193c-c062-4fe8-9354-18e7cfd70ed9#ixzz1SEPhWsxu|title=Learjet crash in South Carolina kills 4|author=Jim Davenport|date=September 20, 2008|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref> After he and Moakler split up in 2006, he was frequently spotted at nightclubs—and photographed necking with [[Paris Hilton]]. According to Barker, he was trying to blot out the guilt of giving his children a broken home, and consumed "excessive amounts" of [[Analgesic|prescription painkillers]], marijuana and alcohol.<ref name=rssnottiest>{{cite magazine| last =Edwards| first =Gavin| date =August 20, 2009| title =survival of the snottiest|magazine=Rolling Stone| issue =1085 | location =New York City | issn =0035-791X | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/blink-182-survival-of-the-snottiest-69997/2/}}</ref> The painkiller usage eventually developed into a full-fledged addiction over 2007.<ref name="rssnottiest" /> Barker broke his arm during a video shoot for +44, but continued to tour performing using one arm.<ref name=shooman158>Shooman, 2010. p. 158</ref> In early 2007, Barker began to work on hip-hop remixes and production techniques for many artists, preparing some loops and beats for [[Juelz Santana]] and looking to open two new [[boutique]]s, one in Los Angeles named Fast Life and one in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice Beach]] by the name of Rogue Status.<ref name=shooman162>Shooman, 2010. p. 162</ref> He kept busy drumming for [[Idiot Pilot]] ("Elephant") and [[The Federation (group)|the Federation]] ("Black Roses"), as well as creating well-received remixes of [[Rihanna]]'s "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" and "[[Crank That (Soulja Boy)]]".<ref name=shooman164>Shooman, 2010. p. 164</ref> After a stint on the [[Honda Civic Tour]] with [[Fall Out Boy]] and [[Cobra Starship]], +44 began work on a second studio album that October.<ref name=shooman178>Shooman, 2010. p. 178</ref>

Barker continued releasing hip-hop remixes in 2008; a well-received remix of [[Flo Rida]]'s "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" followed the "Crank That" rendition. The videos of Barker playing the revamped tracks grew heavily in popularity on [[YouTube]].<ref name=shooman182>Shooman, 2010. p. 182</ref> Barker hoped to collate his growing arsenal of remixes with a bunch of new tracks on which he was working. It began to germinate into the idea of making a solo album, producing it all himself.<ref name="shooman182" /> As 2008 wore on, it became evident that the project would supersede +44 for the immediate future, though the band would return, by all accounts, once everything was in place for the solo record.<ref name=shooman183>Shooman, 2010. p. 183</ref> Guests who recorded with Barker included [[Young Dro]], [[E-40]], [[Willie Nelson]], and [[Damian Marley]]. He began performing with [[DJ AM]] (Adam Goldstein) in June 2008 in a collaboration called [[TRV$DJAM]]. Essentially, DJ AM would mix a set of classic songs (which ranged from [[classic rock]] to dance) live with two turntables, then Barker would "enhance AM's groove" with live drums.<ref name="rssnottiest" /><ref name="shooman183" /> The duo performed at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]] on September 7. "Our little duo of drummer and DJ [had] reached heights we never thought were possible," said Barker in a 2011 interview.<ref name="rsups" />

In 2008, Barker and Goldstein were in a [[#Plane crash (2008)|plane crash]] that killed the other four people on board and left them both in critical condition.