Editing Travis Barker (section)

==Influences and favorite drummers==
Barker told CBS Local that his first ever hero was [[Animal (Muppet)|Animal]] from [[The Muppets]], crediting the character as his inspiration to pursue drumming; Barker would eventually play along with Animal and [[Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem]] on a 2012 episode of ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]].''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKiTEwtJ_ak | title=Travis Barker Vs Animal from the Muppets Drum Battle! | website=[[YouTube]] | date=March 22, 2012 }}</ref> He also cites [[John Bonham]] of [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Alex Van Halen]] of [[Van Halen]], [[Tommy Lee]] of [[Mötley Crüe]], and [[Danny Carey]] of [[Tool (band)|Tool]] as his favorite drummers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/blink-182-107-1260598 |title=Blink-182's Travis Barker says Muppet drummer Animal was his first hero |work=NME |last=Renshaw |first=David |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103031724/https://www.nme.com/news/music/blink-182-107-1260598 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2016 Q&A with [[Vevo]], Barker credited [[Buddy Rich]] as the greatest drummer of all time. He also stated that Van Halen's "[[Jump (Van Halen Song)|Jump]]" was the first song he learned on the drums.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-eX0HR1syE |title=blink-182 - :60 with Travis Barker |author=Vevo |website=youtube.com |date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-date=December 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228004712/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-eX0HR1syE |url-status=live }}</ref>