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“We’ve only changed the strings one time”: Travis Barker reveals the bass he uses on everything he records
By Phil Weller published
The Blink-182 drummer and producer has made a revelation about a go-to bass that has proved perfect for almost every record he's produced
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Matt Skiba is “truly happy” that Blink-182 have reunited with Tom DeLonge
By Sam Roche published
“I’m sure there’s a joke in here about releases and happy endings I’m missing but I am truly grateful for my time with Blink,” the guitarist says in a new statement

Watch Joan Jett and Travis Barker perform Cherry Bomb with Foo Fighters in heartfelt tribute to “beautiful soul” Taylor Hawkins
By Matt Parker published
The rock icon says she was honored to count Hawkins as both a fan and a friend

From Future Metal to the new Seattle sound: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published
Kick off the month in style with hard-charging, guitar-heavy new songs from Ayron Jones, Nita Strauss, Quicksand, Frankie Cosmos, Devin Townsend, Hedras, State Champs, Cleopatrick and more

Watch H.E.R. team up with Lenny Kravitz, Travis Barker and more for a star-studded medley
By Matt Owen published
The guitarist was joined by a raft of guest stars as she wove together tracks from her debut album with a surprise cover of Kravitz's Are You Gonna Go My Way during this year's Grammys ceremony

Nekrogoblikon guitarist Joe Nelson joins Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker and blackbear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
By Sam Roche published
Nelson ditches his usual melodic death metal riffing for chugging, feel-good powerchords in this performance of Love It When You Hate Me, from Lavigne's new album, Love Sux

Mark Hoppus performs Blink-182 tracks live for the first time since beating cancer
By Matt Owen published
The bassist lined up alongside Travis Barker as part of his House of Horrors special broadcast, which also featured Machine Gun Kelly, Avril Lavigne and Jasiah

Tom DeLonge: “The secret to playing fast is masturbating. If you don’t masturbate, you can’t play punk rock!”
By Amit Sharma published
The Angels & Airwaves and Blink-182 guitarist talks UFOs, the gnarliness of Shakespeare, keeping up with Travis Barker, and the band's expansive new release, Lifeforms
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