Travis Barker's Arm Injury 2006-10-08 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 8 Comments | (+44) drummer Travis Barker may take a leaf out of Def Leppard's Rick Allen's book and drum one-handed on the group's upcoming tour.
MTV.com reports that the former Blink-182 skinsman came down with an unexplained pain in his right arm while shooting the video for new single 'When Your Heart Stops Beating':
"I was basically playing the same song over and over again for eight to 10 hours, just playing normal, hard as f---, and during the last couple of takes, my right arm started acting up," he explained. "And it just kept hurting, like, for a week afterwards. It felt like an old skateboarding injury, but, like, incredibly worse. I kept saying, 'It's a damn broken bone.' "
He ploughed on regardless with the group's heavy promotional schedule- not the best idea, as it turned out: "We were in London, doing rehearsals, and I really started feeling it. I had to go to an urgent-care doctor, because I could feel the pain in my bone, and feel my muscles and tendons tightening with pain," Barker said. "So I went to this doctor, and he couldn't read X-rays, and when he told me not to play for the next three weeks, I told him, 'You can't give me any proof.' So I played every night and iced it every night, but it just kept aching."
"After he did the MRI, we looked and the inside of one of my bones was all black, instead of white, like it should be. Which means that either I have a bunch of fractures in my bone — which, if I kept playing, would shatter — or I had a tumor inside my bone," Barker explained. "It is what it is, and I don't think there's anything I can do about it. I don't like hiding, so I figured I would come out and tell people what's up. Either it's broken, or I could have something growing inside my arm. And that sucks, but there's nothing I can do about it."
Barker is entertaining the possibility of playing the upcoming North American tour with just one arm and a number of pedals. He previously operated without the use of his right foot after an accident in Australia.
(+44)'s debut record When Your Heart Stops Beating was produced by Jerry Finn and will be released November 14 through Interscope Records.
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Mass props to him if he plays with one arm.
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tommy lee is crud though. Travis is far better
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I hope he's ok. Travis was my favorite drummer for a long time.
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Good of him not to leave his fans doubting his condition
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man thats rough. travis is a savage though. best of luck to him.
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He has my respect, hopefully he can recover from the injury.
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Ahh Travis kicks ass. If he pulls the Def Leppard guy thing, then he solidifies my opinion of him as an amazing drummer.
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Now this would be something to see.
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