Can I Say

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Drums, survival, and brutal honesty — the memoir of a man who cheated death twice. He has tattooed his entire body, survived a plane crash that should have killed him, and played drums for one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. In Can I Say, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker tells his own story — brutally honest, darkly funny, and impossible to put down.

Written with Rolling Stone contributor Gavin Edwards and published by William Morrow in 2015, the memoir opens with Barker’s firsthand account of the 2008 plane crash that killed four people and left him fighting for his life. From there it rewinds through a wild ride: a childhood obsessed with drumming, the meteoric rise of Blink-182, reality-TV fame, broken marriages, and battles with addiction and a crippling fear of flying.

The title nods to the hardcore-punk album Can I Say by Dag Nasty — Barker has the words tattooed across his chest. Hailed by Billboard as “riveting,” this is for fans of rock memoirs, drummers, and comeback stories: it hits as hard as Barker’s kick drum.

He has tattooed his entire body, survived a plane crash that should have killed him, and played drums for one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. In Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker tells his own story — brutally honest, darkly funny, and impossible to put down.

Written with Rolling Stone contributor Gavin Edwards and published by William Morrow in 2015, the memoir opens with Barker’s firsthand account of the 2008 plane crash that killed four people and left him fighting for his life. From there it rewinds through a wild ride: a childhood obsessed with drumming, the meteoric rise of Blink-182, reality-TV fame, broken marriages, and battles with addiction and a crippling fear of flying.

The title nods to the hardcore-punk album Can I Say by Dag Nasty — Barker has the words tattooed across his chest. Hailed by Billboard as “riveting” and by Rolling Stone as a fascinating look into a hard-partying musician’s life, the book delivers:

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• Unfiltered honesty: near-death experiences, fame, family, and resilience in Barker’s own voice.
• Music insider stories: Blink-182, the Transplants, +44, and collaborations with hip-hop’s biggest names.
• Real lessons: how creativity and discipline pulled him back from the edge — twice.
• Pure entertainment: the funniest, most outrageous drummer’s tale since The Dirt.

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For fans of rock memoirs, drummers, and comeback stories, Can I Say hits as hard as Barker’s kick drum.

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