Posted 10/16/08 11:23 am EST by Chris Harris in Concerts, DJ AM
It's been less than a month since DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker walked away from a jet crash that claimed the lives of four others. Two skin-graft surgeries later, AM (born Adam Goldstein) was back to work last night, manning the decks for Jay-Z's concert marking the reopening of the Hollywood Palladium.
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Posted 10/8/08 9:21 am EST by Jocelyn Vena in DJ AM, plane crash, Travis Barker
Travis Barker opens up about the plane crash that left him severely burned in this week's issue of Us Weekly. Released from a Georgia burn center just last week, he trekked across the country by bus to get back home to Los Angeles, where he continues his recovery at an area hospital. Barker told the magazine that right now, all he wants to do is chill with his kids and get back on the drum kit.
Read more about Travis Barker's interview here.
Posted 9/24/08 8:33 pm EST by Jocelyn Vena in DJ AM, Travis Barker, Video, VMAs
The sad news about Travis Barker and DJ AM has inspired us to look back on their recent performances as the VMA house band — collaborations that featured Lupe Fiasco, Katy Perry, LL Cool J and The Ting Tings.
We've dug into our archives to give you guys the full songs that you didn't see during the broadcast. Watch the guys grooving along with Kid Cudi, Fiasco and the others, and if you look closely, you can see AM rapping to himself during LL's performance.
Watch the full videos after the jump.
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Posted 9/23/08 5:18 pm EST by Jocelyn Vena in DJ AM, music video awards, Travis Barker, Video
Before Travis Barker and DJ AM were hurt in a plane crash over the weekend, the duo performed as the VMA house band and lived their dream of performing with LL Cool J.
Two days before the big show, MTV News caught the pair's last-minute rehearsal moments. Take a look back at their rehearsal with Katy Perry, for her performance of "Like a Virgin." While Katy sang the iconic Madonna hit, the guys were cool and relaxed and seemed like they were having a genuinely good time. Travis drummed away, and DJ AM laughed and smiled while spinning the track.
(Check out video from the rehearsal after the jump.)
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Posted 9/22/08 3:27 pm EST by Jocelyn Vena in DJ AM, LL Cool J, Music, Travis Barker, VMAs
When we heard the news over the weekend about Travis Barker and DJ AM's plane crash, we couldn't help but think of the last time we caught up with them, fresh from their stint as the house band at the Video Music Awards.
The duo showed everyone a good time, with some help from LL Cool J, the Ting Tings and Katy Perry, but it was the guys themselves who really seemed to have the most fun. When John Norris caught up with them at the VMA afterparty, Travis told him, "Oh my gosh, it was so fun!" They also talked about just how cool it was to collaborate with those artists and to have the opportunity to be the soundtrack for the awards show.
The guys were particularly stoked to work with LL Cool J ("I saw him in '87. I was freaking out!" AM gushed), thrilled with the results of their Ting Tings collaboration and blown away by Lil Wayne. In the end, though, AM joked, "I'm just happy I didn't mess up."
See how the guys were feeling after their big night below.
Posted 9/20/08 7:19 pm EST by Tim Kash in DJ AM, plane crash, Travis Barker
I'm sad today. It always amazes how bad news can just hit you so unexpectedly and put a damper on even the brightest of days.
I'm sad at the news I received on a BlackBerry alert this morning with the message "Travis Barker and DJ AM critically injured in plane crash." The news totally sideswiped me - as bad news always does. Read More...