Travis Barker

Background information
Birth name	Travis Landon Barker
Born	November 14, 1975
Origin	Fontana, California, United States
Genre(s)	Punk Rock Pop punk Hip-hop Rap Metal Alternative Rock Rap Rock Post-Hardcore Electronic Rock Drum and Bass Ska
Years active	1993—present
Label(s)	Atlantic Records Geffen Records Interscope Records Hellcat Records MCA Records
Associated acts	+44 Blink-182 Box Car Racer The Aquabats Expensive Taste Eminem Lil Wayne Asher Roth The Game The Transplants TRV$DJAM
Website	Website

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U2's Bono Compares David Bowie To Elvis

November 23, 2010

U2 frontman Bono has compared David Bowie to Elvis Presley and said the singer played a pivotal role in making them a success.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Bono said the Irish band owed a lot to the musician.

"It's the high singing, beyond your 'man' voice into the feminine. And there's the staging, the attempt to be innovative,” he said.

"Bowie wasn't afraid to use scale, to dramatise things. His setlist was not just a jukebox he could run through. It was drama."

Bono added: "It's not exaggerating to say what Elvis meant to America, David Bowie meant to the UK and Ireland. It was that radical a shift in consciousness.

"The first time I saw him was singing 'Starman' on television it was like a creature falling from the sky. Americans put a man on the moon. We had our own British guy from space - with an Irish mother."

Meanwhile, U2 are currently recording a new album with Danger Mouse.

(by Jason Gregory)

U2's Bono Compares David Bowie To Elvis

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