posted by davidt on Tuesday February 17 2004, @11:00AM
An anonymous person writes:

Blink-182's drummer Travis Barker was asked to play drums on You Are The Quarry.

A journalist friend of mine interviewed Travis Barker for the Swedish newspaper Expressens entertainment edition and since my friend is a huge fan of Moz they of course talked about Morrissey. I forced him to write down what Travis said on the interview tape (the article isn't out yet and will probably not include the section about Morrissey due to space limitations).

Here goes:

Your producer Jerry Finn is working on the new Morrissey album. Have you heard anything about that?
- I was actually supposed to have played drums on the Morrissey album! They asked me if I'd come down and check it out but I was having a baby at the time so I didn't do it in the end. But I heard that everything is going well with the album.
- Mark in our band talks to Jerry a lot and Jerry told him that everything is going absolutely amazing with the Morrissey album. When we were working on the Blink record Jerry heard some of the new Morrissey material and it was SOOO good! I haven't heard it myself but Jerry says it's just amazing, so I'm really excited. Jerry is pretty on most of the time and has very good taste, you know? so I reckon it'll be good.

Who's idea was it for you to play the drums on the Morrissey record?
- Morrissey's manager asked me actually and that was a fucking honour I tell you!
Are you a fan of Morrissey's music?
- Not really a huge fan, but I'm familiar with his music and I listened a lot to The Smiths when I was in high school.

Note: Travis must have been approached to play the drums around the time Spike T Smith was kicked off the sessions and Dean Butterworth replaced him. According to Travis, his son is three and a half months old, so his story makes sense that way. As said, the article isn't out but the link to the newspaper is http://www.expressen.se
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  • I´m just happy.
    peregrino -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @11:21AM (#86875)
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  • So Spike was the original choice with Dean called in after this Travis bloke couldn't commit? Sounds upside down.
    king leer -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @11:23AM (#86876)
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  • is absolutely the best drummer in rock and roll today, bar none. To hear how great he is, get Blink's untitled last album, Jerry Finn's production and Travis's drumming are simply amazing. I just wish he could have played on the new Moz release, it would have been unbelievably great!!!
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @11:40AM (#86878)
  • 'Jerry heard some of the new Morrissey material and it was SOOO good! I haven't heard it myself but Jerry says it's just amazing, so I'm really excited'.
    that's more like it! the only previous comment we had from Jerry was that the recordings were 'great' which I thought was a disappointing choice of superlative!
    John, England
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @12:08PM (#86881)
  • "...so I reckon it'll be good."

    Did anyone ever see that Punk'd w/ Travis? Or any interview with him? Do you think he's the type of person to say "reckon"? I don't. Oh well.
    fut -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @12:28PM (#86885)
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  • as good as i'm sure blink-182's drummer is, isn't morrissey's pedigree watered down enough? all this talk about jerry finn and travis barker is infuriating. the reason why the smiths were so strong was because they kept it in the family. next thing you know, he's going to pull a liz phair and take on the matrix. this isn't trolling, it's just disappointment talking.
    eugenius -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @01:39PM (#86897)
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    I'm almost sure you can do better than that.
  • This news article is incredible and very hopeful. I wonder if other people here are thinking what I am thinking, however. I don't believe that Blink-182 is really Morrissey's style, per se. I think Deano was more akin to Morrissey's style, to say the very least. But why should I worry or complain? Morrissey has *always* put out amazing material (yes, including Southpaw).

    Maybe Morrissey is going to re-invent himself with this new album. Not that he needs to. The excitement is almost too much to bear. I am hoping for TWO concert dates in Chicago, one at the Aragon and one at the Riv. I will be there. With my hearing aid and gladioli.

    Truly,
    Ken
    sycophantic_slag -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @02:08PM (#86900)
    (User #3940 Info)
    "And I just can't explain/ So I won't even try to."
  • Guys and Gals-

    Keep in mind that Travis Barker is like most of the great drummers out there...he is a musician. Get it out of your heads that even if he played on the record, that it would sound like blink...he is a phenomenal drummer...that's it and that's all. Morrissey would have been privileged if Travis would have played on the record. The problem with Dean and Spike, is that they bring no real musicianship and experimentation or new ideas to the table...it's a bummer this story never came to fruitution.
    SeaDocked -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @02:56PM (#86906)
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    Boxing Depression with a Southpaw fist...
  • I think it's scary that a member of Blink 182 thinks the new Morrissey material is "amazing". This new album thing has a very un-morrissey vibe.I feel that somehow we'll end up with a horrible "rock" record that tries to fit into the mainstream. It seems like, after all, they got into him too.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @03:21PM (#86910)
    • Re:Scary by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday February 17 2004, @04:58PM
    • So Yesterday So Yesterday by fut (Score:1) Tuesday February 17 2004, @05:43PM
    • Re:Scary by Dabb-Hands (Score:1) Wednesday February 18 2004, @01:15AM
      • Re:Scary by wit2wit (Score:1) Wednesday February 18 2004, @12:45PM
  • as long as Morrissey brings out new stuff. Is been a long time for this new cd.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @05:39PM (#86936)
  • Its bad enough those dirty minded, talentless idiots had Robert Smith of The Cure perform a song with them, but I dont want to see them give Morrissey a bad name.

    I'm so ahamed.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @06:10PM (#86938)
  • damn, I wish Morrissey had phoned Spencer.
    Celibate Cry <[email protected]> -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @10:55PM (#86964)
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    and the hills are alive with celibate cries

  • he's not doing anything much, is he?
    Davy_Havok -- Wednesday February 18 2004, @01:36AM (#86970)
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  • I didn't know men could have babies...
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 18 2004, @04:51AM (#86991)
  • Lennon and McCartney still did ok with Ringo bulldozing around in the background and REM are still making decent records. I think if Moz wants a proper drummer he should have the guy from Def Leppard who plays with one arm and Still manages to get arrested for beating his wife up! Now, that's talent. I don't know why his wife didn't just just put itchy powder down his nuts when he got in a bad mood. Any comments? I think the tone of this board is too heavy and serious and I'm just happy that Moz is still happy making records.
    x
    Reg Kray -- Wednesday February 18 2004, @05:32AM (#86992)
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  • Reserve your judgments until you've actually heard his work on the Morrissey album.

    For those who doubt his creativity and ability to play with passion, just listen to his past work, live and studio, with Ben Harper.

    Would Morrisey publicly make a comment about him like "the best drummer we've had" without reason?
    Anonymous -- Thursday February 19 2004, @08:10AM (#87101)
  • i'd really would love to hear moz playing with suede's Simon Gilbert, he's an extraordinary musician, just listen to "the drowners", "metal mickey" or "picnic in the motorway" and you'll get the idea.....
    pretty petty thief <[email protected]> -- Thursday February 19 2004, @02:18PM (#87166)
    (User #7529 Info)
    hell is the bell that will not ring again....
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