Seven CDs Every Drummer Should Own

By Travis Barker, as told to Billy Lee Lewis, opening photo by Robert Downs
Published July 2004

During the making of an issue focusing on 101 Tips For Being a Better Drummer, we asked Travis Barker what albums he thought other drummers should own. He took time to compile a list of recordings, which he based not only on his own tastes, but on the musical value he felt each recording had to offer his fellow drummers. Now, that's cool.