Travis Barker Says He’s Honored to Drum for His Son Landon’s Band: ‘It’s a Dream Come True’ (Exclusive)

Like father, like son.

Featured as the drummer on his son Landon’s new music, Blink-182’s Travis Barker reflects on teaming up with the rising star in a new interview with PEOPLE.

“It’s been so amazing to work with Landon,” says Travis, 47. “Watching him grow up playing music and writing music since he was a kid has been a dream come true.”

Landon, 20, grew up heavily influenced by his famous father and mentor — who encouraged his love of music early on by taking his son on some of his biggest tours.

That support has naturally extended to his son’s pop-punk music career: Landon’s recent single, “Friends with Your Ex,” was released on his father’s DTA Records label and features Travis as producer and on drums. (The song’s music video also featured Landon’s girlfriend Charli D’Amelio.)

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“He asked me to come in and help him on his song ‘Friends with Your Ex,'” Travis explains. “It was an honor to produce it and play drums on it.”

In 2011, Landon took to the stage for the first time, joining The Transplants during a raucous set at the annual Musink Festival. He also lent his voice to a cover of the 2020 Misfits classic “Skulls” that his father asked him to sing.

Earlier this summer, he even opened for Blink-182’s sold-out show in Los Angeles.

“Obviously I wanted to get help in the right places because I felt like I’d be stupid not to take advantage of my resources and the people around me,” Landon says. “So I’ve always tried to take advantage of that and use it to the best of my ability. Obviously I wouldn’t throw out a song – one, that [my dad] he tells me that it’s terrible, and secondly, that he doesn’t want to play drums. I want the song to inspire him and I want him to like the song, not just because I’m his son.”

Courtesy of DTA Records.

Signing to his father’s Elektra imprint DTA Records was his ultimate goal, but he had to work hard for it. “My dad would say, ‘Show me you want to sign,'” Landon recalls. “It wasn’t as easy as ‘sign me’. I feel like I had to prove myself to get the chance to sign with them.”

Travis realized his son was serious about his work when he penned a few lyrics to Machine Gun Kelly’s “Die in California,” which was written and produced by Travis and included on MGK’s No. 1 album. Main sale.

“It couldn’t have gone better,” says Landon. “I’ve seen a few of my peers sign with DTA — people like Avril and others, and obviously I wanted to. But I kind of didn’t go into it with expectations. I feel like that’s something I do a lot in my life — not go through life with any expectations.”

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Landon’s work ethic and desire to succeed was also inspired by his father, who he claims still plays the drums every day.

“He wakes up early and still goes to the studio even after all his success,” Landon says. “So I took that with me. No matter what I do, never settle and never stop doing what I love because that’s how you become great.”

A week before Landon performed his new music at the El Rey in Los Angeles for his 20th birthday earlier this month, he told PEOPLE that he feels ready to release more music with the help of his father, who continues to produce, write and record with him .

“We have a bunch of songs that we wrote together,” Landon says, adding that he’s “100 percent ready” to release them.

When asked what the best advice Travis gave him about the music business, Landon says it’s all about enjoying the thrill: “Have fun. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Be kind to people, share your life and experiences that can help people. It’s all lesson. Make art, live life, grow and write songs about it.”

And Landon is doing just that.

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