Blink-182’s Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge once got so high with Cypress Hill that they wanted to go home: “It was the longest fucking show”
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has recalled becoming so high with Cypress Hill before a concert that he and bandmate Tom DeLonge spent the performance wanting to leave. The anecdote highlights Barker’s view that performing while under the influence undermines his ability to give audiences his best show.
Barker said B-Real and Sen Dog persuaded him and DeLonge to smoke before the final date of a tour with No Doubt and Cypress Hill, after assuring them they would be going home afterwards. He described the songs as feeling interminable, while DeLonge told him midway through the set that he wanted to go home; Mark Hoppus was sober and unaware of their experience. Barker’s documentary, *Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear*, is due on Hulu and Disney+ on 13 August.
- Barker and DeLonge regretted smoking before a Blink-182 show.
- The pair performed while feeling the set lasted indefinitely.
- Barker says smoking before performances is not for him.