Travis Barker Opens Up About The Loss of A.M.
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Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker was more than just a friend to DJ A.M., who passed away Friday of a suspected drug overdose.
The two were also musical collaborators and both survived that deadly airplane crash that killed four people last year.
On Saturday, Barker opened up for the first time about the loss of A.M.
He says:
"Don't know how i am gonna play 2night but i am for AM. My brother is gone.i love u and miss u, i'll never forget all the good times we had.
I'll never forget everything we've been thru and every time i play the drums i'll think of you. U were an amazing friend/DJ/human being.
Rest In Peace my brother, this really fucks me up.
Such a huge loss.
Adam was truly one of those people that NO ONE had anything bad to say about.
[Image via WENN.]
Why did he have to ruin a nice sentiment with swearing? C'mon now… would he use that word at his funeral? I think not. Well, hopefully not. Trash shines through, my friend. Trash shines through.
RIP, DJ AM.
Aw man, poor Travis.
I was going to see them at Virgin Fest, but it just wouldn't feel right.
Um…he was found with crack near his groin area….another drug induced death…dont worship drug users,it sets a bad example to the younger kids..
he's just being himself
WHO FUCKING CARES… WHO???
Another loser overdosing on drugs, others celebs can handle themselves, so lets forget about this guy.
Im listening to my DJ AM and Travis Barker mix cd that i got at the Blink182 show i went to in edmonton! I have seen DJ AM live and he was so amazing! i have a few videos from that night and a few pictures. Wish i would have taken more!
RIP dude! miss you already ♥
travis…..life is delicate/hearts even more so……be kind everyone to each other.it,s over in a "blink"
Omg, who cares? If he hadn't banged Nicole Ritchie no one would even know who the hell he was.
Drug abuse isn't cool, people.
that's horrible, considering travis is still on tour with the other guys. rip dj am, love you travis
dj am was not a loser. he was amazing and everyone can go suck dicks. i cried reading travis' post.
"That NO ONE had anything bad to say about." - yeah, except for the fact that he was a drug-addict.
goossshhh!!! he is so sexy!!!
Maybe this will show Travis how short life is, and how lucky he is to be alive and not take life for granted…..and stop the stupid shit with his ex.
My good friend took his own life because of depression from drugs recently…it was so fucking hard to deal with but I know he's finally at rest. I wish DJ AM's family and friends can get through this together, it's what helps in times like these….
it is just a sad sad story R.I.P DJ AM
So sad. I dont know who he is cos he isnt really big in Britain, but i know he has touched many people. Poor Guy
WOW…still in SHOCK… I've met both Adam & Travis on several occassions and they were both VERY personable… Adam moreso than Travis… I can't imagine how his close friends are feeling at this time… It's never easy to lose someone you love!!!
Jeeze it's unbelievable how heartless and disrespectful some people can be. Saying "who cares" and calling him a loser. The man just died yesterday. Anyone wanna give him some credit for staying clean for 9 years? That's an awful long time. I feel terrible for Travis and all of Adam's family and friends. RIP A.M. I do believe you were a good hearted and talented person and you're obviously very missed.
another dead drug addict. boo hoo.
Re: Laura – LIKE
i miss DJ AM! he must have been really hurting!
Re: MOMMIE DEAREST – omg what is your problem! people like you are complete heartless people! have a little respect!
Does this mean you'll lay off Travis and everyone else who was close to him for a while?
This Travis Barker character has messed his own head up in drugs - I bet his guilt hurts more than anything - his writing just shows his lack of education and the like….what a loser.
To all the dumbasses saying "Don't worship a drug addict" : we're not worshipping him, we're only paying our respects to a dead man. The fact that he had an addiction doesn't mean he was a bad person. Besides, he was clean for years, I'd like to see you go through a traumatizing even like a fatal plane crash and come out of it without any kinds of emotional scars. Not to mention that his girlfriend broke up with him recently… Seriously you guys, don't be so heartless. Like you're so damn perfect, right? yes, he had weaknesses, but that doesn't mean he was a bad person. RIP Adam.
Re: egp10990 – Drug addiction is a sickness, it is a disease. People cant get off drugs because they are sick and addicted. It's not a joke and it is a serious problem. Dont talk shit about a person with an addiction because maybe someone you really love may die of an overdose. What are you a perfect person with no faults? Re: Lindsay Lohan – People like you shouldnt even be alive. Your a good excuse for an Abortion..
I think AM suicided, the poor bastard. He took all he could take, then just said, "Fuck it, I quit" in a very bad moment. Life is unfair. I don't think the drugs made him do it; I think he used them to die.
Rest peacefully in the fridge for now, Adam, until they bury you somewhere in the very nicest Jewish cemetery there is.
He'll probably be signed out as an accidental overdose, unless they find a note stating he did this to himself, right?
Maybe now Barker will stop barking at his ex and accusing her of all kinds of shit. For all of five minutes.
RIP
Addiction is a disease. I think people need to remember that…
sad sad sad…………
so sad. drugs are no good, please, they need to get the help they need. drugs won't help you.
The issue is really not about the using here, the thought is more how in a world filled with so many personal contacts and friends. How is it that nobody close to him seen this coming? Or rather that he lacked enough true friends that would have noticed the pain he suffering and helped him to overcome the issues he was faced against. RIP DJ AM My condolences to the true friends and family.
Wow you people are either very rude and ignorant or haven't dealt with losing somebody. Calling him a loser and drug addict? Really? None of you have survived a plane crash and neither have I, but I cannot even imagine what that does to a person.
Maybe he was back on drugs or purposely took them to overdose and commit suicide. We don't know and either way its very sick of you people to say who cares. Imagine if it were someone you knew and loved and cared about. Them doing drugs and dying that way wouldn't matter to you even so. Some one being on drugs doesn't change the way you feel about them. God you people are sickos.
R.I.P
rip, sad sad, and shocking. and they did go through a lot together. what a loss
So sad.
Re: MOMMIE DEAREST – fuck you. he was a goood man with some problems. just because he DID bad things doesnt mean hes a bad person.
somehow most of you do the opposite from what perez says in his post "Adam was truly one of those people that NO ONE had anything bad to say about." well - about 30 people had to say something negative.
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btw: did i mention, that i HATE it when people nickname themselves "mum"?! degradation of it's finest - not because i hate moms, but you're not a goddess by being a mom.
Re: Lindsay Lohan – you a bitch
some of you people have no hearts. He DIED. Addiction is a sickness, and he went through so much shit before his death. The plane crash that left him seriously injured, his girlfriend breaking up with him a week before… none of you have been through THAT. so think before you talk shit.
R.I.P DJ AM ♥
ohh, poor Travis. I hope he realizes that his only method of peace is to "find peace in the Lord" (a friend told me today).
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It's so true…this is such a hard life. And the fast past celebrity lifestyle only exacerbates matters. Adam appeared to be sooo sweet, talented, and seemed to have many good friends. Yet, i'm sure he felt very alone and isolated…in addition to suffering from PTSD (following the plane crash).
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I just pray that his spirit is finally at peace….but now I'm concerned that Travis might be headed down the same path. This is all incredibly sad =(
What most people don't understand is, it's possible due to the pain meds he was taking from the plane crash, it led him to relapse. DJ AM was truly assisting others in getting sober and unfortunately wasn't able to stop himself from relapse. If that is the case. Most in recovery avoid pain meds as often as they can. And with the burns received from the plane crash, it was almost unavoidable for him to not take them.
Why are there always people who make cruel posts about people who have passed away?? I don't get it!!!
KARMA ALWAYS COMES BACK AROUND, AND ITS A BIG OLD BITCH WHEN IT DOES.
Re: Journey1 – But not for a YEAR afterwards, when he's been partying it up and downing Red Bulls for 6 months. What doctor keeps someone on pain meds for so long, especially knowing they are a prior addict? And why didn't he get help before? Was he using multiple doctors? If so, then he wasn't "clean" for 9 years, he was into drugs as soon as they stopped medicating pain and started medicated his emotions. Rx drugs doesn't make it right…
wow thats sad! AM looks like a good guy, down to earth sort of type
I wonder if Nicole Richie will say anything in the next few days! since she was engaged to him a while back
"Nice guy" or not, it's guilt by association for this poor douche. Look at all the "celebrity" condolences rolling in: Dumbass Hilton, Lindsey Dumbass, Nichole (Dumbass) Richy, this useltss tool Travis Dogbarker, every piece of garbage that AM ever did drugs with is now all, "oh he was my best friend, he was an American hero etc…" No, he was a drug addict with rich parents, who played records and said "put your hands in the air." Big fucking deal. And no big loss ha ha.
Sorry, I can't respect a person that has been given a second chance after that plane crash and then fucks it up by choice.
Re: JulesGules – pithy nothing.
Re: Lindsay Lohan – c.unt
Re: Dr. Cornelia J. Dogbarker PhD rescinded – you are a sick person! have some fucking respect!
"Adam was truly one of those people that NO ONE had anything bad to say about."
oh really? hows this: he was a worthless junkie who sold drugs and got other people addicted like he was and ruined their lives. its a good thing this bastard is gone, he cant hurt any more people.
Re: han21 – respect what? a piece of shit junkie that got other people addicted too and ruined their lives? thank god this bastard is gone
I barely come to this site anymore.
LOL, give me a break. Check out that picture! They're just a bunch of drug addict morons!!!! Get over it, this is what happens when you live like an idiot. The guy didn't cure cancer he spun records and did drugs.
i went to blink tonight at the meadows in hartford..best concert i have ever been to. moment of silence for DJ AM and everyone had the lighters going.
Re: constabull – lol i know you see those two idioits with full body tatoos and think " how could this be a loss?"
Re: Wenchtits –
That's not true. Ted Kennedy was in a plane crash and survived only to drive his car off a bridge and kill the woman he was with "not his wife" then waited 9 hours to tell a police officer and by then the alcohol level went down. But then again he came out ahead because he was a Kennedy not a DJAM.
Oh, and yeah, if he didn't screw Nicole Ritchie, who would know him. Just like Lohan and her saMANtha who??
for those haters: DJ AM might have been an addict but after going through such traumatizing experience it might have been really hard for him, and with no friends that encouraged living drug free, what do you expect? its such a shame that someone so young and driven left the world so early, and was not able to surpass his issue, God forgives and now hell rest in peace.
Re: MOMMIE DEAREST – OU ARE A ASSHOLE MOMMY FUCKFACE WHO CARES IF THE MAN DID DRUGS OR NOT HE IS DEAD AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO RESPECT THE DEAD SHOW YOU HAVE A HEART ASSHOLE
Re: dontcare! – HEARTLESS BIOTCH HAVE SOME KIND OF RESPECT
I don't understand why there are SO many negative comments. Why can't people show their sympathy for a person who has passed? i'd like to make it clear, that addiction is a disease. anxiety and depression is a disorder. IT CAN'T JUST BE SHAKIN OFF, Its real and its BRUTAL. You don't know how it feels. I don't understand why people turn to drugs for a support system. But we don't know what they are feeling inside. Who are we to judge someone?
Re: Lindsay Lohan – IM SHURE YOU ARE A SKANKZILLA FROME HOEVILLE U.S.A JUST LIKE LINDSY HOEPANTS
Re: Laury – finally someone said it!
Re: the squirrel – they're idiots! im sure when all these haters die, noone is gonna give a shit!!!
i don't like these comments on this post. everyone's saying we should forget about dj am, he's a drug addict… SO WAS MICHAEL JACKSON! and his birthday is being treated like a fucking HOLIDAY. so please show some respect.
Re: constabull – FUCK U ASS FACE HAVE RESPECT
Breaking headline news: Nicole Richy makes first public statement regarding death of Adam Goldstein… "Um, like, yeah that's really uncool and whatever. So where exactly is his stash, because he always told me that if he died, he wanted me to keep it in a safe place, you know, so no young people could find it. So, like, where is it? Where is the dope, give it to me!!!!!! I need a fix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
He graduated his lifes chart with honors.
i was at the blink show tonight… it was amazing they definitely dedicated the show to adam and we even had a moment of silence.. adam will be missed and your friends love you..
Re: SexyScorpio..NY – omg addction is NOT a sickness or a disease. are you saying that beacuse i smoke cigarettes that i suffer from a disease that i'll never recover from? if i quit smoking will i forever be a "recovering smoker"? stfu with your lame ass excuses. i was on meth for 2 years of my life and never have i used "disease" or "sickness" to justify my past drug use. i used drugs because i made a stupid decision and i got addicted to them because of that decision…NOT BECAUSE I WAS SUFFERING FROM A DISEASE! ADDICTION IS NOT A DISEASE YOU MORONS! addiciton comes AFTER you start using. it's not something you're born with and it's not something you acquire or catch from someone else. you create the addiction the second you light that crack pipe or chop up that line. end of story!
Sounded like a nice guy, but he played fucking records for a living. My 4 yr old can do that.
Travis is an idiot and this guy was a drug user. Moving on.
Re: Dr. Cornelia J. Dogbarker PhD rescinded –
Wow, like you're so damn perfect..like anybody else who is criticizing Adam right now is so perfect. Do you know what it's like to be sucked into the world of drugs? Have you dealt with a lot of trauma in your life? Depression? Give the guy credit for being sober for 9 years..that's a long time. He also tried to help others get out of their addictions. Nobody is perfect. The fact that Adam had his flaws doesn't give you or anybody else the right to talk about him in such a cruel way..the man just died. Have some respect. You and some others seem to think his job was stupid. What gives you the right to judge? No, not anybody can be a successful DJ. He didn't just get the job handed to him. And if you know anything about his life, you'd know he didn't have that great of a childhood.
Re: 29 – Wow you're a fucking moron. Addiction IS a disease, you can ask any doctor, psychologist, or psychiatrist. Way to sound oh so hardcore by throwing in the fact that you've done meth for two years. Grow the fuck up.
Rip Dj AM
www.rizebigger.com = mind blowing, back breaking sex
Travis me pone :Q________
Re: the squirrel –
What you are upset about used to perplex the shit out of me, too….until I finally realized the average age of posters on this site is about 12 to 14 years old.
Drugs are bad, mkay
Completely agree with Mommie Dearest.
WTF is wrong w/ you people? He was on drugs! He did this to himself! It'd be different if he were murdered! But he wasn't!!
Re: 29 – Yayyy!!! Glad to hear you're off that shit. And you're right, I'm sure no one forced you to do meth, so it was your own fault. I'm glad there's at least one person out there that can admit it was their fault and not blame it on circumstance.
RIP Adam…..
OK. IM GONNA TRY TO BE NICE TO ALL YOU DUMB FUCKS WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ITS LIKE TO HAVE PROBLEMS, HOW NICE IT MUST BE TO LIVE A PERFECT LIFE!! AM MUST HAVE BEEN A GREAT GUY BECAUSE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID ANYTHING BAD ARE YOU DUMN ASSES BUT YOUR SO SIMPLE MINDED YOU MATTER! I HAD A BAD CAR WRECK LAST AUGUST AND MY DOCTOR HAS ME ON RX MEDS FOR MY LEG, I HAVE 2 KIDS AND MY SON HAS AUTISM AND I AM STILL THE BEST FUCKIN MOM I CAN BE!! DRUGS DONT ALWAYS MAKE THE PERSON!
RIP DJ AM. To all the haters on here Karma is a bitch, to write such ignorant comments at a time like this is absolutely unexcusable. DJ AM was a GREAT person with a HUGE TALENT AND HEART, this article is about a man who lost a best friend and his comments on his loss, it is not a place to write mean words, nor is it a place to be so hateful. So many people are hurting deeply right now because of this, what kind of ppl want to add to that hurt? To those who did may you rott in hell, there is no excuse for what you've said, and it is so sad and disheartining, So many cruel ppl, PEREZ PLEASE get rid of the negative comments as it would be so hurtful to those who loved Adam to see them. God Bless Adam's friends and family, my sincerest sympathies to all who loved him, may he be remembered for all his greatness and kindness he showed to all, RIP AM, YOU WILL BE MISSED BY SO MANY. Travis, I am so very sorry for the loss of your dear friend, PLEASE take care of yourself as you too are loved by so many, and try to remember all the good times you and Adam shared. As always IGNORE the haters, THEY SUCK!
Re: Journey1 – - I TOTALLY agree with you - I went through the same thing (except for the plane crash) but I was lucky to have gotten the help that pain meds too me and I survived though..
It is very sad when any young man, even if he is a drug addict dies. But what always confuses me is why people are surprised. Like they never passed the pipe with him? If they loved him, I wish they had been sobriety coaches. That would have shown true devotion to the friendship. ADDICT ALERT - yes, it can happen to YOU.
R.I.P……..
I feel terrible about what happened to this poor man. People have no idea what it's like to have an addictive personality…it's a form of OCD, and it is a mental illness.
Second, he was clearly suffering from survivor guilt. I can't imagine the emotional pain he must have gone through…to watch four other people die, and to live, not knowing why you survived…that must have been devastating. He probably felt he had to live his life for five people. If I had lived through something like that…I would be on drugs, too.
"F" all of the enablers in AM's life. You knew he was sick. Put on your dark glasses to hide the Purple Haze, or take them off at the funeral so we can all see the eyes of the people who never helped him. All of Michael Jackson's friends and family wore the dark glasses too. Why, so you could not see into their souls.
The true criminals in these tragic deaths. I wish AM had more courage to dump his enablers.
BTW, I know burn victims, and they have to be on pain meds for quite some time because of the skin grafts.
And you HAVE to be on them right after, otherwise your body will go into shock and you will die. So it was completely unavoidable for him to be put on pain meds, and it probably cause a relapse. Recovering addicts(whether they have been clean for a month or for 50 years), aren't even supposed to have a beer, so giving him pain meds-which he absolutely needed-would have certainly caused a relapse. That plane crash killed him too…it just took a year longer.
WAH
my drug-fiend, talentless friend who's 'job' consisted of making a record player skip (NOT MUSIC) is dead. WAH…. too bad barker wasn't there smoking with 'am.' then the world would have been rid of TWO losers instead of one.
Stop making excuses for addiction, retards. I had surgery a few weeks ago, and I realized I was becoming addicted to Codiene, and I HAVE AN ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY! But as soon as I realized it, I FLUSHED THE FUCKING PILLS! YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS! YOU CAN'T BLAME GOD, OR YOUR FAMILY, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. Otherwise, I'd be some drugged out crackwhore and I wouldn't have the good life that I have now. Stop bitching and complaining about the hand you were dealt and do something about it. Goddamn bunch of fuckign whining ass bitches. IF HE DIED FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN NATURAL CAUSES OR MURDER, HE DID IT. HE FUCKING BOUGHT THE CRACK, SMOKED IT, TOOK THE PILLS, WHATEVER! NO ONE HELD A GUN TO HIS FUCKING HEAD AND TOLD HIM TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: 29 – wow typically, you know what congrats for being on meth for 2 years this isn't about you and that fact is we all face our own challenges in life you have yours and you overcame them Great and he had his and obviously he was struggling! but you don't even know him personal so to say anything rude about him is just disrespectful! SO shut the fuck up!
Re: FUCK YOU WORLD!!! – Okay don't get me wrong. I am sorry the guy is dead. I'm sorry he lost his life, I'm sorry for his family and friends. But in the end, he did this, he chose that way of life. He didn't have to.
Re: FUCK YOU WORLD!!! – The pain from 3rd degree burns are so intense that the body will literally shut down from the pain and die. Burn victims can't stop taking pain pills, the pain is absolutely unbearable.
two losers, they should of died in that plane crash
Shouldn't it fuck Travis up that he is calling his childrens' mother horrible names in public for them to hear? What a tard. Sorry your friend died, man, but take a step back and see how you are dicking the lives of your kids…. who will probably end up on drugs to deal with the crazy ass antics of their parents.