Transplants
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Travis Barker seems to be constantly in motion, even for a drummer. While Blink-182 takes an indefinite hiatus, Barker is keeping incredibly busy with two bands, a TV show, his own line of sneakers and now another little one on the way. He took a moment to talk to MTV.com and give an update on his newest band, Plus-44. "We'll get back to writing Plus-44 songs sometime in October. That's when I have a couple of weeks off before I leave on the Pennywise tour [with his current band, Transplants]," he told MTV News. "In the meantime, Mark [Hoppus, also of Blink-182] and Carol [Heller, Plus-44's female vocalist] have been writing, and I'll just kind of join back up with them here or there. And then for sure we'll work hard on it for a couple of months starting in February." Barker expects the completed album to be released sometime next summer.Barker is also hoping to make some time to collaborate with DJ AM (fiance of Nicole Richie). "I have 10 days off between the Warped Tour end and the beginning of the European festivals, so there's talk about doing a show with AM in Los Angeles before I leave. So it never ends," he told MTV. "And I've got a shoe coming out with DC in fall, so if we don't play that week, we're going to play the release party for my shoes, which is in August or November or something. I don't really know. I've got so much going right now, I forget."
Perhaps most important of all, Barker's wife Shanna is pregnant with their second child. "I've got a little girl coming — I just found out," Barker said. "We're leaning toward calling her Tallulah, Tallulah Lynne Barker. My middle name is Landon, so she'll have the same initials as me. I can't wait." Somewhere down the road, Barker and his wife will film another season of their MTV reality show Meet The Barkers.
