The first Angels & Airwaves CD, We Don't Need to Whisper, sold 545,000 copies,
(...) the second Angels CD did not do as well as the first.” Sales of that second CD, 2007’s I-Empire, were less than half of the first: 226,000 copies.

Travis Barker devrait quitter l'hôpital dans deux semaines

Le musicien Travis Barker.
Travis Barker, brûlé dans un accident d'avion la semaine dernière, se porte bien, d'après son ami Jermaine Dupri. Le moral est bon. Dupri croit qu'il devrait quitter l'hôpital d'ici environ deux semaines.

«Il se porte bien» et son moral est bon, a dit Jermaine Dupri à People jeudi. Barker doit cependant remonter la pente et guérir de ses blessures. Le producteur de disques a rendu visite à l'ancien batteur de Blink-182 dimanche à l'hôpital.

«D'ici quelques jours, il devrait transmettre un message à tout le monde pour informer les gens qu'il va mieux. Il ressent tout l'amour du public», indique Dupri.

La chambre d'hôpital de Barker est maintenant bien équipée. Il a notamment accès à des iPods et des ordinateurs. «Vous devez vous assurer qu'il soit confortable», dit-il.

Dupri croit que Barker séjournera encore deux semaines à l'hôpital. Il pense que son ami se remettra totalement de ses blessures.

L'homme est aussi le partenaire d'affaires du musicien. Ils sont propriétaires de la ligne de vêtements So So Def.

Rappelons que lors de l'écrasement survenu vendredi dernier, DJ AM a aussi été gravement brûlé. Quatre autres personnes ont perdu la vie.

Source: People.

Si le célèbre DJ, ex-fiancé de Nicole Richie, a pu quitter l'hôpital Joseph M. Still Burn Center d'Augusta, en Georgie, et rejoindre la Californie, Travis Barker, 32 ans, est sorti lui aussi du centre médical il y a quelques heures, et a quitté Augusta en début d'après-midi.

hello to you. it’s been a long time since i’ve posted anything here on the himynameismark site. i haven’t had it in me. these past two months have been the hardest times that i can remember, and i hope that we never see anything like this ever again. first losing our dear friend and longtime producer jerry finn, and then the plane crash that happened in september, taking our friends chris and che. even two months later, i still can’t believe what happened, and it’s too much to talk about. but let me say that i think about little chris every single day, and the world is not the same without him. he is one of the best people i’ve ever known. we travelled the world together, spending countless hours on busses and planes, in hotel lobbies and dressing rooms. we worked together, laughed, and played jokes on people. when i saw him in the studio, no matter if it were with blink-182, +44, or an unknown band i was producing, chris would walk right in, introduce himself, make some jokes, and make sure everyone was taken care of. he made everyone feel at home. like they were family. every person he met was a friend for life, and he could talk to anyone. it didn’t matter if it was the biggest star in the world or someone waiting to get into a show, little chris treated everyone as a friend. he was a dear friend to me. i’m so sad that he is not here right now. there are just no words.

i’m also so thankful that travis and DJ AM made it out of the plane that horrible night. travis is a brother to me, and since the crash he has gone through more than i can even imagine. from the day after the plane went down, when i saw him in the burn unit out in georgia, to the hospital here in LA, to seeing him at home, his recovery is nothing short of amazing. every day gets a little better. and not only is he my brother, but also the best drummer and musician i’ve ever seen. the man was born to play drums, and it is great to see him starting to get back into the studio and behind his kit.

as for me, i have been getting back to work as well. a couple of weeks ago i went into the studio with our lunar activities, to finish up their record. chris holmes and i recorded three more of their songs, and they are in the final mixing stage right now. then last week i went out to new york city to introduce all time low at the 2008 woodie awards for mtvu. the day i got back into town i went right into the studio with my friend richard gibbs, who scores films. he had a rough idea of a song for the movie he is currently working on, and he wanted me to come in and collaborate with him on it. we spent five straight days in the studio and came up with a really fun track for a movie called “fired up,” that comes out next year. it’s good to be singing again, and getting back into it. now this week chris holmes and i are working on a theme song for a tv show. today it passed the first round of approvals, and now it goes up to the big time producer people for their thoughts. hopefully it’ll be seen on a television near you very soon. check local listings.

in the midst of everything else that has happened lately, tom, travis, and i have all spoken together. first through a number of phone calls, and then a couple of weeks ago we all hung out for a few hours. they’ve all been great, very positive conversations. we’re just reconnecting as friends after four years of not talking. it’s a good thing. obviously the first question for a lot of people will be “does this mean a blink-182 reunion?” the answer is none of us know. we haven’t talked about it at all. right now it’s just good for the three of us to see one another, reconnect, and let the past be the past. the events of the past two months supersede everything that happened before. life is too short.

Since late August of last year, I've been in the studio every week writing songs with the intention of putting out a record of my own. As of this week, I've got about 10 songs in various stages of completion and another 10 ideas that I still want to work on. ... By the way, this interview will be the first time many people at the label are going to hear about the possibility of me doing an album on my own. Hi, Interscope!

1. Voyeur
2. What's my age again?
3. Untitled
4. Going away to college
5. Pathetic
6. M&Ms
7. Adam's song
8. Wendy Clear
9. Mutt
10. Dammit
11. All the small things