Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan calls Blink-182’s Travis Barker the “most influential” drummer of the last 30 years

Smashing Pumpkins‘ Billy Corgan has hailed Blink-182‘s Travis Barker as the most influential drummer of the last 30 years. READ MORE: Billy Corgan on his podcast ‘The Magnificent Others’: “I’d like to celebrate people in the culture who are misunderstood” Barker was the latest guest on Corgan’s podcast The Magnificent Others on Wednesday (October 14), with the pair discussing their musical backgrounds, drumming techniques and Barker’s recovery from his near-fatal plane crash in 2008. During the conversation, Corgan told his guest: “I think you are probably the most influential drummer of the last 30 years.” “You have influenced more popular drummers in the last thirty years than any drummer I can think of,” he continued. “When we talk about rock/alternative, something about the way you played kind of unleashed this different way of playing. “I guess power pop or rock drums, that comes directly from you because before you people didn’t play like that, and after you, almost everybody plays like you.” Barker appeared taken aback by the praise, replying: “That means so much. Yeah, I mean, I don’t even know what to say.” He went on to explain how his distinctive style had developed from...