Travis Barker warned his son Landon to turn down offer from ‘The Voice’: “Dude, you’re way too cool for that”

Travis Barker said he advised his son to turn down a performance offer from The Voice. READ MORE: Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus on death, defiance and dick jokes: “I’m very thankful to be alive” The Blink-182 drummer made the remarks on The New York Times‘ Popcast, where he spoke about guiding his son through the music industry. “My son called me the other day and he’s like, ‘Hey, they offered me to go on The Voice,'” Barker told the podcast. “I was like, ‘Dude, you’re way too cool for that. You got to think about your idols. If your idol is Kurt Cobain, would he ever do The Voice? No.'” Barker acknowledged that he himself has performed several times on American Idol, but explained: “I’m different. I’m doing fun shit that’s just fun for me ’cause I’m a drummer and I’m not on the forefront. It’d be different if I was singing with all these people.” He then told Popcast his final words of advice for singer Landon, which was to “stay on your own trajectory” “I’m in the studio, I hear the songs that he’s creating,” he said. “There’s no rush, you know?” Barker, who is set to release his new documentary Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear on Hulu and Disney+ on August 13, revealed to Popcast that ...