Barker Recounts 2008 Plane Crash in 'Louder Than Fear' Trailer
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- Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear, co-directed by Justin Krook and Michael Dwyer, premieres on Hulu and Disney+ on Aug. 13 after debuting at the Tribeca Festival earlier this year.
- Barker describes a painkiller addiction born from non-stop touring, recalling he had a security guard whose only job was 'to watch me sleep and make sure I was breathing.'
- The 2008 plane crash killed Barker's assistant Chris 'Lil Chris' Baker, bodyguard Charles 'Che' Still, the pilot, and co-pilot; Barker and Adam 'DJ AM' Goldstein were the only survivors.
- Goldstein died a year later from an accidental drug overdose, prompting Barker to ask in the trailer, 'why am I here, when everyone else isn't?'
- The documentary features appearances from late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Blink-182 bandmates Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge, and Barker's wife Kourtney Kardashian.
- On the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast, Barker said he sensed something was wrong the day of the crash, and his then 3- or 4-year-old daughter Alabama cried, 'The roof is gonna come off!'
Why it matters: The documentary and its trailer mark Barker's most public, detailed reckoning with the 2008 crash and its aftermath — four deaths, a painkiller spiral, and DJ AM's overdose — at a moment when his mainstream profile has never been higher, giving a mass audience its first sustained look at the trauma that preceded his Kardashian-era fame.
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