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His partner, in vintage Air Nikes and a Gucci T-shirt, gave a slight wave before putting his headphones on crooked.
Travis Barker and DJ AM, respectively, cavalierly strode onto the "T-Mobile Boulevard" stage in Five Points Friday night.
And in 50 minutes the duo, who use the stage name TRVSDJ-AM, did something unexpected, rare -- They made the streets of Five Points an electric place to hang out.
"It wasn't even dark outside, and people weren't drinking yet," said Chris Wenner, a popular local DJ. "And they still set it off."
But the evening's euphoria was squelched Saturday morning. Barker and AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were badly injured in a plane crash leaving Columbia. They are in critical but stable condition at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga. Two passengers and two crew members died.
TRVSDJ-AM, the drum-and-DJ duo that paired Barker, formerly blink-182's drummer, with AM, an A-list DJ, isn't a new concept. Neither are mashups, the mixing of styles that typically don't play well together, like, say, hip-hop and hard rock.
But it's their approach to both, and the way they sew familiar beats and songs into seamless musical patchwork quilts, that set them apart.
Instead of trying to splice the rhythms of songs, they give the mixes an entirely new beat, relying heavily on Barker's growling, two-fisted pummeling of his snare, toms and splash cymbals.
At the show and on their free download "Fix Your Face" mixtape, AM and Barker impeccably meld disparate genres and performers. For example, they fuse Michael Jackson's pop and The White Stripes' blues-rock.
"The tempos and tracks change really quick," Mike Spinella of AOL Music said. "There's a real connection between them."
Barker, who starred in the music channel's reality series "Meet the Barkers" with his then-wife, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, has kept busy since blink-182 dissolved.
His collaborations and remixes, like trading freestyle licks with the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am on the MTV2 show "My Definition," that have kept Barker musically relevant.
He played on The Game's recent CD, and his remix of Soulja Boy Tell'em's popular song "Crank That," which has been viewed more than 18 million times on YouTube, is what a hip linguist would call "sick."
The 2007 performance might have given Barker the idea to join forces with AM. Once engaged to Nicole Richie, AM is a former member of the rap-rock band Crazy Town.
AM's much-hyped sneaker collection is dwarfed only by his song selection, which can please both Top 40 listeners and record store crate diggers.
"He can play the mainstream corporate party, and he can also play a real tastemaker set," Spinella said.
The T-Mobile Boulevard set leaned toward the latter, as AM frequently cued snippets from obscure artists such as The D.O.C., who is only known by hard-core hip-hop enthusiasts.
Whatever they play, the mission is clear: make people dance.
"I liked that they had versatility in the music," said Brittany Entzminger, a 25-year-old student. "They were the best act."
Adam Michael Goldstein (born March 30, 1973) is an American club disc jockey better known as DJ AM.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Goldstein was also former member of the rock band, Crazy Town, known for their hit, "Butterfly". He has also scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, Will Smith, and Shifty. He has played private events for celebrities like Jim Carrey, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Kate Hudson.
His partner, in vintage Air Nikes and a Gucci T-shirt, gave a slight wave before putting his headphones on crooked.
Travis Barker and DJ AM, respectively, cavalierly strode onto the "T-Mobile Boulevard" stage in Five Points Friday night.
And in 50 minutes the duo, who use the stage name TRVSDJ-AM, did something unexpected, rare -- They made the streets of Five Points an electric place to hang out.
"It wasn't even dark outside, and people weren't drinking yet," said Chris Wenner, a popular local DJ. "And they still set it off."
But the evening's euphoria was squelched Saturday morning. Barker and AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, were badly injured in a plane crash leaving Columbia. They are in critical but stable condition at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga. Two passengers and two crew members died.
TRVSDJ-AM, the drum-and-DJ duo that paired Barker, formerly blink-182's drummer, with AM, an A-list DJ, isn't a new concept. Neither are mashups, the mixing of styles that typically don't play well together, like, say, hip-hop and hard rock.
But it's their approach to both, and the way they sew familiar beats and songs into seamless musical patchwork quilts, that set them apart.
Instead of trying to splice the rhythms of songs, they give the mixes an entirely new beat, relying heavily on Barker's growling, two-fisted pummeling of his snare, toms and splash cymbals.
At the show and on their free download "Fix Your Face" mixtape, AM and Barker impeccably meld disparate genres and performers. For example, they fuse Michael Jackson's pop and The White Stripes' blues-rock.
"The tempos and tracks change really quick," Mike Spinella of AOL Music said. "There's a real connection between them."
Barker, who starred in the music channel's reality series "Meet the Barkers" with his then-wife, former Miss USA Shanna Moakler, has kept busy since blink-182 dissolved.
His collaborations and remixes, like trading freestyle licks with the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am on the MTV2 show "My Definition," that have kept Barker musically relevant.
He played on The Game's recent CD, and his remix of Soulja Boy Tell'em's popular song "Crank That," which has been viewed more than 18 million times on YouTube, is what a hip linguist would call "sick."
The 2007 performance might have given Barker the idea to join forces with AM. Once engaged to Nicole Richie, AM is a former member of the rap-rock band Crazy Town.
AM's much-hyped sneaker collection is dwarfed only by his song selection, which can please both Top 40 listeners and record store crate diggers.
"He can play the mainstream corporate party, and he can also play a real tastemaker set," Spinella said.
The T-Mobile Boulevard set leaned toward the latter, as AM frequently cued snippets from obscure artists such as The D.O.C., who is only known by hard-core hip-hop enthusiasts.
Whatever they play, the mission is clear: make people dance.
"I liked that they had versatility in the music," said Brittany Entzminger, a 25-year-old student. "They were the best act."
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