Just a Lil Deep Dive on Travis Barker’s 88 Tattoos (…That We, Like, Even Know About)
Was *not* prepared for this many of his exes’ names.
Travis Barker is obviously most famous for 1) being an amazing drummer 2) running around naked in the “What's My Age Again?" video, and 3) being one half of 2021’s cutest celebrity couple, but he’s also known for his massive fleet of tattoos. This dude is covered from head to toe—quite literally, he has tattoos on his head—and has been collecting tattoos since he was a teenager. But said collection has grown (andgrownandgrownandgrown), to the point where Travis barely has any room left on his body and has taken to just tattooing new tattoos on top of his old tattoos.
To be clear, Travis is not high-maintenance about his ink because each tattoo tells a story—even the kinda questionable ones (and there are a lot that fall into that category). “You know, you see these kids who get the best tattoos from the best artists and they let them heal properly," Travis told GQ. "I don't care if I have nice, shiny tattoos. Mine all tell a story and make up who I am."
Pretty sure Trav has a million tattoos we don’t even know about, but we did our best to round up every single one of his visible tattoos. Um, including several devoted to his ex-wife Shanna Moakler, which he’s since (dramatically) covered up, and at least two devoted to Kourtney Kardashian—including her name right over his nipple. Come for all that drama and cuteness, and stay for the multiple tattoos Travis has shouting out his kids Alabama and Landon.
"DTA"
DTA is Travis' record label, so it was about time he got a massive shoutout to it on his leg, right?
"Born with Horns"
This is the name of Machine Gun Kelly's new album, which Travis is featured on.
*listens to Papercuts on repeat*
This Skull Coverup
Fun fact: This tattoo is covering up one of two tattoos Travis had that were dedicated to his ex-wife Shanna Moakler. Wondering what it looked like before? Ahem...
Like This!
It's kinda hard to tell but that is a "S" and a "T" intertwined. Or, at least, it was.
This Knee Web
Have no choice but to assume he's a massive Charlotte's Web fan.
This Brand New Assortment
Kay, it looks like Travis got several tattoos (over his old tattoos) during this session, including "LLJ," "F.T.W.," a creepy lil spider on his left arm, and a big eyeball on his right arm.
"One Life, One Chance"
While describing his multiple head tattoos to Vice, Travis said, "There’s my Transplants gas mask at the back. There’s a script that says ‘one life, one chance.’ There’s praying hands from Mr. Cartoon I got done when I was 19. There’s a rose from Chuey. On the top, there’s the Virgin Mary."
We'll get to the rest of these in a minute, but here's his Virgin Mary and his "one life, one chance" tat to get ya started.
His Elaborate Back Tribute
On top of having "HOPE" written across the bottom of his back, Travis has portraits of each of his family members—plus their names and the phrase "family over everything."
"Yeah, I have a big tribute to my family. Portraits of dad, mom and two kids, Landon and Alabama," he told Vice. "I was getting tattooed by Franco Vescovi and Chuey Quintanar at the same time for 10 hour sessions. We probably did four or five of them."
*waits patiently for him to add Kourtney's face*
...And His Mom!
And a closer look at his mom, who he added a little later. Love that she's above everyone...including Jesus, lol.
"Family, Loyalty, Respect"
In addition to his Virgin Mary and some praying hands, Travis has his priorities written across his head. I'd personally go with "family, loyalty, respect, carbs," but to each their own.
"Family First"
P.S. Those aforementioned praying hands also say "Barker" and "Family First."
"You're So Cool"
This is a line from Travis and Kourtney's fave movie True Romance, and fans are convinced this is Kourt's handwriting.
Please note that Travis' ex Shanna has major problems with Kravis' love for this movie. Back in May, she told People, “The movie, True Romance, that I feel like they’ve been bonding over was the theme of our wedding. Our daughter’s named after the character in the movie. Flying banners overhead like we did on Meet the Barkers. Stuff like that…I just think it’s weird.”
His Audrey Hepburn Tattoo
Fans also think this one is a shoutout to Kourtney thanks to the fact that she apparently has this same image of Audrey hanging in her home.
His Pretty Face Rose
Travis added to his face tattoo collection back in November 2020, inking this simple rose underneath a cross on the side of his head.
His Knee Skull
Travis got this skull on his knee, which many have interpreted to be a reference to the 2008 plane crash he survived. Why? Well, thanks in part to how he captioned the Insta: "ALMOST DEAD."
One of the reasons Trav has relatively few tattoos on his legs is because of the crash, and he's been taking his time filling the space. “All of my first tattoos were gone after that plane crash and my skin grafts,” he told Inked. “So I have a second chance to do my legs all over again, which is kind of cool for that to come out of a bad situation.”
"I Love You"
I dare you to find any cuter moment on the entire internet. (Psst: This photo also gives you a pretty good look at the rose on Travis' head.)
"Kourtney"
In which Travis got Kourtney's name tattooed over his nipple.
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