Blink-182 Breakup: Travis Barker Roasts Tom DeLonge Again, Band Begins Rehearsals

Days after frontman Tom DeLonge left the band, the hits keep on coming for Blink-182. Drummer Travis Barker laid into DeLonge in a radio interview with KROQ.

"This is exactly how it went down 10 years ago too," he said of DeLonge's departure. "No phone call from Tom, it was always his management just says 'Don't bug Tom, Tom's out. Leave him alone.' It comes to the point where you can't make anybody do anything."

Barker said he wishes things were handled much differently.

"I'm a more confrontational person," he said. "I'd rather talk to the source and work it out, figure it out. I don't like playing tennis — you say this, I say that. It's childish. That's for like Housewives of Atlanta.

"He's [DeLonge] absolutely still my friend, it's just he doesn't want to play in a band. It's like a chick. You're not gonna make a chick that says, 'Hey I don't want to see you indefinitely and I don't know how long, I might not want to see you forever.' You're not going to be like 'You get over here. You play with me right now.'"

Sounds like the Blink dynamics have been tough to handle in recent weeks, especially after DeLonge announced 1) that a new album was coming and 2) the band finally had financial backing for the project.

"I've always had to cover up for him," Barker said. "Finally it's just out. He doesn't want to record. He hasn't wanted to record. We've tried recording four or five times. We've catered to him. We've got label interest. We did everything he wanted to do and then his manager still sends us an email saying Tom's out."

There is some good news for fans through all of this: Barker and Mark Hoppus are still moving forward with their scheduled gig at the Musink festival in March (via Alternative Press).

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Blink-182, Travis Barker, Tom Delonge