TRV$DJAM

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TRV$DJAM
Origin Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres Drum and bass, turntablism
Years active20082009
Labels LaSalle
Past members Travis Barker
DJ AM

TRV$DJAM was a collaboration project between Travis Barker of Blink-182 and Adam Goldstein, a.k.a. DJ AM. They performed their first show on June 25, 2008 at the Roxy and released a mix tape online in August 2008 titled Fix Your Face . In June 2009, they released a second mix tape titled Fix Your Face Vol. 2 (Coachella' 09). Hours after performing for thousands of college students on September 19, 2008 in Columbia, South Carolina, Barker and DJ AM were critically injured in a Learjet crash that killed four people. [1]

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The artists' collaboration project is now over after their two released mixtapes, due to the death of Goldstein on August 28, 2009 at his apartment in New York City.

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References

  1. Silverman, Stephen M.; Marx, Linda (2008-09-20). "Travis Barker and DJ AM in Jet Crash". people.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.