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'Hills' Stars Heidi Montag And Spencer Pratt Elope: Report

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 01:54 AM PST

Couple tied the knot in Mexico last week.
By Jocelyn Vena


Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt (file)
Photo: Paul Redmond/ Getty Images

"The Hills" stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt tied the knot on Thursday in Cabos San Lucas, Mexico, according to Us Weekly. "The minute we said our vows, I couldn't stop crying," Montag revealed to the magazine.

The couple eloped after getting engaged last year. In his vows to the 22-year-old Montag, Pratt, 25, reportedly said, "Heidi, from the moment you came into my life, I knew my life would never be the same without you. You are the light in my life like the sun to the Earth! Your loving warmth makes me want to be a better person. Being with you, I feel complete. I'm honored to even be able to call you my wife. You are the most amazing, loving and caring woman on this planet. I will love you forever and always."

Montag's mother was not in attendance, but before going to the altar, her daughter dropped a hint. "I called her right before the ceremony, sort of hinted that something [was happening], but her reaction was to ask me if we were breaking up!" Montag said. "I told her it might be something else, and she said, 'Well, if you ever plan on getting married, just know that your stepdad is really upset that you want your father to walk you down the aisle."

The reality-TV star spoke to the magazine before breaking the news to her mother. "She was starting so much drama, it kind of pushed me toward wanting to get married without that," she added. "I don't know when I'll tell her."

Montag and Pratt are no strangers to drama. After he convinced her to move in with him, she and "Hills" star Lauren Conrad had a falling-out. Shortly after Pratt proposed, the couple took a break from their engagement. "I'd just turned 21, and it was scary because I was so young," Montag told Us following the split.

But they decided to try again in May after a vacation in Mexico. "Heidi read me biblical passages like 'Honor thy wife,' " Pratt explained. "I'm ready to marry Spencer," Montag told the magazine in a previous interview. "He's my soul mate."

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Britney Spears' 'For The Record' Documentary: Check Out A Two-Minute Trailer Here!

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 09:21 AM PST

Documentary airs November 30 at 10 p.m. ET on MTV.
By Jocelyn Vena


Britney Spears in "Britney: For The Record"
Photo: MTV

You've already seen short previews for Britney Spears' "For the Record" documentary — and now you can check out a new, two-minute trailer.


In the show, which airs on MTV Sunday at 10 p.m. ET, Britney questions her behavior over the last couple years and sheds some light onto what it's like to be her on a daily basis. "I've been through a lot, and there's a lot people don't know," she says.

"I don't think anyone can prepare themselves for what stardom brings. ... It didn't touch home with me, the whole fame thing, until I had a huge breakup, and I wanted to just ... stop," she continues. Sometimes it can get lonely, because you don't open the gate up that much. ... So I'm kind of stuck in this place, and it's just, 'How do you deal?' I just cope, and that's what I do, every day."

In the documentary — which premieres two days before the December 2 release of her new LP, Circus, — fans can get a glimpse of Spears' life as she prepares for the album's release, which includes photo shoots, dance rehearsals and time with her two sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston.

"There's a lot people don't know about me that I want them to know," she said. "I've been through a lot the last two or three years. I've grown up, bigtime."

However, not all Spears' revelations are about her very public personal life over the last few years: She also talks about still loving her career, even after more than a decade in the business. "I recorded the album. I recorded a lot of songs and it's the process where the fun stuff starts to come," she said of Circus.

Spears also talks a bit about life under her conservatorship, which includes supervision by her dad Jamie Spears over her affairs. "I think it's too in control. If I wasn't under the restraints I'm under, I'd feel so liberated," she said. "When I tell them the way I feel, it's like they hear, but they're really not listening."

She added, "I never wanted to become one of those prisoner people. You're guarded. You have to be that way."

Britney's manager, Larry Rudolph, discussed the documentary at a screening in Los Angeles on Friday. "You see Britney in a light you're not used to seeing her in," he said. "She's intelligent, she's introspective, she's honest. By the end of the film you really understand who she is in a way that you just never imagined. ... It is so not a puff piece."

Getting pumped about the Britney Spears documentary? Share your thoughts by uploading a video to YouRHere.MTV.com, or sound off in the comments section below. "For the Record" airs Sunday at 10 p.m. ET on MTV.

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Guns N' Roses Parking Lot: Fans -- Er, A Few Fans -- Hit Best Buy To Get <i>Chinese Democracy</i> First

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:46 AM PST

The crowd at one Best Buy in Long Island, New York, is small -- very small -- but excited: 'I'm shaking right now!'
By James Montgomery


A fan holds his copy of Guns N' Roses' <i>Chinese Democracy</i> for display
Photo: MTV News

WESTBURY, New York — More than 17 years ago, on the night Guns N' Roses released Use Your Illusion I and II, there was chaos in Hollywood. Helicopters buzzed overhead. TV news crews lit the night with halogen lamps. And the line outside Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard stretched around the block.

There were off-duty police officers bullying kids out of the streets, beefy security guards blocking the doors of Tower, and much tension in the air. Until 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, September 17, that is, when the albums officially went on sale. Then the doors opened, the great masses of fans flooded through, and — in a then-unmatched celebration of fandom and consumerism — grabbed two, three, even four copies of each album.

That scene was repeated at record stores all across the country: thousands of fans waiting in lines at midnight just for the opportunity to snag a copy — or four — of an album by a rock and roll band, just so they could have it before their friends did.

Needless to say, that type of thing doesn't happen anymore — at least, not at record stores.

Last weekend, when Guns finally released the follow-up to the Illusion albums, there were no midnight sales. This is because that album — Chinese Democracy — was only available at Best Buy, the largest specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the U.S. And, according to a representative at the company's corporate offices, they don't do midnight madness.

So instead, at 8:55 a.m. on Sunday, in the gray and windswept parking lot of a Best Buy in Westbury, Long Island (store #454, if you're wondering), there were no lines, no off-duty cops, no chaos of any sort. Just a bunch of BB employees trying to keep warm by sitting in their cars, some wayward shopping carts and — parked right in the middle of the lot, in a black coupe with a GN'R air freshener dangling from the rear-view mirror — Branden Pachter, a 24-year-old from nearby Bellmore, who just happened to be the first (and, at the time, only) GN'R fan waiting to grab his copy of Chinese Democracy.

"I've been a Guns N' Roses fan for probably seven or eight years," he said, steam exiting his mouth with each syllable. "I got into them on a whim. I was looking for new music — I was sick of what I was listening to — and I just went into a store and purchased Appetite for Destruction, and I think that CD lived in my car for about six months straight. I listened to nothing else. And then it just became about discovering who Guns N' Roses were, discovering the Use Your Illusion albums, and the [original lineup's] breakup and the controversies. And it kind of became a cult following, you know? You really get into the music and you really get into the story, and I've been following them since then."

Pachter, who pre-ordered Chinese Democracy after attending a listening session at New York's Webster Hall last week, calls himself a "massive" Guns fan (he's even got a custom GN'R tattoo on his left arm), and said that it didn't matter what time the store opened, because he would've been here first. After all, he's been waiting a long time for this.

"I'm just waiting to pick it up, pop it in the car and enjoy. It's excitement. This entire month, between the election and now a Guns N' Roses CD coming out, this is the November to remember," he laughed. "The second I got up this morning, logged onto the computer and someone had left me a MySpace comment like, 'It's Guns N' Roses day!' and I was like, 'It absolutely is GN'R Day!' And I looked at the computer and thought, 'You know, it's 6:30 right now, in two and a half hours, I'm going to be holding Chinese Democracy in my hands.' It's crazy. I'm going to listen to the album until the Giants game comes on, then I'm going to watch the Giants game, then I'm going to listen to the album again."

As he was speaking, a second car pulled up and two bed-headed teens spilled out: John McClung and Carter Davidson, sleepy-eyed, excited and, strangely, from Connecticut and Pennsylvania. They ended up in Long Island under rather bizarre circumstances, most of which involve Guns N' Roses — and Panera Bread.

"We're visiting a friend who lives in [nearby] Garden City," Davidson explained. "I wanted to come get Chinese Democracy at midnight last night, but they weren't open. So we woke up this morning, drove our friend to Panera Bread to work, and came here to get this album. Axl's been making it forever, and when I was in middle school GN'R got me into music, so I've always been looking forward to this."

"It's been, like, 14 years in the making, it's such a hyped-up CD," McClung added. "It's so worth it. I'd rather get this than see my team win the Super Bowl or anything. I've been waiting for the CD for so long now. I have goosebumps! I can't wait to get in my car and blast it and listen to every song thoroughly and put it on repeat all day long."

At 9 a.m. on the dot, the doors to Best Buy swung open, and all three rushed in. The store was filled with images of Rose, cornrowed and bellowing into a microphone. Signs proclaimed Chinese Democracy to be "the most anticipated album in rock history." "Shackler's Revenge" blared overhead. And then — right by the front door, next to a talking stand-up of Wall-E — there was the actual album. A cardboard tower, packed with copies of the most mythological album in music. It was real. It was happening.

And as the day wore on, more and more people walked in to pick up copies. Older dudes in sweatpants. Fathers buying copies with their sons. And plenty of people who weren't even born the last time Guns N' Roses released an album of original material. Which, given the era we live in -- when hardly anyone buys CDs and the sky is caving in on the music industry -- seemed to be the most hopeful sign of all (and will probably help Chinese Democracy seems likely to top the charts next week). Make no mistake about it, this wasn't Hollywood, and there were no helicopters in sight, but this still was a momentous moment in rock history. Just on a slightly less grandiose scale.

"It's awesome to see they're coming out with new stuff, and we get to be a part of the new generation of Axl Rose," Erica Milito, a 16-year-old pop-punker said, clutching her copy of Chinese Democracy. "When I was in, like, seventh grade, GN'R inspired me to start a band, because they're huge, and I wanted to be like them one day, to sell out massive stadiums and stuff. ... I'm shaking right now, I'm so excited. This is going to be the most epic thing. Just going home and opening Guns and, like, 'Dude, let's get it on right now. Guns N' Roses!' "

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Christina Aguilera Welcomes Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson Into The Ranks Of Hollywood Parents

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 02:25 AM PST

'They're about to be on the ride of their life,' singer says after her whirlwind medley at the American Music Awards.
By Jocelyn Vena


Christina Aguilera in Los Angeles on Sunday
Photo: MTV News

Christina Aguilera gave birth to her first son, Max, in January, and she just popped out a new CD two weeks ago, so she can be forgiven for missing the news of the latest additions to the ranks of pop star parents, Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson.

"Oh, did they give birth? Oh, how exciting! Congratulations," she told MTV News on Sunday, after her performance at the American Music Awards. "I give my best. They're about to be on the ride of their life. It's just the most amazing thing you could ever experience."

At the awards show, Aguilera did a remix of some of her classics in honor of her new greatest-hits album, Keeps Gettin' Better — A Decade of Hits, which was released earlier this month exclusively at Target. "[The performance was a] seven-minute medley based on seven of my greatest hits, which was jam-packed and full of vigor and life and a lot of momentum and a lot of stamina ... but it was really, really fun going through 10 years in seven minutes."

Aguilera said she couldn't believe the album debuted at #9, considering that everyone has already heard most of the songs on it. "Well this is the last 10 years in the making," she said. "[I'm] very excited about the fact that it' even in the top ten being that these are songs that have already been hits and recreations of those hits."

She added, "So I'm in the studio currently working on my new album of all-new material, but this one in part is a fun thank you from me to the fans for helping me build such an amazing career."

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For The Killers, It's Back To The Future (Again), By John Norris

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:59 AM PST

Vegas Anglophiles renew their embrace of the '80s with Day & Age.


The Killers' Brandon Flowers
Photo: MTV News

It was another brush-with-an-icon moment for the Killers: back in May of this year, joining Duran Duran — the first name in '80s fashionista Britpop — onstage, aptly in Las Vegas, to perform the vets' chestnut "Planet Earth." Brandon Flowers, resplendent as ever in a tux, looked like a young James Bond. And you know he had to have been stirred, if not a little bit shaken.

There are no more unabashed Anglophiles among U.S. pop-rockers than the Killers. From day one, they have made that clear: They took their name from a New Order video, they've covered Joy Division, Dire Straits, Morrissey and Bowie, they've been remixed by the Pet Shop Boys and Stuart Price (using Bowie's nom de disque the Thin White Duke), they recently recorded a Christmas single with Elton John, and Robbie Williams and Coldplay are among their fans. We get it — just give 'em a knighthood already! After a sojourn into Springsteen sounds and "There Will Be Blood" fashions with Sam's Town, for their just-released third full-length Day & Age, the Killers appear to have renewed their embrace of a poppier, funkier time — the era of eyeliner, Anthony Price, and Smash Hits. I talked with the self-described "more dance-y" half of the band, Flowers and guitarist Dave Keuning, backstage recently, before a pre-album-release show in New York.

Norris: Nice to see you guys. I have seen you describe the new album as maybe more global or universal in theme. Is that fair?

Brandon Flowers: I think it's our most playful record. And that should be universal. I think more people need to have fun.

Norris: The single "Human" — with that galloping rhythm — is reminding a lot of people of the Pet Shop Boys. Was that in mind when you worked on it?

Flowers: Me and Dave are more on the Pet Shop Boys side of the band and, uh... it's an influence, definitely. When we met Stuart to record it, I said, "I think it's a cross between Johnny Cash and the Pet Shop Boys, if that's possible." So, it was born that night, I guess.

Norris: Stuart, of course, is the producer of Day & Age. Stuart Price, who has done a lot of things, but I guess in recent years is most known for his work with Madonna — on her records and on tour — and is generally thought of as more of a pop guy. Should we take that as an indication that the Killers wanted to get more "pop"?

Dave Keuning: I actually think Stuart wanted to go into a more of a rock direction. He's good at that. Like, with his other side projects, like [Price's band] Zoot Woman, I mean, he can do that stuff. He just kind of wound up working with Madonna.

Flowers: I think we hit somewhere in the middle with Stuart. We moved... and he did too. I think we both had to move into a new place.

Norris: A place that apparently includes a lot of variety. On this record you've got sweeping tunes like "Spaceman," which I think is my favorite. ... There's steel drums and an island vibe on one song, "I Can't Stay." ... You've got this big rock thing on a couple of tracks, like "A Dustland Fairytale" and this full pop-funk on "Joy Ride," with a sax solo for God's sake!

Keuning: Yeah, we've talked about a sax solo for years. We finally did it.

Flowers: You know, Psychedelic Furs and people like David Bowie — I've always admired their use of the saxophone. So yeah, it didn't seem too far-fetched.

Norris: I was thinking Bowie's "Modern Love." David Bowie, "Notorious"-era Duran Duran. ... I'm sure Nile Rodgers would approve of "Joy Ride."

Flowers: We got to meet Nile the other day in an elevator. We should've told him about it, I guess. It's very Chic.

Norris: And so when some say, as they have already, "Oh, they're returning to the Hot Fuss days," a more post-punk, '80s-inspired sound, and taking a step away from Sam's Town — what do you say? I'm guessing you view this record as more of a third direction altogether.

Flowers: Definitely. I even see it as an extension of Sam's Town in a lot of ways. People are bound to put a tag on it, but for us it feels very fresh. We have so many different influences that are coming out on this record. We weren't running from the criticisms of Sam's Town by any means, and going back to Hot Fuss days — I think we've really grown and moved into a good place.

Norris: Because I don't have to tell you that in this country there was a tendency to dismiss Sam's Town or not "get it" as much the first record — you're not feeling like you need to 'win back' America?

Keuning: I think there's still a lot of fans in America to win over regardless. There's a lot of ground to cover. It's hard to get to Middle America, you know? They're just a little hard to reach for some reason.

Flowers: And you know, Sam's Town was a platinum record in America, plus our fans are getting more diverse and people are growing up with us. We're proud of what we've done so far.

Norris: I saw someone refer to you recently as "America's best British band" — I'm not sure if you have a problem with that term or not. But I had a similar conversation not long ago with Kings of Leon, who are just massive in the U.K. and less so here, and they said it is a bit weird because, after all, their passports are American.

Keuning: Well, they're an extreme example of it — because they are just huge over there.

Flowers: We're honored, because a lot of music that we love comes from over there, but at the same time, we're a little hurt sometimes, I guess, on the American side of it, because we want to be understood here. I just think we're a little bit misunderstood at the moment.

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Chamillionaire, Mike Jones, Bun B Help Unite Houston At 'Best Of Texas' Concert

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 12:11 AM PST

Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Scarface, Lil' Flip also take the stage.
By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway


Chamillionaire at the "Best of Texas" concert in Houston Sunday
Photo: MTV News

Houston hip-hop artists have a history of being very talented but, unfortunately, very divided at times. In the '90s, there were rivalries based on what part of the city you lived in. Several years ago, that philosophy was put aside, and the guys from H-Town started collaborating regardless of geography. When the city reemerged and exploded less than a handful of years ago, the scene caught fire with a bevy of pairings: Slim Thug and Chamillionaire. Lil' Flip and Chamillionaire. Slim Thug, Mike Jones and Paul Wall. Bun B and everybody.

Then everybody started doing their own thing again.

"In every argument, both sides are going to feel they are right," said Chamillionaire, who has had issues with Paul Wall and Mike Jones over the past few years. "In hip-hop, it's very competitive — the competitive nature of the music. ... Any little thing can make somebody mad."

At the recent Ozone Awards — supposedly a shining moment for the city — the division screamed when Trae tha Truth laid hands on Mike Jones, punching the MC. To make matters worse, the night ended early without a planned cipher of the city's MCs closing the show. Tsk-tsk.

On Sunday, Houston radio station the Box pulled off what some called the impossible, assembling just about every hip-hop artist in the city — old and new — for what they called the "Best of Texas" concert. It all took place during the Los Magnificos Car Show at the Reliant Center, and it lasted more than seven hours.

"This is home," Lil' Flip said after he got offstage early in the afternoon. "The biggest car show we ever had. Twenty-thousand [people]! Usually we have, like, 12,000."

Flip underestimated the turnout; by show's end, there was talk of the spectator tally being somewhere between 28,000 and 30,000.

"This is our biggest event of the year," Slim Thug explained. "Usually we have artists from all over the country come down and perform. This year, it's all Houston and a few Dallas artists, and it's sold out. This is the biggest turnout they ever had."

Houston legends the Botany Boys, Lil' Keke, Scarface and Bun B joined current hometown superstars Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, Slim Thug and Mike Jones. The night's most anticipated and loudly received sets, however, came from two guys who the mainstream don't really know, Trae tha Truth and Z-Ro, who closed the show.

"It's intoxicating, it's like one of them things rolled up burning," said Z-Ro, who was the undeniable crowd favorite of the night. "Z-Ro, Zeeee-rooooo," the crowd started chanting an hour before he came on.

"The kids and the older people, all walks of life — they out there screaming, word for word," the MC said. "I looked out and didn't see any wall, I didn't see any wall. All I saw was people. I felt I had to be all I can. It's like the army now."

It was very surreal hearing 20,000-plus sing Ro's song "I Hate You B----" like it was a Linda Perry power ballad.

Mike Jones got a very different reaction during his set. Maybe they didn't immediately recognize him because of his significant weight loss (he's been dieting and working out), but when he came out, the crowd was just cold. No booing, no cheering, no reaction. That indifference carried through his show for the most part. He did get them to sing along occasionally, though.

Bun B went over heavily with the crowd. They welcomed him like the legend he is. "Draped Up" and "Get Throwed" drove 'em crazy, while "Int'l Players Anthem" and "Big Pimpin' " kept hands in the air.

Paul Wall rolled out hits like "Sittin' Sidewayz" and "Grillz," but his big moment was bringing out Chamillionaire for 'N Luv Wit My Money.' The two buried the hatchet a while back, but they made it official Sunday night. Cham himself brought out Krayzie Bone on "Ridin' " and Lil' Flip for "Turn It Up."

Although songs such as "Mr. Scarface" and "Money and the Power" were probably older than some of the kids in the crowd, Scarface got them to chant his classics. "Smile" and "I Seen a Man Die" were also in his chamber, but the biggest record for him was "My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me." While it had been billed that the Geto Boys would take the stage together to receive a lifetime-achievement award, Bushwick Bill and Willie D were unexplained absentees.

Trae tha Truth clearly went over his allotted time: The house and stage lights were on during most of his performance. But who's gonna tell the imposing street don to stop rapping? Especially when Trae brought out his son and the kids of deceased Houston icons Fat Pat and Big Hawk.

But Slim Thug gets the show's MVP award. Besides his own set, he jumped onstage no less than five other times for various guest appearances. No "Still Tippin' " with Jones and Wall, though.

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'NSYNC's Joey Fatone Hosts Opening Of Public Restroom In NYC

Posted: 24 Nov 2008 01:05 AM PST

They asked me, 'Wanna be king of the throne?' I said, Why not?',' Fatone says of Charmins Restroom opening.
By Jocelyn Vena


Joey Fatone at the Charmin bathrooms in Times Square on Monday
Photo: MTV News

NEW YORK — Back when he was a member of 'NYSNC, Joey Fatone used to shut down Times Square when he'd appear on "TRL."

Now, he's opening a public bathroom in Times Square. But at least he's got a sense of humor — potty humor — about the whole thing.

"Well, everybody has to go sometime, and why not in the middle of Times Square?" he joked to MTV News at the third annual launch of the Charmin Restrooms on Monday (November 24). "That's the thing they asked me: 'Wanna be king of the throne?' I said, Why not?' "

Fatone also got the opportunity to design a stall of his own, opting for a concert-like setting, complete with disco lights and music. "My one is kind of like a rock-and-roll, being-onstage kind of thing," he explained. "You got the lights, a fog machine. It's pretty funny. The feel of it is being in a concert, and basically you're onstage and either you can do one song or two — there's the potty humor!" he laughed. "I know. It's coming. It happens."

Fatone also joked around about the possibility of his former bandmate Lance Bass winning "Dancing With the Stars." Back in 2007, Fatone took second place. If Bass wins, the only thing Fatone will say is, " 'You beat me, you bonehead!' "

"I wish him all the luck," he added. "It's going to be a close call. Plus, I have my old dance partner Kym, who's also in the finals, so that's a tough decision. I like both of them, but obviously Lance is the celebrity. He's really come out of his shell with a lot of things as far as stepping up to a lot of the dances. At first I know he was really nervous about it, because people kept saying he was the worst dancer. It wasn't he was the worst dancer ... [but] now he's getting it."

Bass recently said he'd love to get the band back together, and Fatone thinks it can happen once the guys take a minute or two to discuss their options for a reunion. "There's always a time and a place," he said. "There was a time and a place for [New Kids on the Block] and it was, like, 15 years later. Who knows? Everybody is doing different things. ... So it's interesting. It's like when do we say the five of us need to get together: Are we going to do it [or] are we not going to do it?"

"I've talked to everybody," he added. "I think I'm the only one who talks to everybody. I talked to Justin. I was with him in Italy for a wedding. I talked to JC like every other day and I talk to Lance every other day. I see Chris 'cause we live in Orlando."

Despite his success with 'NSYNC, Fatone said the only time he's been a celebrity to his Miley Cyrus-loving daughter was when he made an appearance on "Hannah Montana."

"It was interesting when I did an episode on 'Hannah Montana,' it was pretty funny," he said. "At first it was like ' 'NYSNC, what?' [My daughter] and her friends didn't care. But now that I did 'Hannah Montana' it's a different story. I'm awesome."

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Travis Barker Explains Plane-Crash Lawsuit

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 11:26 PM PST

'If something goes wrong that's not supposed to go wrong or you fall victim of it, I think you should be compensated,' drummer says.
By Chris Harris


Travis Barker
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Last week, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker filed a lawsuit against Bombardier Inc., a Canadian Aerospace conglomerate and makers of the Learjet that crashed in South Carolina in September, leaving him and DJ AM with second- and third-degree burns. The suit also names Clay Lacy Aviation, a jet-charter company; and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and seeks monetary damages stemming from the crash that killed four others.

Now, Barker's speaking out about the suit, and about why he filed it, according to E! Online.

"I wouldn't have been in the state I was in if I wasn't in the crash," said Barker, who blames the pilots and defective equipment for the accident. "You know, I wouldn't have third-degree burns all over my body or be prohibited to do certain things. I can't go swimming; I can't do some of the things that normal people can do. I didn't ask for that to happen."

Barker said he's optimistic about the suit, and said he feels he has a strong case — one he thinks he can win.

"If something goes wrong that's not supposed to go wrong or you fall victim of it, I think you should be compensated," he explained, adding that the monetary award could never replace what he lost in the accident.

"I lost two friends," he said, referring to his assistant, Chris Baker, and security guard, Charles Still. "Nothing can bring them back or what I lost in the accident."

Barker is the only person connected to the deadly crash who has filed civil action. It is unknown whether DJ AM might follow suit, but Barker said he personally wasn't aware of AM's plans.

"I can't speak for him," he said. "I think everyone just has different attorneys."

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