Was Travis Barker ever a member of the suicide machines?

Answer 1

Good question!

It appears that every page with Travis' bio says yes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Barker
http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Travis_Barker.html

But there is no mention of him on the Suicide Machines pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Suicide_Machines#Past_members
http://www.suicide-machines.com/bio.html

I really looked to find something that would definitively place him in that band, but I had no success; he apparently never recorded with them, but that doesn't mean he never played with them. Still, I'm inclined to think that the inconsistency either means that it is a rumor, or that his split from the band was NOT amicable.
-- Sorry that I couldn't find a definitive answer for you.