HEARTBREAKING –
Aug 21, 2026 – The two friends, who had performed together under the moniker TRV$DJAM, had both struggled after surviving a plane crash in 2008. While Barker had his family to lean on in the aftermath, he said that DJ AM, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, didn’t have the same support system.
As for Goldstein, who died of a drug overdose in 2009 less than a year after the incident, Barker said, “AM was suffering because he wasn’t waking up with kids. He just went back to work.”
While the pair leaned on each other after the crash, there were times when the Gone Too Far host, who was open about his struggle with addiction, pushed the blink-182 drummer away. Still, Barker did not understand the full extent of his friend’s pain.
