Travis (band)
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Travis is a British alternative rock band from Scotland, named after the main character in the movie Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders.
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History
Travis have amassed a number of hits in the United Kingdom, including "Driftwood", "Sing", "Turn", "Side", and festival favourite "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?". They made headlines on both sides of the Atlantic in 2000 when performing a cover of Britney Spears' single "...Baby One More Time" live at the Glastonbury Festival. The song is featured as a B-side on their single "Turn" as they did with many other songs they recorded. In fact there are more B-side tracks than there are album tracks, up to the point that Travis usually issue two CDs for each single, each issue including different B-side tracks.
The band are particularly notable in that even at the height of their fame, much of the public were unaware of the band's members (many members of the public believed that Travis was the name of the lead singer), despite knowing many of their songs. This reflects the band's feeling that they are less important than their music, and was the rationale behing the naming of their third album, The Invisible Band.
The band almost split in 2002 when drummer Neil Primrose was involved in a swimming accident and almost died due to spinal damage. He has since made a full recovery.
On July 2, 2005, Travis performed at Live 8's London concert. On July 6, Travis performed at the Edinburgh 50,000 The Final Push concert, the end of the Long Walk To Justice.
The band are currently working with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich who worked on The Man Who and The Invisible Band, Brian Eno, and Mike Hedges on their fifth album, due for release in 2006. Bassist Dougie Payne disclosed more information about the album on the official messageboard in a series of 'Studio Diaries'. Travis have teamed up with singer KT Tunstall for their next record: "We met (Tunstall) at one of the little club shows we did for the singles collection — the Cavern show in Liverpool. We feel very lucky that she agreed to come in and help us out. She's astonishingly well pitched." Payne also said that they have enough material to release a double album if they wanted to; "We've got about 20 songs recorded. It sounds like we've got two albums worth of material". It will be released in Summer 2006.
Discography
Albums
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Compilations and EPs
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UK Singles
- from Good Feeling
- 1996 "All I Want to Do Is Rock"
- 1997 "U16 Girls" #40
- 1997 "All I Want to Do Is Rock" #39 (re-release)
- 1997 "Tied to the 90's" #30
- 1997 "Happy" #38
- from The Man Who
- 1999 "Writing to Reach You" #14
- 1999 "Driftwood" #13
- 1999 "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" #10
- 1999 "Turn" #8
- non-album single
- 2000 "Coming Around" #5
- from The Invisible Band
- 2001 "Sing" #3
- 2001 "Side" #14
- 2001 "Flowers in the Window" #18
- from 12 Memories
- 2003 "Re-Offender" #7
- 2004 "The Beautiful Occupation" #46
- 2004 "Love Will Come Through" #28
- from Singles
- 2004 "Walking in the Sun" #20
Video/DVD
- More Than Us (2002). The footage includes Travis' full set from the Gig On The Green concert in their hometown of Glasgow on August 26th 2001, and a unique video diary of the band on the road.
- Travis At The Palace (2003). Captures the band live in concert in front of an 8,000 strong crowd, at London's Alexandra Palace on the 20th December 2003.
- Singles (2004).Contains all 17 of the promotional videos, in chronological order, and exclusive live performances include “Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” from the band’s headline Glastonbury show in 2000 and Healy and Payne's spellbinding rendition of “Baby One More Time” from VH1's Storytellers.
External links
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