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Travis

Travis are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, comprising Fran Healy, Dougie Payne, Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose. more...

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One of Britain's most respected and popular modern rock bands, Travis have twice been awarded British album of the year at the annual Brit awards, and are often credited as having paved the way for British bands such as Coldplay and Keane. With the release of four studio albums, beginning with Good Feeling in 1997, they continue to enjoy critical and commercial success, while also being especially noted for their live performances. In addition to their music, much has been made of the likeable, down to earth and close nature of the band. A highly anticipated fifth studio album, their first since 2003's 12 Memories, and produced by long-time Radiohead, Travis and Beck producer, Nigel Godrich, is due for release in early 2007.

Line-Up

Fran Healy - lead vocals, guitar, piano; Dougie Payne - bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals; Andy Dunlop - lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals; Neil Primrose - drums, percussion;

History

Formation and first years (1990-1995)

The band that would become Travis (initially called "Running Red", and later, "Glass Onion") was intially formed by brothers Chris and Jeff Martyn. Andy Dunlop, a school friend at Lenzie Academy, was drafted in on guitar, followed soon after by Neil Primrose on drums. The line-up was completed by a female vocalist, and the band's name then changed to "Glass Onion" ("Glass Onion" is the name of a Beatles song written and sung by John Lennon). After parting company with their singer in the spring of 1991, they auditioned for a new vocalist. Having met each other through Primrose pouring him a pint, a musically untrained art student, Fran Healy, then joined after being invited to audition by Primrose. Healy joined the band on the day he enrolled at The Glasgow School Of Art, in the autumn of 1991. Two years later, with the option of music of holding more appeal, Healy dropped out of art school, and inspired by song writers such as Joni Mitchell, shortly after, assumed songwriting responsibilities. With brothers Chris and David Martyn on keyboards and bass, in 1993, the fivesome released a privately made CD, "The Glass Onion EP," featuring the tracks "Dream On", "The Day Before," "Free Soul" and "Whenever She Comes Round." 500 copies of the EP were made and were recently valued at £1000 each. Eventually, the band was renamed once more, becoming "Travis" – after the character played by Harry Dean Stanton in the movie "Paris, Texas" directed by Wim Wenders.